During the recent State of the Union Address, the President emphasized fiscal responsibility and a need to focus on innovation to protect America’s future. This is not a new direction for the government policy, which has been focusing on maximizing returns on innovation for some time. In March of 2010, the Office of Science and Technology reached out to universities to discuss “transferring viable research discoveries to the marketplace” and “increase the economic impact of Federal investment in university R&D”. It is a “help me, help you” circumstance, and a great example of a symbiotic relationship that helps consumers, the universities and America in general.
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Jeff DeGraff is the Dean of Innovation – an author, speaker, and advisor to Fortune 500 companies and mission-driven organizations worldwide. He’s the CEO and Founder of Innovatrium, Founder of Intellectual Edge Alliance, and Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Jeff co-created the Competing Values Framework and developed the Innovation Code and Innovation Genome methodologies which provide organizations with practical tools to reconcile competing priorities and drive breakthrough performance. His mission is the democratization of innovation: making systematic innovation accessible to everyone, everywhere, every day.