Innovation Alchemy: Turning Ideas into Gold

Huffington Post (Paul Otellini, President and CEO of Intel Corporation and Jean-Lou Chameau, President of the California Institute of Technology) - Close relationships between business and academia let us connect curricula, research, and business plans to address important issues. Supported by enlightened government policies, this merging of invention into innovation is at the center of the real economy -- the making of things, the solving of problems, improvements in society. A new sense of inventiveness has permeated all three sectors -- and that gives reason for hope for America's future. But if leaders don't continue to take innovation seriously, our nation still risks falling behind in the global economy. Absolutely nothing about the future is guaranteed - not jobs, not leadership, not our standard of living. It's not about any one of us as companies or institutions, but for all of us to ask: What can we do to help secure America's future as the world's leader in science, technology and economic growth?  Hat Tip: Council on Competitiveness