The gospel according to John Kao
The New York Times profiles John Kao, a man The Economist has called “Mr. Creativity.”
Kao’s focus is the nexus of science, technology and entrepreneurship, and he identifies an urgent need to “link scientific talent and capital, and an ability to integrate existing technologies so they can be used together in new and productive ways.” He outlines this argument in his recent book Innovation Nation, a cri de coeur for a revitalized American innovation agenda.
Kao warns that without sweeping reform, “we will have an elite class of educated, cosmopolitan, global citizens who have a ticket of entry to the major leagues… and a much larger group of marginally employable people who have been sold a bill of goods by a consumption economy.”
Innovation advocacy meets consumerist critique?
This MaRSian can’t wait to hear more.
More information:
- MaRS Recommended Reads: Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge…
Kathryn provides market intelligence services to MaRS Advisory Services clients and to The Innovations Group at the University of Toronto. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information.
