Our firm recently participated in the Regional Innovation & Jobs Summit hosted by the Washington Economic Development Commission. Kudos to Egils Milberg and Noreen Hobin for a very full day of content and conversation. The full day was webcast, including the intro to our session. Also thanks to our colleague from the WA-based Ingenesist Project, Dan Robles, who took great photos of our session.
Our session came at the end of the day. After a day of talking, our role was to get people engaged and active in improving specific ecosystems for the state. Here are our intro slides on SlideShare:
In Intangible Capital, we make the case that
innovation is more than a process, it is also an ecosystem. And that
ecosystem is its intangible capital. When you apply these ideas to a
geographic region or cluster, the innovation ecosystem is made up of the
same group of intangible (knowledge-based) resources that we use at the
organizational level. These include:
- Human capital: specific areas of expertise shared by groups in the region
- Structural capital: shared communication, information, process and program resources that facilitate collaboration and innovation within the region
- Relationship capital: links with resources/knowledge outside the region
To read the full, original article click on this link: Five Steps to Building a Regional Innovation Ecosystem | smarter companies
Author: Mary Adams
