Summary:
Singapore’s
drive for productivity has focused attention on a key component to boosting
organisational performance — innovation. While companies espouse the importance
of innovation, the truth of the matter is that many companies have, consciously
or unconsciously, put up barriers to innovation. Some attribute the
challenges that Asian — and, indeed, Singapore — companies face in adopting an
innovative culture to the overarching influence of Confucian teachings and
adherence to obedience, respect for authority, hierarchical structures and
insistence on conformity, all of which seem to go against what are generally
thought to be the catalysts for innovation.
Opinion:
In my
opinion, the Singapore soil is fertile for creativity. the aversion to and fear
of failure could be another barrier to innovation. As long as
Singaporean overcome this fear, that can definitely be more creative. Singapore
has a lot of resources and so we definitely can be innovative and become successful.