Innovation literacy: Implications from a shift toward dynamic multidisciplinary engineering

As advances in information and communication technologies push forward changes in the technological landscape, the importance of innovation as an engineering goal is increasing. In order to identify a framework of capturing modern innovation, the author compiles landscape changes involved in industrial landscapes. The author discusses his observation of three transitions in the mobile Internet industry over the last decade from the viewpoint of an innovation framework. Then, the author proposes view models in order to identify the characteristics of transitions. The author discusses qualitative changes in modern innovation and the driving factors behind them. The author coins the term “innovation literacy”. The term “innovation literacy” is a concept that deals with the shift from implementation-driven innovation to post-implementation-focused innovation design. Finally, the author proposes a view model of innovation literacy to capture the effective management of modern innovation.