Fostering Innovation

How did past innovators create their societies? Do today's innovation districts have a genealogy? How did people approach what seemed unimaginable? How do we foster tomorrow's innovation capacity from universities ? Is there a specific mindset that can invent the inconceivable? Jane Talkington, PhD, researched innovation in 19th century settlements, intentional communities, communes, ecovillages, cohousing developments, industrial districts, clusters, and research parks. Innovation districts are a new overlap of an intentional community and place-based innovation. They are communities intentionally designed so innovation occurs easily, usually inspired by a nearby university. These neighborhoods are enhanced by placemaking from the city and often include an industry presence. Corporations sometimes contribute a co-location building on campus for dual use. The approach communities use to create innovation is: Open Source, Iterative Process & Proximity. This book offers ideas how to use OSipp Theory of Innovation(TM) to foster innovation.