While reading "The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman, I realized something incredibly frightening: Countries that speak English will gain a substantial advantage over those that don't in this new era of globalization.

In this article, I will try to give my conclusions for the more hidden effects of globalization on especially the Continental European countries, and how to counter them:

• Detachment from Productivity Improvements
• Intellectual Isolation
• Isolation from Talent Pools

This article is available for download as PDF at

http://www.sarjay.com/articles/TheHiddenCostofLanguage.pdf

Emotional R&D - Complementing Science and Technology

When looking for ways to improve the performance of R&D departments, I stumbled over an interesting statistic from a German researcher: The majority of internal barriers for Innovation were in fact communication-related.

This article talks about the need to understand not just the scientific and technological side of Research and Development but also the cognitive and emotional.

This article is available as PDF at http://www.sarjay.com/articles/EmotionalRnD.pdf.

The Four Horsemen of R&D's Apocalypse - Common Misconceptions about Innovation Management

There are four common myths about Research & Development. Let's call them 'The Four Horsemen of R&Ds Apocalypse:

• 'Tom' Technology


• 'Bud' Budget


• 'The Big Bang' (nobody knows his real name)


• 'Chuck' Chance

Between the four of them, they represent the majority of traps for Innovation Management.

In this article, Jay Heuer explores some of the common misconceptions about Innovation Management. The PDF version is available at http://www.sarjay.com/articles/FourRidersofRnDsApocalypse.pdf.

Does Curiosity kill Cats? The Real Cost of Risk-Aversion

The proverb 'Curiosity kills the cat' is often used to justify an overly cautious approach to innovation. In this article, Dr. Heuer of SarJay points out some of the misconceptions of Innovation Management when it comes to deliberately taking risks.

Available for download at http://www.sarjay.com/articles/DoesCuriositykillCats.pdf.

Getting Started - This is a mirror copy of our blog on Innovation Management

We will be posting mirror copies of our company's blog on Innovation Management originally located at http://wiki.sarjay.com/tiki-view_articles.php?topic=7.