Corporations need to embrace a made-in-Canada approach to innovation

It is time for Canadian companies to recognize that we shouldn’t be looking to Silicon Valley for inspiration, but we need our own brand of innovation that requires collaboration.

The Canadarm’s success was based not just on a single technology, but numerous technologies that worked together, including the technologies that gave the robotic arm physical dexterity, visual acuity, and precise control through cutting-edge software, writes Tima Bansal. Photograph courtesy of NASA

Opinion

BY TIMA BANSAL

February 1, 2023

When most Canadians think of the heartland of corporate innovation, they likely think of Silicon Valley. This is the home of creative destruction, failing fast and cheap, open innovation, and chasing moonshots. But, what’s good for Silicon Valley is not necessarily good fo...

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