Episode 0021: Conjuring Innovation

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: A follow-up to The Axis of Innovation, should we be building an Innovation Hub, or an Innovation Destination in Southern Nevada? Can we Conjure Innovation? Recapping The Axis - Does Southern Nevada Have a Culture of Innovation? - Does Southern Nevada have Innovation Infrastructure? - If we build it, do they come? Who are they, anyway? Clinics and Fusion Centers (circa 2015) - Bridge small business (especially Downtown Project) to emerging student talent pool - In the absence of existing, enabling infrastructure (electronics labs, bio labs, manufacturing and fabrication), maybe UNLV (for example) the starting point. - Enable local and remote talent of any kind to converge on the Vegas area for innovation sprints. Modernity - Do companies and entrepreneurs benefit moving to Southern Nevada? - Should we predict those needs, or focus on existing strengths? - What are the OKRs for development of an Innovation Hub? The Missing Pieces - Education platform could be enabling entrepreneurial innovation rather than workers - Recognition across the board that 21+ is simply the wrong idea - Fuel desires to think outside the curriculum - Recognize thought and implementation leaders of any age