But it is ironic the stereotypical image we have created of Scientists /Techies / Inventors of being a geek oblivious of what is happening around him and nothing illustrates it better than the conversation over coffee in office today.
My colleague Yeshesvini and myself happened to meet a Telecom Researcher over coffee today and happened to ask him "What do you do" to which he responded "Research in creating Standards" and the obvious follow-up question was "What are the applications of your work" to which he responded saying they do industry projects and follow a public-private partnership model after which we ended our conversation.
Yeshesvini drew parallels and took a simple example"I asked him how much is Tomato worth" and he responded with an answer on the worth of Potato!!
The insight we drew was Scientists & Inventors are very inward looking and therefore very often not able to relate to the "outward world" which I believe should be a big lesson coz' therein lies the challenge and opportunity!!
Look forward to different views & perspective.
Ciao till the next post..
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