It turns out that in Ren's eyes, innovation should be based on inheritance, not innovation out of thin air. Ren described this kind of "inheritance and innovation" as "flowers inserted in cow dung": after the flowers failed, they became cow dung and had to nourish new flowers. In other words, it is to innovate and evolve on the basis of existence forever. When it comes to innovation, Huawei's internal view is that innovation is to create new value for customers from a business perspective. The so-called innovation is not to create a new product, it is just the concept of the product; Not creating a new technology, just the concept of technology. For enterprises, the key is to create new value for customers, and enterprises have gained due value in this process, which is innovation. To this end, Huawei also deliberately distinguishes between "research" and "development" and distinguishes internally. Ren also pointed out that the requirements of development should be deterministic and predictable in nature. Research is uncertain and unpredictable. For a predictable and deterministic business, the management mode should be managed by deterministic research and development.
The background of Ren's statement is the "uncertainty" of global technology and market development. However, how to deal with this uncertainty? Ren's countermeasure is to encourage Huawei executives and senior experts to go out and communicate, communicate and interact with the outside world. Ren's requirement is that the company's senior executives and senior experts should go out, participate in world forums, participate in world fairs and exhibitions, participate in world seminars, get in touch with the top scientists, technical experts, executives and senior leaders of operators or customers outside, have coffee with them, absorb their ideas about the future from exchanges, and then come back to sort out their ideas about the future.
This is what Ren called "a cup of coffee absorbs the energy of the universe". Moreover, as a special event, this award was declared by outsiders themselves and was not reviewed. There will be a reward if you declare it. Huawei hopes that through such "no threshold" incentives, company executives and senior experts will be encouraged to go out for coffee and communication, and some "uncertain" answers will be obtained in multiple paths and batches.
No wonder Huawei's technology is so powerful, and there is such a strange trick of "absorbing energy"!