John Kao is the creator of the above image (used with permission) which is the blueprint for what our facility will someday look like. US News magazine has a good interview with him where he expresses concern for America's ability to innovate:
Innovation doesn't happen by itself. A lot of organizations don't have sophisticated ideas about innovation. In a company, you need to have a leader who articulates change. Then you need a "coalition of the willing" who can drive that intention into the organization. There's a lot of discussion about an "energy president" or an "education president." I think we need an "innovation president." The country is at a crossroads. The next 13 months of national dialogue are critical because some problems are not easily reversible. It's going to take a generation to solve our education problem, for example.
I couldn't agree more, as we say here: process, network, facility .....will provide the incubator and way forward....