The paradox of the innovation oxymoron
Photo Attribution: “The Amish factory worker” – drainhook
First the Oxymoron: If government policy and spending are intended to spur innovation then why is the vast majority of funding used to setting up large bureaucratic organizations to administer “innovation”.
Now the Paradox: The more adamantly an organization professes to be innovative the less likely it is to be so.
That is all.
Ian Graham
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[The oxymoron doubles back if this is valid:] Funding goes astray because politicians, not administrators, make critical decisions. Each EU country has its elected politicians, but non-elected administrators run the show. And do long-term planning.
re- S. Taylor
You make a good point in that much of what gets done at all levels of government is by essentially non-elected administrators. IMHO this is more prominent, at least in Canada, at the Municipal level.
My understanding is policy is the driving force behind what gets done by administrators in the government. Politicians drive policy, however, the machinery of government moves slowly and often the elected officials change before policy does. The only constant is the administration.