新加坡创新宣言

武夷山

我在TOWARDS AN INNOVATION-DRIVEN ECONOMY THROUGH INDUSTRIAL POLICY-MAKING: AN EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS OF SINGAPORE（The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal，2005年第10卷第3期）一文中发现了新加坡的《创新宣言》，其作用看来是唤起民众，但不知是哪一年发布的，也未能查到发布时间。我猜测在2000年之前。请知道该宣言的发布年代者告知，谢谢。

创新宣言

武夷山 试译

我们将新加坡看作一个创新社会，它能在知识社会中为所有人提供无尽的机会。面向21世纪的公务部门，作为社会的一个有机组成部分，必须不断再造自身以支持创新与创业运动，从而更好地参与变革、欢迎变革和实施变革。在此过程中，我们将受以下原则的指导：

----人们在工作中渴求挑战和对其业绩的承认。人们想做贡献，并知道自己的贡献并非无足轻重。因此，他们被动员起来去为一个超越自身利益的、值得追求的崇高目的与事业做贡献。

----每人都有才干，有能力。每个人都有可贡献之力，因此必须鼓励观点的多样性，以利于非线性的思考与分析。

----人们有改善自身的愿望并能够做到。人们有内在的学习渴望。只要给他们时间、机会和培训，他们就能取得进步。

----个人通过与他人合作才能最好地实现自己的创造价值，将自己的创造价值最大化。合作的方式各异，可以是关系网络，也可以是一体化的组织。在富有活力的环境中（而不是在真空中），创新最易绽放光彩。

----大家都思考、都行动，一定比只有少数人思考和行动更能出成果。新加坡人力资源匮乏，这一点就尤为至关重要。要想成功，我们就得利用每个人贡献出来而形成的多样化的知识、技能和专长。

----管理者的作用，是允许并推动其员工优化自己的创新能力。通过灌输一种目的感，通过创造出有利员工发展的宽松的框架和安全的环境，新创意、新实验和新变革就会层出不穷，而不是昙花一现。监管者必须从“管理资源”转变为“引导和鼓舞人”。必须为着适应新经济而重新打磨领导技能。我们敦请所有人问问自己：“你今天创新了吗？”

The Innovation Manifesto

We see Singapore as an Innovative Society that is able to offers limitless opportunities for all in the Knowledge Based Society. The Public Service for the 21st century, as an integral component of society, has to continually re-invent itself to support the innovative and enterprise movement so as to better anticipate, welcome and execute change. In doing so, we will be guided by the following principles:

·People want challenge in their work and recognition for what they do. People want to contribute and know that their contributions matter. Hence, they are motivated to contribute to a worthwhile higher purpose and cause, beyond self-interest.

·Everyone has talent and ability. Each individual has something to contribute and diversity of views must be encouraged for non-linear thinking and analysis.

·People want to improve themselves and can do so. People have an inherent thirst to learn. They can improve given time, opportunity and training.

·Individuals best realise and maximise their creative value through collaboration with others. Collaboration may vary from a network of relations to an integrated organisation. Innovation thrives best in a vibrant environment as opposed to being in a vacuum.

·Everyone thinking and doing will achieve more than a few thinking and doing.This is especially critical for Singapore with our limited manpower, to succeed, we will need to leverage on the diverse knowledge, skills and expertise of every single individual.

· The manager’s role is to facilitate and allow his staff to optimise their innovative capacity. By instilling a sense of purpose and creating the broad framework and safe environment in which the staff could operate - new ideas,experiments and chan ge become the norm rather than the exception. Supervisors must move from “managing resources” to “leading and inspiring people”.Leadership skills must be honed for the New Economy. We challenge everyone to ask themselves: HAVE YOU INNOVATED TODAY?

© Courtesy ofthe Singapore’s Public Service