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I don’t have enough knowledge, training, expertise, skills, etc, etc, etc to give sophisticated answers to these questions. Instead, I did a Powerpoint presentation with some drawings and random thoughts. Lost some neurons in the process.

I don’t have enough knowledge, training, expertise, skills, etc, etc, etc to give sophisticated answers to these questions.

Instead, I did a Powerpoint presentation with some drawings and random thoughts. Lost some neurons in the process.

What is information ? But if I can’t interpret them, I can’t draw any learning from them. There’s a whole lot of data, events, things, messages, (facts?) out there that could potentially become information. If it’s not useful for me, it’s just noise.

What is technology ? The ultimate black-box – don’t care how it works as long as it’s useful for me. A competitive advantage For companies, nations…. The conjuction of knowledge ( logos ) and technique. (right?)

The ultimate black-box –

don’t care how it works as long as it’s useful for me.

A competitive advantage

For companies, nations….

The conjuction of knowledge

( logos ) and technique. (right?)

What is technology ? This one I should know, after all, I attended a Technological Institute. From what I gathered from the logo of my alma mater, technology it’s science at the service of industry. Funny enough, I never had a course on Technology .

What is innovation ? Re-inventing the wheel?

What is innovation ? Radical breakthroughs are rare. We rely in concepts and precedents to do incremental changes.

Radical breakthroughs are rare. We rely in concepts and precedents to do incremental changes.

What is visualization ? A way to make sense of the world around us. Getting the " whole picture " Translating information into images?

A way to make sense of the world around us.

What is visualization ? Visualization as a way of making the black-box transparent

Visualization as a way of making the black-box transparent

What is imagination ? For me, it’s the power to see something that is not there. That is not e vide nt. Future events, possibilities, scenarios, projects, dreams. The capacity to develop mental images of concepts, analogies. A way to trump facts?

For me, it’s the power to see something that is not there.

That is not e vide nt.

Future events, possibilities, scenarios, projects, dreams.

The capacity to develop mental images of concepts, analogies.

A way to trump facts?

What is creativity ? This one is the one that gives me more trouble to come up with an image. The potential to create something that was not there? Being creative is not the same as being artistic, or original. There’s no recipe for creativity. Wish I had one otherwise…

This one is the one that gives me more trouble to come up with an image.

The potential to create something that was not there?

Being creative is not the same as being artistic, or original.

There’s no recipe for creativity. Wish I had one otherwise…