In her September Forbes.com article, Council President and CEO Deborah WinceSmith highlights how regions across the country—from Tennessee and South Carolina to Indiana, Texas, Colorado, and Pennsylvania—are laying the foundations for America’s innovation economy. Drawing on insights from the nearly 10 editions of Competitiveness Conversations hosted across the country, as well as from findings in the work of the National Commission, Ms. Wince-Smith identifies six high-priority strategies to strengthen place-making innovation and to drive U.S. competitiveness, including:
- Building innovation capacity in regions where it is weak while leveraging areas
of high entrepreneurial potential to drive national competitiveness. - Developing new financing models to support innovation ecosystems,
particularly in underserved rural and urban communities. - Expanding access to facilities and infrastructure that accelerate technology
development and deployment. - Preparing regions to withstand and recover from technological, economic, and
labor market disruptions. - Sharing knowledge on fostering place-based innovation and effective
ecosystem building. - Accelerating the scaling of critical technologies.
By combining strategic investment, collaboration, and targeted support, Ms. WinceSmith argues the United States can strengthen regional ecosystems and ensure innovation drives broad-based economic growth. Read her full article in Forbes.com here.
