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An Overview of GKII - The
Innovation SuperHighway
"A new economic world order based upon knowledge, innovation, value systems,
stakeholder success and international collaboration." - AmidonThe Global Knowledge Innovation Infrastructure (GKII)
is an exciting initiative to build the foundations for creating innovation capabilities
that will deliver prosperity in the 21st century knowledge economy.
It draws together people and organizations from different industries, different functions
and different geographies in a collaborative programme of
learning, research and practical action.
You are invited to join the GKII
initiative, participate and gain the benefits of early
participation.
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| Knowledge As a
Source of Wealth |
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The dynamics of the emerging knowledge economy
afford opportunities for mutual leverage of competencies in ways which support local and
global efforts simultaneously. Three underlying themes are fundamental to the new
infrastructure needed to create prosperity in this new economy:
- Knowledge is the new, expandable source of economic wealth.
There is an emerging recognition that the most valuable resource of any country is its
inherent intellectual assets, effectively exploited through innovation.
- Innovation that encompasses the full spectrum from creative
idea generation through full commercialization. Successful innovation depends on
converting knowledge flows into goods and services.
- Collaboration, replaces the competitive (win/lose) paradigm,
that is prevalent in many businesses today, with win/win benefits based on pooling
competencies - knowledge, know-how and skills.
The rate and magnitude of change require new modes of
enterprise management with benefits in the workplace, educational and health systems and
governance of our cities and nations. The GKII will provide a new framework for
understanding, cross-fertilizing and nurturing regional and organizational capabilities. |
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| The Vision |
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"A new economic world order based upon knowledge, innovation, value systems, stakeholder success and international collaboration."
The GKII will explore create and develop ideas and
possibilities, through an interactive collaborative programme with researchers, theorists,
practitioners and founding sponsors. |
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| The Initiative |
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| The Global Innovation Innovation Infrastructure (GKII) is an exciting initiative to build the foundations for creating innovation
capabilities that will deliver prosperity in the 21st century knowledge
economy. It draws together people and organizations from different industries,
different functions and different geographies in a collaborative
programme of learning, research and practical action. |
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| GKII & Banff |
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| The Banff Centre, provides the
physical locus for GKII. Its world reputation is based on the creative bridging of the
arts and management in its mountain setting, will provides an ideal locus for innovating
global futures. It will be complemented by virtual activities that allow participants from
around the world to develop opportunities on a continual basis. |
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