Some further thoughts on "the business idiot" theory. I was once told that the main weakness of engineers/technical people is that they want their work to be used (!!). Yes. But imagine how much time you'd have for politicking and positioning for power if you weren't "distracted" by doing actual useful stuff. I often wonder if this is behind technical people always losing out. Earlier relevant post: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/how-tech-loses-out/
How Tech Loses Out over at Companies, Countries and Continents - Bert Hubert's writings
This article is part of a series on (European) innovation and capabilities. Hi everyone, This is a transcript of my presentation over at the European Microwave Week 2020, actually held in 2021. You can find the video here and the slides here. I’d like to thank Frank van Vliet, general chair of the EMW, for inviting me to do this talk. The words have only been edited lightly - it is still presentation style, so here and there the sentences are not written like how they’d be in a more formal piece of work.
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bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦@bert_hubert@eupolicy.social