Innovation Nation Podcast

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Dr. Moira Gunn recently interviewed John Kao about his book “Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back”. Good discussion topics brought up during the course of the interview:

• American Youth - They seem to have lost the meaning of “hard work” and feel they are entitled to everything.
• Melting Pot - America is no longer being perceived as a the melting pot of ideas, cultures, foreign influence etc.
• Talent Stickiness - Top talent is no longer staying but moving elsewhere.
• Legal Madness - The country is overrun by lawyers.

I recommend listing to the podcast (32:36 minutes) as found on the IT Conversations network. The book is probably worth checking out as well.

1 Comment to Innovation Nation Podcast

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   Hi - I also had the opportunity to interview John Kao a few weeks ago. (I work for the non-profit Business Innovation Factory and John is one of our research advisors.) We talked a lot about place power and how specific regions - even the smallest in size - can create dramatic output. You can read my article
   here

   Cheers, Chris
Chris Flanagan on February 5th, 2008

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