Doug McColgin talks about how we feel pressured to network with those in the same background, company, or sector, but great discovery exists in connections with those outside of our work-world. We can leverage our local community to drive breakthrough innovations, but we have to find those who think differently than ourselves. McColgin is actively working to build Indianapolis into an innovation center through his role as Board President at the non-profit Centric and his work at the Carmel-based consultancy, Insight2. He also one of the founders of Indy's Day of Innovation Conference and Indiana Innovation Awards. Is it possible for a mid-market, Midwestern city to inspire, create, and support real innovation from its residents? YES, by creating a liquid environment where ideas are shared among the four pillars of an innovation economy: business, non-profit, academia, and government.
Seth Godin discusses the idea of tribes, which he defines as groups of people leading and connecting around ideas. He asserts that this concept...
Axel Zein promotes a new way we manage businesses today: think of business as a sport. In sports, the team is decisive; the team...
Riley Csernica describes how a job interview made her realize she didn't want a quality control engineering job, but rather a career in invention...
