Finland is reassessing its innovative strategy in which the country is trying to achieve the top position in the world with a three point-programme. It´s a good to make new initiatives, when it comes to innovation. But I have my concerns. The program doesn´t sound wise in long run.

According to an article in Finnfact-newspaper (Autumn 2008) Finland is putting itself on the top of the world increasing competitiveness and attractiveness. One of the notable implication of the new innovation strategy is the Aalto University. It´s a combination of three universities in Metropoly of Helsinki that is supposed to guarantee “Finland´s competitiveness in the creation of importance.”

The logic beyond the entire innovation strategy is a simple. Firstly, Finland must be focused on only the few areas, offer better opportunities for radical innovations and support the expertise.

“Making choices is inevitable and justified. Finland is a small country and there simply aren´t resources to take on everything. We have to choose in what areas Finland wants to be the world number one.”, emphasizes the director at the Confederation of Finnish Industries.

I make to make two remarks to the strategy. Firstly, the innovation strategy seems to consider creativity as the profession of the few. Personally I believe that everybody can be creativity. We should avoid elitism in creativity.

Instead of that, for example in comprehensive schools, we should encourage people to act freely and creatively. All the obstacles in creativity should be overcome. This means that the quality of education should improved by supporting in the programmes of the government,

This leads to buzz in ideas, when there are more that Aalto University´s players on the field. When children go through the education system and get the idea that she/he CAN BE an innovative, this logically lead to more innovations in the future.

Secondly, what happens to our culture and society when all money are being invested in only some areas. It´s so difficult to forecast the future. It could be better and wiser to flourish all possible flowers and remember so called “unproductive” sectors such as art.