Journal 4

In Jon Gertner’s article (2.25.2012) “True Innovation,” he states that the culture of innovation is very important for America. He compares the Bell Lab with many other companies. Then the author introduces Mervin Kelly, the chairman of Bell Lab. Mervin Kelly run the lab perfectly.

I think the way that Bell Lab works is good for a business. The lab researches something that will be needed in the future, so that the researcher could spend more time on innovation. Business will be benefit by these innovations. Many companies could supply much more products for us.

Mr. Kelly believed that freedom was crucial, especially in research. He gave his researchers not only freedom but also time. I think his philosophy about research is very useful. When Researcher does some research, it will need much more time than we predict. If Researcher wants to get an ideal result, researcher must have enough time. Researcher can’t get an actual result in hurry. Another thing that is very important is freedom. The researcher needs to check every result that is possible. They can’t be restricted by many demands. Freedom is a necessary element to research activity.

I think this philosophy work will work in some science research. Science experiment is a hard process during researching. After thousands of experiments, Scientist might get an actual result that seems reasonable. To make sure the result is reliable, they need huge time work on it.