Consumers Are The Barrier To Technology Innovation?
Often times, I find myself, and others, complaining about the fact that a sweet product rumor did not come to pass. This got me thinking about the impacts hype has on technology innovation and arrived at the conclusion that the consumer is the barrier to and the driver of technology innovation in a single breath. I just wanted to talk about why.
It’s not hard to work out that corporations are driven to innovate by greed and an overwhelming sound of cash registers and by the notion of success. But, I began to wonder whether companies are the victim of user hope and that this may hinder innovation as a pose to helping it along. Think about it, there are always going to be rumors that are unpractical and will never come into being. In such cases, there are always going to be some who will resent the fact that that the feature they wanted wasn’t brought to the table.
This notion couldn’t help but lead me to the idea that, companies worrying about not being able to deliver on user-hyped features may detract from the time that ought to be spent producing truly new and interesting functionality. As usual, the comments are an open f0rum and you are invited to speak your mind.
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Hey Tom, Just saw one of your video's and must say you have a briljant mind! What you talk about here in your post, other people have realized as well. I feel compelled to share this. They call this "big company disease". And it means that when companies are successful they become stuck in their (old) ways of working. They are very "afraid" to do something differently. Public relations (those hypes and rumors) play an important role in the way the company see itself and it's environment. Keep writing this stuff down! I think your perspective is very interesting and unique since you cut through all the noise and come straight to the point. Or like you said: "It would be improper for me not to give my truthful opinions on issues and will always attempt to remain balanced" that just sums it up! Thanks!
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