Applying philosophy mindset for innovation with Francis Bacon's theory about how to acquire knowledge.

1. Philosophy &
Innovation
Desman Hidayat
Coursera – On Strategy: What Managers can learn from
Philosophy – Part 2
An Online Course by Luc de Brabandere
CentraleSupélec
March 2015

2. Philosophy: the rational investigation of
the truths and principles of being,
knowledge, or conduct. (dictionary.com)
Innovation: the act of innovating;
introduction of new things or methods.
(dictionary.com)

3. Innovation can be done by using
technology with a new mindset, and we
can have this mindset when we explore
more about knowledge by thinking as a
philosopher

4. According to Francis Bacon, there are 3
metaphors about acquiring knowledge:

5. The Ant
 Ants collect and use things from outside
 Men collect and use information and
knowledge that they found from external
without using their own thoughts

6. The Spider
 Spiders make cobwebs out of their own
substance
 Men think and gain knowledge only from
their own mind without thinking about
external

7. The Bee
 Bee gathers its material from the flowers
of the garden and of the field, but
transforms and digests it by a power of its
own.
 Men gather knowledge from external, and
then use their own thoughts to transform
the knowledge from external and internal
into a new knowledge

8. To be able to innovate, we need to work
like a bee. Gather the knowledge and use
our mind to transform it into something
new. This is how philosophy can be use to
innovate.

9. References
 Bacon, Francis. The New Organion [Book
One]. 1620.
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon