We live in a Changing World with increased internal and external competition running after available resources and opportunities at local, regional and global levels. It is up to us to make the world change for better, not worse, by making sure our local and regional issues are addressed by the changes, are generating the changes and are being part of the changes.
If anything, our environment will become more difficult, more aggressive, more competitive, more crowded and we need to be able not just to keep up to the rest of the world but to stand above and ahead, playing catch-up not being an option.
If anything, our environment will become more difficult, more aggressive, more competitive, more crowded and we need to be able not just to keep up to the rest of the world but to stand above and ahead, playing catch-up not being an option.
We live in a Changing World with increased internal and external competition running after available resources and opportunities at local, regional and global levels. It is up to us to make the world change for better, not worse, by making sure our local and regional issues are addressed by the changes, are generating the changes and are being part of the changes.
To many and at first glance, the fast and changing nature of the Information and Knowledge Society looks like major chaos, but the complexity theory allows us to find order by identifying Restrictions and Challenges, Opportunities and Niches. We must not limit our focus to existing strengths or competencies, assuming them as a given, since they can be built as part of comprehensive strategies to exploit valuable niches and opportunities. Being new or an outsider in any field has its advantages, in particular freedom from blinding paradigms and the burden of legacy systems (knowledge, research, control, behavioral, operations, communication systems, etc.).
To many and at first glance, the fast and changing nature of the Information and Knowledge Society looks like major chaos, but the complexity theory allows us to find order by identifying Restrictions and Challenges, Opportunities and Niches. Although we mentioned earlier the importance of addressing local issues and taking into consideration existing skills and competencies, we must not limit our focus to existing strengths or competencies, assuming them as a given, since they can be built as part of comprehensive strategies to exploit valuable niches and opportunities. Being new or an outsider in any field has its advantages, in particular freedom from blinding paradigms and the burden of legacy systems (knowledge, research, control, behavioral, operations, communication systems, etc.).
To many and at first glance, the fast and changing nature of the Information and Knowledge Society looks like major chaos, but the complexity theory allows us to find order by identifying Restrictions and Challenges, Opportunities and Niches. Although we mentioned earlier the importance of addressing local issues and taking into consideration existing skills and competencies, we must not limit our focus to existing strengths or competencies, assuming them as a given, since they can be built as part of comprehensive strategies to exploit valuable niches and opportunities. Being new or an outsider in any field has its advantages, in particular freedom from blinding paradigms and the burden of legacy systems (knowledge, research, control, behavioral, operations, communication systems, etc.).
The Caribbean is larger than what we usually think and its strong ethnical, historical, social and business links to other nations bring it closer to important regions around the whole world.
Our first hand experience with scarce resources, lack of support, unreliability of systems, unpredictability of nature, limited choices, our practical knowledge of unmet needs and inadequate systems, our proven record of overcoming obstacles and our profound yearning for opportunities and improvement, combined with the unbreakable will and good nature of our people, are our greater strengths. A large percentage of our population remains underserved by the conventional market, creating a fertile ground of opportunities to find profitable ways to better address the needs of our people and those experiencing similar conditions in other places around the globe.
The Caribbean has excellent understanding of areas such as diaspora and mobility of people, disaster preparedness and recovery, multilingual and non-verbal communications, higher education and distance learning, tourism and multi-destination travels, call centers and service industry, mobile communications and wireless networks, financial services and gambling, among many other of our regional strengths. But we have yet to build a culture of true institutional collaboration, individual motivation and supporting financial instruments and institutional mechanisms and incentives to foster innovation and entrepreneurship.
Our first hand experience with scarce resources, lack of support, unreliability of systems, unpredictability of nature, limited choices, our practical knowledge of unmet needs and inadequate systems, our proven record of overcoming obstacles and our profound yearning for opportunities and improvement, combined with the unbreakable will and good nature of our people, are our greater strengths. A large percentage of our population remains underserved by the conventional market, creating a fertile ground of opportunities to find profitable ways to better address the needs of our people and those experiencing similar conditions in other places around the globe.
To many and at first glance, the fast and changing nature of the Information and Knowledge Society looks like major chaos, but the complexity theory allows us to find order by identifying Restrictions and Challenges, Opportunities and Niches. We must not limit our focus to existing strengths or competencies, assuming them as a given, since they can be built as part of comprehensive strategies to exploit valuable niches and opportunities. Being new or an outsider in any field has its advantages, in particular freedom from blinding paradigms and the burden of legacy systems (knowledge, research, control, behavioral, operations, communication systems, etc.).
To many and at first glance, the fast and changing nature of the Information and Knowledge Society looks like major chaos, but the complexity theory allows us to find order by identifying Restrictions and Challenges, Opportunities and Niches. Although we mentioned earlier the importance of addressing local issues and taking into consideration existing skills and competencies, we must not limit our focus to existing strengths or competencies, assuming them as a given, since they can be built as part of comprehensive strategies to exploit valuable niches and opportunities. Being new or an outsider in any field has its advantages, in particular freedom from blinding paradigms and the burden of legacy systems (knowledge, research, control, behavioral, operations, communication systems, etc.).