Skill Spectrum By Vinay

Innovation and Creativity

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Wait, did I forget Information Systems?
Skill Spectrum
by
Vinay Singh

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Skill spectrum is a tool to understand
various degrees of Innovation and
Creativity

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Success mantra for India

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For a nation to produce products and services for
global economy consistency is the need of the
day. A nation has to have right balance of the
following three ingredients to succeed :-
- Infrastructure for Growth
- Superior Human resource skills
- Creativity & innovation skills

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Infrastructure for Growth. World class higher education,
academic research, Industry R&D and ability to attract talent
from any part of the world.
Superior Human resource skills . The development of technical &
professional skills. India has done well on this front except that
number of quality.
Creativity & innovation skills .Third and most important
ingredient is Creativity & innovation skills.

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Skill Spectrum

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Path braking discoveries/invention
Nature
Landmark invention
New product
development
Setting up new
processes
Refining existing
Processes
Complex problem
solving
Routine work
Routine work with
occasional
simple problem solving
Complexity/
Expertise
Impact on
society
I
II
III
IV
V
Legend
* Spectrum is
divided into five
layers.
* I-III layers are
divided in two part
i.e. lower (a) and
upper (b).
[Vinay Singh 2009]
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Simple skillsA: Routine work involving
preset processes
Simple application skillsB: Routine work with
occasional
simple problem solving
I
High application skill,
Visualization skill
A: Complex problem solving
at in-frequent intervals
Rich expertise available in
India
Low Innovation skill B: Refining the existing
processes at in-frequent
intervals
II
Expertise available in IndiaModerate Innovation skill
Macro vision,
Six sigma
Indian IT sector,
A: Setting up new processes
Simple product development
Except ISRO’s space research
program, Prithvi and AGNI,
expertise at this layer is not
available in India.
High Innovation skillB: New product development
New theory
III
Once in decades/ century by
an individual/ team.
Very high Creative &
Innovation skills
E=MC2,
Newton’s Laws,
DNA
Landmark inventionIV
Once in thousands of years by
an individual.
Rare Creative &
Innovation skills
Zero, Wheel,
Electricity
Path braking
discoveries/invention
V
………………God knowsNature
∞
Known Indian PositionSkill requiredExamplesTaskLayer
Degree of
skill set/
Task
Complexity
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India
Where to focus now???

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Focus Area
Priority 1
Priority 2
Priority 3

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