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ECOSYSTEM HAS TO BE OPTIMUM FOR INNOVATION TO FLOURISH, SAYS M'SIAN PM NAJIB
CYBERJAYA (Malaysia), July 20 (Bernama) -- For innovation to flourish, the environment in which one innovates has to be optimum, says Prime Minister Najib Razak.
"This means that the ecosystem must support and not repress innovation,"
Najib said at the launch of the "Malaysia:Innovation Nation National Convention"
held at the Lim Kok Wing University here Tuesday.
"The actors in the ecosystem must have access to the right conditions that
encourage and stimulate them, challenge them, to innovate. This is a difficult
balance to achieve as there are so many factors that have to be looked at and
addressed," he said.
Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said the government was an important
component of the innovation ecosystem.
"There is a remark about Little Napoleon. We cannot have Little Napoleon who
does not understand innovation. Napoleon is quite brilliant as a nucleus
strategist but we do need people who actually understand what needs to be done
to support innovation.
"It is because the role of the public servant is so important in supporting
the ecosystem that will nurture the innovation to take place," he added.
Najib said the government has embarked on a government transformation
programme which was already beginning to show favorable results.
"We cannot stop at this....more has to be done. We have to bring innovation
into government and government into innovation," he said, adding that it would
involve every level of the public sector.
The Prime Minister also said decision makers in the government must become
conversant with innovation.
"This will enable them to formulate frameworks, regulations and policies
that support innovation and not hinder its growth.
"Without a favorable regulatory environment, innovation cannot stoke
economic growth," he said.
As to prosper the ecosystem, Najib said the education system also required
a creative thinking ability.
"Creativity, unlike what was thought previously, is a highly organised and
systematic activity.
"Michelangelo, the brilliant Italian painter and sculptor of the 16th
Century, was so methodical and structured in his creative process that his diary
almost reads like a scientific journal.
"His ability to create masterpieces was built on preciseness, no more no
less, similar to that seen in high-technology industries.
"For the innovation ecosystem to bring benefit to the country, we have to
nurture this form of creative thinking in our education system. To nurture
precise society," Najib added.
-- BERNAMA
"This means that the ecosystem must support and not repress innovation,"
Najib said at the launch of the "Malaysia:Innovation Nation National Convention"
held at the Lim Kok Wing University here Tuesday.
"The actors in the ecosystem must have access to the right conditions that
encourage and stimulate them, challenge them, to innovate. This is a difficult
balance to achieve as there are so many factors that have to be looked at and
addressed," he said.
Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said the government was an important
component of the innovation ecosystem.
"There is a remark about Little Napoleon. We cannot have Little Napoleon who
does not understand innovation. Napoleon is quite brilliant as a nucleus
strategist but we do need people who actually understand what needs to be done
to support innovation.
"It is because the role of the public servant is so important in supporting
the ecosystem that will nurture the innovation to take place," he added.
Najib said the government has embarked on a government transformation
programme which was already beginning to show favorable results.
"We cannot stop at this....more has to be done. We have to bring innovation
into government and government into innovation," he said, adding that it would
involve every level of the public sector.
The Prime Minister also said decision makers in the government must become
conversant with innovation.
"This will enable them to formulate frameworks, regulations and policies
that support innovation and not hinder its growth.
"Without a favorable regulatory environment, innovation cannot stoke
economic growth," he said.
As to prosper the ecosystem, Najib said the education system also required
a creative thinking ability.
"Creativity, unlike what was thought previously, is a highly organised and
systematic activity.
"Michelangelo, the brilliant Italian painter and sculptor of the 16th
Century, was so methodical and structured in his creative process that his diary
almost reads like a scientific journal.
"His ability to create masterpieces was built on preciseness, no more no
less, similar to that seen in high-technology industries.
"For the innovation ecosystem to bring benefit to the country, we have to
nurture this form of creative thinking in our education system. To nurture
precise society," Najib added.
-- BERNAMA
