The creative and instinctive nature of innovation will now be channeled through, yes, a government agency.
Gov. Bev Perdue, by executive order, established the state's first Innovation Council on Monday. The group's mission is to: coordinate public and private investment to promote innovation, help move ideas faster from the lab to the marketplace and improve the collaboration between business, academia and government.
Perdue announced the creation of the council during a visit to the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem.
The council will be chaired by Al Delia, senior adviser to Perdue, and Steve Nelson, managing partner of the Wakefield Group.
(Dome wanted to provide a link to the Wakefield Group's Web site but found the site was down and has been for months. Nelson said the firm was receiving too many unsolicited business offers over the Internet and doesn't need to market itself on the web.)
UPDATE: Click the attachment to see the council's members.
Document(s):
Innovation Council Appointees.txt
Comments
Re: Spontaneity of innovation, meet govt
November 17, 2009 - 9:06am — redriverA prime example of not understanding the free market. The last thing the free market needs is another obstacle or a group of politicians help. This seems to be an attempt to ensure that the state, universities, etc... have a piece of the pie in innovation. This must be what she learned on the China trip, how the government can in fact control the market place with tiny steps at first while growing the role of government. How does a leader with no experience in the free market even think they know what is good for the market? Oh I forgot, it is the Obama syndrone. Academia is a great place to learn but a poor place to implement reality. So far the leaders we have in this nation from academia do not shine a favorable light on the industry. Maybe they should remain in academia and leave the real lifting to those who know what works.
Re: Spontaneity of innovation, meet govt
November 16, 2009 - 5:14pm — KingixolibHe he....start an innovation panel and put a political hack in charge of it.
Presto you have another bureaucracy!