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How "Pasteur's Quadrant" enlightens invention, innovation, inquiry and other thinking challenges



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KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • Political scientist Donald E. Stokes outlined distinct dimensions and categories of research in his 1997 publication Pasteur’s Quadrant.

  • Stokes created a framework — “Pasteur’s quadrant” — that visualizes the invention-innovation challenge faced by industrial research labs.

  • Pasteur’s quadrant did not yet exist when the mission statement for Microsoft Research (MSR) was drafted — but the similarities are remarkable.

 
 

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One  objective:
facilitating  those,
who are so motivated,
to enjoy the benefits of becoming  humble polymaths.   

“The universe
is full of magical things
patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”


—Eden Phillpotts

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