Promotion and transformation of science for a better future

2019 was the year for sciences in Colombia has been a milestone after the official structuring of Science, Technology and Innovation’s Ministry (MinCiencias), allowing scaling decisions of research, development and innovation to executive power and whose main challenges will be in the coming years, continue process of building a knowledge-based country, technology, scientific capabilities and improving of academy, industry and government linkage; this challenges requires a collective construction of main science authority and different higher education organizations, groups, research and technological development centers, but especially the participation of researchers in all knowledge areas. In addition to the creation of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the work leaded by “Mision de Sabios 2019”, have defined the roadmap for scientific development in Colombia since eight thematic axes constituted in: 1. Biotechnology, bioeconomy and environment, 2. Basic and space sciences, 3. Life and health sciences, 4. Social sciences, development and equity, 5. Sustainable energy, 6. Creative and cultural industries, 7. Oceans and hydrobiological resources and 8 Converging technologies, nano, info and cogno industries 4.0; strategic knowledge areas which guide formulations and decisions on different activities that promote high level formation and commitment to scientific research.  The journal “Liderazgo Estrategico”, attached to School of Business of Universidad Simon Bolivar, reaffirms its work and commitment with research formation and the promotion of science, technology and innovation on new Colombian researchers, positioning itself as a part of knowledge’s social appropriation on administrative, economic and accounting sciences, consolidating in its ninth volume with new publications result of the articulated work of professors and students, as well as the critical analysis and argumentation of the main argues on the academic field of the different disciplines which are linked to business and management area. Transcendental challenges for scientific activity are glimpsed at the doors of a 2020 year, not only in Colombia and the Latin American region, too it’s consolidating global perspectives that urge researchers on the continuous construction of a knowledge-based society, an intelligent and autonomous industry is strengthened based on the so-called fourth industrial revolution promoting efficiency and productivity, innovation and technology are advancing at rates that promote the transformation of paradigms in society and the first five years of the global declaration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are fulfilled. How much progress has been made in the consolidation of global goals that will contribute to the construction of a just, equitable and sustainable society ?; from the School of Business and all its instances, scientific research will continue to be promoted as part of its core activity on the construction of knowledge for its different actors, because according to MinCiencias (2019) “#ElConocimientoNosHaceGrandes”.