14.2. Workshop I: Building Blocks of Innovation
14.2.1. Objectives
Our goal for the first meeting was to kick off the project in a way that embodied innovation and generated a positive buzz about the Lab's activities. We wanted people to recognize that the Innovation Lab was truly a lab in which we would mix things together and see what we got, sometimes confirming our predictions but at other times sending us back to the drawing board. We had a plan but would be ready to change course along the way.
The group first needed an understanding of the theories of innovation, with an emphasis on the important role played by networks. Everyone entered the meeting with his or her own concept of innovation—which may or may not have acknowledged the ...
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