Abstract
Religious roots marked the medieval university, alma mater of the Second Millennium higher education institutions. For centuries, the ‘ivory tower’ syndrome, a reminiscence of their monastic lineage, has affected academic institutions. Einstein said, “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created universities (society) that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift”. This kind of thinking pervaded, limiting the scope of some universities to knowledge and student production. It seems that analysis has taken precedence over synthesis/creation (in addition to theory always taking precedence over practice). This dissonance between the work of a university and value creation was hinted at by CK Prahalad at the 2010 Global Drucker Forum when he said, “I have never seen a next practice emerge from a regression analysis”.
When the winds of change come, some people build walls, other build windmills.
Brian and Sangeeta Mayne, Founders of Lift International.
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Science: from Latin scientia, meaning knowledge.
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Examples are nanoscience and technology, digital contents convergence, intelligent convergence system. See the case of the Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology at Seoul National University (http://gscst.snu.ac.kr/introduction/aboutus_eng.php).
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Carayannis and Campbell (2011 ) have proposed the concepts of Quadruple and Quintuple Helix as an extension and completion of the Triple Helix: “The traditional Triple Helix innovation model focuses on university–industry–government relations. The Quadruple Helix innovation systems bring in the perspectives of the media-based and culture-based public as well as that of civil society. The Quintuple Helixemphasizes the natural environments of society, also for the knowledge production and innovation. Therefore, the Quadruple Helixcontextualizes the Triple Helix, and the Quintuple Helix contextualizes the Quadruple Helix. Features of the Quadruple Helixare: culture (cultures) and innovation culture (innovation cultures); the knowledge of culture and the culture of knowledge; values and lifestyles; multiculturalism, multiculture, and creativity; media; arts and arts universities; and multi-level innovation systems (local, national, global), with universities of the sciences, but also universities of the arts”.
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“A remark attributed to Peter Drucker and popularized in 2006 by Mark Fields, president of Ford Motor Company. As the Leader of Ford, Fields was keenly aware that no matter how far reaching his vision or how brilliant his strategy, neither would be realized if not supported by the culture” (see http://www.relationaldynamicsinstitute.com/?p=48).
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Curley, M., Formica, P. (2013). University Ecosystems Design Creative Spaces for Start-Up Experimentation. In: Curley, M., Formica, P. (eds) The Experimental Nature of New Venture Creation. Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00179-1_2
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