This series of blog posts has been percolating on the back burner of my brain for well over two years probably three or four years maybe even more. Anyway I recently decided to put a framework around my thoughts and get them ready to publish.

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This series will likely be introduced in four or five sections (first two sections written, the remainder a work in progress). These will form the basis of my Monday morning posts from now until December. Here is the outline;

Innovation Series – 1 – Introduction
1.1 What is it?
1.2 More Definitions; Prosperity, Commercialization, Entrepreneurship
1.3 Even More Definitions – Social Innovation
1.4 Canadian Context – Athlete Analogy
1.5 Segway Measurement

Innovation Series – 2 – Measuring what matters.
2.1 Prosperity – Legatum Prosperity Index
2.1.1 Legatum Sub-index Entrepreneurship and Innovation
2.2 Prosperity – Richard Florida and the Creative Class 3T’s
2.3 Innovation – Conference Board of Canada Innovation Index
2.4 Innovation – OECD Innovation Metrics
2.5 Commercialization – “People and Excellence” the heart of successful commercialization

More to follow.

Ian Graham

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