SBS World View program

Are some cultures more conducive to innovation than others?
Wed, Jun 04 2008

What sort of environment or society sets the conditions for new ideas and innovation, that will improve our lives?

Why do some people and societies seem to do it better than others?

You've heard the age-old saying, "necessity is the mother of invention". Is it as simple as that?

It's a question Caroline Davey put to Australian business professor Amanda Sinclair... (who works in Management Diversity & Change at the Melbourne Business School) ... and Canadian technology writer Chris Turner ....(who's recently written "The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need").

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