20. The Secret of Innovation Ecosystems
Economies thrive when culture
Across an entire system
overcomes social barriers and fosters
connectivity, trust, and collaboration
between diverse people…
21. But how do we design networks
where value comes from chaos?
Can we engineer serendipity?
22. It’s not just creative destruction.
Far more important—and harder—
is creative reassembly.
23. The culture of the American frontier
required strangers to trust fast, or die…
24. Rules of the Rainforest
Rule #1: Break rules and dream.
Rule #2: Open doors and listen.
Rule #3: Trust and be trusted.
Rule #4: Experiment and iterate together.
Rule #5: Seek fairness, not advantage.
Rule #6: Err, fail, and persist.
Rule #7: Pay it forward.
25. How do humans change behavior?
Across an entire system
26. Tools to Build Rainforests
Tool #1: Learn by Doing
Tool #2: Enhance Diversity
Tool #3: Celebrate Role Models and Peer Interaction
Tool #4: Build Tribes of Trust
Tool #5: Create Social Feedback Loops
Tool #6: Make Social Contracts Explicit
27. What does it mean?
OLD NEW
1. Factors of production 1. Cultural transformation
2. Clusters, technoparks, 2. Human connectivity, not just
and incubators physical proximity
3. Local first, then global 3. Wherever the value chain goes
4. Writing smaller checks = 4. Fund managers and their
venture capital human qualities matter
5. Hiring by skills and 5. Character, trust, respect, role
resume models matter
6. Plan specific outcomes 6. Experiment, adapt, iterate
7. Measure output 7. Measure environment
