A team, led by the Purdue Center for Regional Development, has developed some new, more flexible tools for understanding regional innovation and competitiveness. The project team, on which I served, represented a collaboration among Purdue, Indiana University, the University of Missouri and EMSI, an economic modeling company.
For some time now, I've been working on new, open innovation models for transforming our civic economy. We've got some complex transformations ahead, but we can develop remarkable collaborations by following some simple rules.
Here are some places where you can find my work. This blog outlines some early thinking on the application of open innovation and Strategic Doing to the challenge of transforming our civic economy.
The Purdue Center for Regional Development has become the hot spot for this work. Learn more.
Purdue keeps track of trends in economic development on the EDPro Weblog. You can also browse through the PCRD blog. You can also connect with PCRD on our Facebook page.
To learn more about what Purdue is doing in developing these models, including the workshops and presentations we provide, please connect with Peggy Hosea
A spin-out from my work at Purdue, Strategy-Nets extends the work on open innovation in the civic economy to provide additional tools, strategy frameworks, and advisory services to communities and regions looking to improve their ability to develop and guide strategic collaborations. You can learn more about Strategy-Nets by connecting with Punit Chabbra
