Let gamers take the lead
How do we mobilise these young people into a modern brigade to take on the challenges of our times? One suggestion is to create a think tank involving companies of every size and fuelled by a commitment to help share the future of digitalisation.
It is also an opportunity for partnerships with colleges and universities as well as associations of young people of like mind and interests. These are critical avenues for reaching the kind of talent which can bear fruit in the pursuit of technology leadership and innovation. The key objectives should surround not just the exploration but, importantly, the usefulness of the ideas worth converting into commercial opportunities. Reaching into the areas where technology changes are most required should provide the focus for these young explorers.
This approach should lead to creations which are useful in current and future applications. In other words, there must be an apparent demand. Innovation must add value to the company or institution and, most importantly, to the customer. After all, the world’s most innovative companies succeed in convincing their customers of the value of their products and services.
It is time to give the fresh and exciting minds of the young people among us a clear path to tackling some of the most significant challenges of our times. It is time to examine our companies, institutions, associations, communities and open our minds to the possibilities.
There are so many stories about young people bringing about significant change and reinforcing the value of their role in our development. It is time to make way for the young folk. Take another look at the gamers and marvel at their concentration, skill, energy, excitement and ask yourself what could happen if they transferred some of that talent to the pursuit of the technology of the future.
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The first reviews are in, and the Airpods Max “sound impressive, like high-end headphones, with tight bass, natural mids, crisp highs and a wide soundstage for a closed-back headphone anyway,” says CNET audio expert David Carnoy. The reviewer says that they slightly edge out the noise-cancelling performance of both Sony’s WH-1000XM4 and the Bose’ Noise Cancelling