If
you aspire to have a special, different, unique, high, and respected position
and power in your society or in the world, then you need innovation in your
thoughts, approach, and behavior. Innovation applies to everyone,
whether you are an individual, a society, an institution, a company, a culture,
a nation, or anything else. The meaning of
innovation is "inventive," "creative," "imaginative,"
"talented," and "original," and therefore, it is entirely
different from what came before.
There are some
basic elements required to establish a mechanism
i.e. process or methodology of innovation, whether it is within an
individual, a company, an institution, a culture, or in all spheres of life. While
a high level of energy, deep passion, positive attitude, full dedication,
excellent knowledge, and efficient skills may contribute to the proper
functioning and yield excellent results, they alone cannot generate innovation.
Innovation necessitates something different considerations.
Innovation
requires "out-of-the-box"
thinking, which in turn demands a "paradigm
shift" in thought, process, and behavior. This innovative
thinking leads to innovative processes and excellent problem-solving solutions.
Thomas Samuel Kuhn wrote a book
titled "The Structure of Scientific
Revolution" in 1962, emphasizing that the structure of any revolution, whether scientific,
cultural, economic, educational, social, or motivational, requires a
paradigm shift in the fundamentals of its reference, background, orientation,
arrangement, structure, elements or components, mechanism, definition,
concepts, and processes.
What
is a revolution? It is nothing but a drastic change or transformation in
anything within a very short period. "Very short period" is a
relative term or concept. If you wish to change or
transform anything, whether it be a thought, a concept, or an idea about
anything, it begins with a paradigm shift in its related entities.
Innovation
requires "out-of-the-box" thinking and such thinking stems from
critical thinking, which leads to a scientific temper. The New Education Policy 2020 emphasizes "critical thinking,"
"out-of-the-box thinking," and "scientism,"
which refers to scientific temper. Let's examine a statement from the policy
document: "Education thus must move
towards less content and more towards learning how to think critically and
solve problems, how to be creative and multidisciplinary, and how to innovate,
adapt, and absorb new material in novel and changing fields." It
emphasizes "conceptual understanding rather than rote learning" and
"creativity and critical thinking to encourage logical decision-making and
innovation."
"Out-of-the-box
thinking," i.e. ‘Innovative thinking’ comes from "critical thinking”. But what is Critical thinking and how it work properly?
Critical thinking does not need ‘Devotion’ or ‘Faith’. It is a process or
methodology to know the ‘truth’ or ‘fact’ or ‘reality’ in it. So, it seeks to analyze, examine, inquire, open, and unify.
It means that Critical Thinking needs these stages of the process. We
acknowledge well these processes in detail to grasp these concepts very well.
These are five verbs represented by all vowels
in natural sequences, i.e. ‘A’, ‘E’, ‘I’, ‘O’, and ‘U’.
Let's understand
these meanings. ‘A’ stands for ‘to Analyze’.
Analyze the subject or topic into its all related components for study or
determine the nature and relationship of the parts or components of it. It is
the process of separation of the whole into the components parts. It is the
preparation of the statement of the constituents of the topic.
‘E’
stands for ‘to Examine’. Examine or inspect or interrogate the all
above properly. It is the testing by questioning in order to determine the
truth. It is the observation or study of all the above aspects by close
examination.
‘I’
stands for ‘to Inquire’. Inquire or put the different questions from
different perspectives and angles to seek the real fact or truth. Inquire is the
process of examining the subject more rigorously, more intelligently, more
sharply, and more in-depth than simply examine
‘O’
stands for ‘to Open’. Open or expand the subjects or topic to
different angles i.e. to move from a closed or fixed meaning to another
different meaning. It is a process to make available for different attitudes,
for different angles, for different references and for different backgrounds.
In other words, It is the process of ‘Generalization’ for wider meaning.
‘U’
stands for ‘to Unify’. Unify or Unite to make all process above
mentioned into a unit or a coherent whole. It generates the cause to adhere to
its references or its subject or questions. After this stage, it become one or
as if one in taking consideration Whole Humanity and Future.
There are five stalwarts, who shape the world into ‘Modernity,
“Scientism’ and ‘Critical Thinking’. These are Charles Darwin,
Sigmund Fried, Karl Marx, Albert Einstein and Ferdinand de Saussure. Charles
Darwin gives ‘the theory of Evolution’.
Sigmund Fried gives ‘the theory of Self’.
Karl Marx gives ‘the theory of Economic Forces’. Albert Einstein gives ‘the theory of Relativity’. Ferdinand de
Saussure gives ‘the theory of Structure of
Languages’.
Charles
Darwin explains the relationship between ‘Man’ with ‘Nature’ in his ‘theory
of Evolution’ with the concepts of ‘Natural Selection’ and ‘Adaptation’. Sigmund Fried explains the relationship between ‘Man’
with ‘Self’ in his ‘theory of Self’ with the concepts of ‘Id’,
‘Ego’, and ‘Super Ego’. Karl Marx explains the
relationship between ‘Man’ with ‘Society’ in his ‘theory of Economic
Forces with the concepts of ‘Means’ and ‘Forces’ and the relationship of
production, distribution, exchange, and consumption to transform society i.e.
the History of Humans. Albert Einstein explains
the relationship between ‘Man’ and ‘Cosmos’ in his ‘theory of
Relativity’ with his ‘Special Theory of Relativity’ and ‘General Theory of
Relativity’. Ferdinand de Saussure gives ‘the
Theory of Structure’ of Languages explains the relationship between ‘Man’ with
its ‘Expression’ in his ‘theory of Structure of Language’ with the
concepts of ‘Superficial meaning’, and ‘Implied meaning’ in relation to each
other and to the system. If you want in detail, you may go further reading to
understand the basics of ‘Scientism’, ‘Critical Thinking’, and ‘Innovation’.
If we focus on
all these fields or subjects related to ‘Innovation’, ‘Critical Thinking’,
‘Creativity’, and ‘Logical Decision Making’ are the subjects of ‘Philosophy’,
‘Psychology’, ‘History’ and “Literature’. Philosophy
develops the ways to Critical Thinking. Psychology
enforces to understand the human behavioral psychology, i.e. all
four types and the process of human intelligence. History
gives the idea, depth, and understanding of ‘Culture of society’ i.e. ‘Software of society” and it comes from their “Perception of their history’. Literature clears the superficial meaning, implied
meaning, specific meaning, and emotional meaning of Words, Sentences, and
Subjects of expression, expressed by Persons, Groups, Gangs,
Societies, Cultures, and Nations.
If you want to become innovative to
lead the Culture, Society, Nation, Company, Institution, or Humanity,
you must grape the above contents seriously.
Achary
Niranjan Sinha
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transform the Society in general. He needs your kind support for improving the
quality of content and for broadcasting & publishing these innovative
Ideas.
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