1. FUNDAMENTALS OF TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATION IN ORGANIZATIONS
NAWAZ SHARIF, PHD
BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
MYRIAD SOLUTIONS, MARYLAND, USA

2. Fundamentals of Technological
Innovation in Organizations
01-01 LAND PHONE TO SMART PHONES: AN EXAMPLE OF STUNNING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS UPSURGE
01-02 HISTORICALLY, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS AND HUMAN LIFESTYLES BETTERMENT HAVE CO-EVOLVED
01-03 AND NOW, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IS LEADING ECONOMIC GROWTH BY GIVING COMPETITIVE EDGE
01-04 EVOLUTION OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES TO EMERGENT MOBILE INTELLIGENCE
01-05 MOBILE-INTELLIGENCE-TECHNOLOGY MEDIA CONSTITUTE CORE INTERACTION PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION
01-06 INTERDISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWLEDGE FUSION PRODUCING POWERFUL NEW TECHNOLOGIES
01-07 INCREASING APPLICATIONS OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMOTELY EXECUTED WORK PACKAGES
01-08 IMPACT OF RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS ON THE CONTENT AND PLACE OF ENTERPRISE WORK
01-09 ENABLING AND UNDERPINNING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS FOR LOCATION OF ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES
01-10 TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION COURSE: BUSINESS SUCCESS THROUGH COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOCUS
01-11 CLARIFICATION OF COMMONLY FOUND TERMINOLOGIES FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
Part-1: Rationale for and Overview of this
Technological Innovation Discourse
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3. subject matter of our discussion …
LAND TELEPHONE TO SMART PHONES: AN EXAMPLE OF STUNNING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS UPSURGE
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4. MOST
TECHNOLOGY
INTENSIVE
LIFESTYLE
LEAST
TECHNOLOGY
INTENSIVE
LIFESTYLE
HISTORICALLY, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS AND HUMAN LIFESTYLES BETTERMENT HAVE CO-EVOLVED
Freedom from:
Hunger
Poverty
Exploitation
Freedom of:
Choice
Speech
Enterprise
Intellect-Centric
Mental Needs:
Social Needs
Self-Actualization Needs
Resource-Centric
Physical Needs:
Survival Needs
Security Needs
According to Psychologist Abraham Maslow:
Human Needs are Universal and Hierarchical
According to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen:
Freedom is the Goal of Human Development
Dark-Age
Primitive
Lifestyle
of Society
Modern-Age
Developed
Lifestyle
of Society
We have gradually shifted from
absolute dependence on mother
nature to greater control based
created lifestyles
However, we
have gradually
shifted to more dependence
on technology intensive lifestyles
Evolution of Occupations: from
Hunting-Gathering to Shifting-
Farming to Manufacturing-
Processing to Artificial-Creating
Technological innovations help human societies to
achieve freedom in a way much better than before.
Technological innovations enable all potent human
needs satisfaction in a way much better than before.
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If we ponder, we find human life—at home, work and play—intricately intertwined with technologies.
Technologies are created helpmates—means for making human activities safer and more comfortable!

5. NOWADAYS, TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION IS LEADING ECONOMIC GROWTH BY GIVING COMPETITIVE EDGE
Technology Led Economic Change Path:
· Discovery (Invention) of New Knowledge from Nature (Scientific Theories)
· Transformation of New Knowledge into Intelligence (Conceptual Frameworks)
· Application of Concepts for Innovations (Embodied and Embedded Technologies)
· Utilization of New Technologies for Economic Value Addition (Goods and Services)
Market competition is the driver of innovation.
Nobody is going to give assistance to someone to
become rich! So ... Innovate to generate wealth!
Technological systems do not exist in isolation; they exist in socio-economic-politico-cultural context.
Two prominent attributes of the developed world are: (1) learning society and (2) knowledge economy.
Goods and services innovation is the primary vehicle for
competitive wealth creation. Creative people can make
imagination come true: If there is a will there is a way!
TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATIONS
Historically, technology was a follower of societal needs
Nowadays, it has become a leader of economic growth
For Better
or Worse
In learning societies, the success of individuals, firms,
and nations reflect the ability of people in all walks of
lives to acquire new knowledge by learning and also
applying that knowledge specifically for a better life.
Knowledge based economies are those where people
are making effective utilization of new knowledge for
national wealth creation and continuous betterment
of the living standards of all people across the board.
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Technologies enhance human capacities of both mind and body with specifically desired activity goals.
Technologies help make work safe and comfortable; and give competitive edge and pride of leadership.
Making and continuously improving technologies (innovations) are the hallmarks of human race. and...

6. EVOLUTION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES TO EMERGENT MOBILE INTELLIGENCE
Evolution of Information Storage Media:
· From Papyrus Scrolls to Book Pages
· From Paper to Magnetic Tape Medium
· From Magnetic Tapes to Magnetic Disks
· From Local Drives to Cloud Distributed Drives
Evolution of Security Mechanisms:
· Incorporating Finger Print Scanning
· Incorporating Biometrics Recognition
· Incorporating Eye Retinal and Iris Scanning
· Shifting from Electronic Sensors to Mobile Keys
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Transformational Relationship of Mobile Intelligence
MOBILE
INTELLIGENCE
ACQUIRED
OVER
INTERNET
APPLIED
OVER
INTERNET
COMBINED
WITH
CONVRTED
TO
K N O
W L E
D G E
KNOWLEDGE
DIGITAL
KNOWLEDGE
EXPLICIT
KNOWLEDGE
IMPLICIT
KNOWLEDGE
ACTIONABLE
DIGITIZATION
ENCRIPTED
CLOUD
DATABANK
Mobile Intelligence Technologies are the Drivers and Enablers of New Special Services Firms and Freelance Consultancy Profession.
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7. MOBILE-INTELLIGENCE-TECHNOLOGY-MEDIA CONSTITUTE CORE INTERACTION PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION
advanced exchange of digital knowledge
superfast and secure global internet
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
TRANSACTIONTECHNOLOGIES COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES
SMART DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES
advanced wireless handheld gadgets
CLOUD STORAGE AND COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES
secureencryptedtransactions
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8. INTERDISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWLEDGE FUSION PRODUCING POWERFUL NEW TECHNOLOGIES
© Nawaz Sharif, Myriad Solutions Inc., Fulton, Maryland, USA <nawaz@myriadinc.net>01-06
With relentless innovation,
TECHNOLOGIES are being
made to be more and more
POWERFUL and at the
same time much SMALLER
in physical dimensions.
Some are even INVISIBLE
to our necked eyes!
PLASMA
SOLID LIQUID
GAS
DEIONIZATION
IONIZATION
CONDENSATION
VAPORIZATION
SUBLIMATION
DEPOSITION
FREEZING
MELTING
TECHNOLOGIES CAN EXIST IN:
SOLID; LIQUID; GASEOUS;
AND IONIC STATES
NEWRESEARCHAND
APPLICATIONAREAS
Traditional Human Work in
the FIELD, FACTORY,
OFFICE and HOME are now
being done by Wireless
Computer Controlled
Machinery (Technology)!

9. GROWING APPLICATION OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMOTELY EXECUTED ENTERPRISE FUNCTION
The process of technological innovation is in many ways similar to that of a collective endeavor and displays
the characteristics of entrepreneurship that are organizational expert team based requiring: contextualization;
conceptualization; operational framework designing; collaborative interactions; and remote execution of work.
Every innovation depends on creative generation of novel ideas; and applying those novel ideas to make money.
Collaboration is essential for successfully implementable innovations. In the present era of ubiquitous Internet
use collaborative work for innovation involve instantaneous movement of digital TEXT, DATA, IMAGE and IDEA.
Secure Computer Network Web-based Work-space Mobile Information Wireless Data Transfer Remote Surveillance Remote Operation
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10. IMPACT OF RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS ON THE CONTENT AND PLACE OF ENTERPRISE WORK
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Agile
Innovative
Practices
Result
Driven
Culture
Resulting in
Efficient
Effective
and
Quality
OUTPUTS
New Working
Environment
New Working
Skills & Steps
New Working
Technologies
WorkerBrain
DemandProfile
Mobile &
Connected
Workforce
24/7
Connected
World
Anytime
Anyplace
Workplace of
Personnel with
Wireless Linked
Computers
GAIN
THROUGH
01-08
No
Time/Space
Boundaries
Digital
Media
DATA
BANK

11. COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES
TRANSACTION TECHNOLOGIES
exchange of digital knowledge movement of people and goods
completion of business deals partner expert group solutions
enabling/underpinning
technologies for ….
COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES
COLLABORATION
ENABLING AND UNDERPINNING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS FOR LOCATION OF ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES
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12. turning ideas into valuesInnovation Business
Innovation means something new that
did not exist or was not utilized before at a
given place. Innovation starts as an idea
and becomes a reality through resources
expenditures by a business enterprise.Something BetterSomething New
INNOVATION
We will focus on technological
innovation driven goods and
services innovation for successful
performance of enterprises in the
competitive global marketplace.
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION COURSE: BUSINESS SUCCESS THROUGH COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOCUS
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INNOVATION
What is possible
with technology
What is
viable
in the
market
What is
desirable
to the
society
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13. CLARIFICATION OF COMMONLY USED TERMINOLOGIES FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
For organizational innovation practice, there is no disciplinary theory; we only have conceptual frameworks,
which are evolving with changing time and situation. Innovators, at different levels of an enterprise, have to
deal with different types of decision situations involving different time horizon and requiring different basis:
Assumed Deterministic
Condition at Low Level
Science based
Resources Allocation
More Certainty than
Uncertainty at Mid Level
More Uncertainty than
Certainty at High Level
Essentially Uncertain
Condition at Top Level
ADMINISTRATION
Scientific work produces new knowledge (discipline
based THEORY) through scholarship of discovery:
Know-who — actors and factors
Know-why — truths about nature
Know-what — known and unknown
Scholarship of new knowledge application produces
innovation (problem solution based PRACTICE):
Know-how — work packages
Know-when — sense of timings
Know-where — resources allocation
Crafts based
Capacity Building
Arts based
Vision Articulation
Courage based
Risk Taking
MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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RESEARCHEDUCATION
SCIENCE
Knowledge Technology
MANAGEMENTENGINEERING
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