Professor CHEUNG Tai-kin, Jeffrey, speaking on "Creative Learning and Innovative Thinking"

30 June 2011

The Observatory holds a management forum regularly, occasionally inviting professionals from different sectors to share their insight and experience with the Observatory's colleagues. The speaker on 24 June was Professor CHEUNG Tai-kin, Jeffrey, who is the Visiting Professor of the Department of Physics in the Hong Kong Baptist University.

Professor Cheung discovered a set up with very low friction during a laboratory accident, and applied it in developing a buoy that effectively harvests wave energy. The device was successfully transformed into a commercial product afterward. This example demonstrated the importance of creativity and innovation. To complete a "mission impossible", creativity and innovation are two indispensable elements. The key to success includes "curiosity" to drive knowledge accumulation, "gut-feeling" to recognize and capture the moment of serendipity, "associative power" to discover new ideas and solutions, and "visualization" to recognize enabling steps.

The talk provides new ideas and broadens our colleagues' horizons on creativity and innovation.

Professor CHEUNG Tai-kin, Jeffrey, speaking on "Creative Learning and Innovative Thinking" in the Observatory's management forum.

The Director, Mr C.M. Shun (left), presenting a souvenir to Professor CHEUNG Tai-kin, Jeffrey.