#Journal 4 Yorick

In Jon Gertner’s article (2012) “True Innovation,” the author describes the philosophy for innovation that how innovation contributes to the development of the society. He starts at introducing Bell Labs, which is the most innovative organization in the world. Then he focuses on some significant people in Bell Labs in order to show the elements needed for the innovation. At last, the author shows the influence and effort of innovation that we’re still benefiting from it.

I do believe that Bell Lab did a right way for its business. It combines many significant elements to achieve the innovation, and the great achievements of Bell Labs result from the way it works. I agree with the method of organizational that Mr. Kelly used in Bell Labs. A well-organized company could finish its work step by step, and a company without organization may work in a mess. That’s the reason why every company needs a manager to organize the workers into a group. The manager can also divide them into different departments based on diverse abilities of employees so that everyone can be made full use in their expertise. That’s a good way for organizational.

This philosophy works on almost every kinds of business because businesses all need organizational to manage and plan their work. To start a business needs to know what comes first and what is the next step. For example, if you want to sell a hamburger, the first thing is to buy meet, vegetable and other stuff. Then the hamburger could be made, and a price is also needed to sell it. So organizational helps the business by giving it a list of step to follow rather than doing things randomly. Generally speaking, this method could be used in any businesses.