The United States has no national, coordinated innovation policy system. In fact, its overall innovation system has been deteriorating. The country’s economic future and national security will depend on rising to the challenge of addressing this problem. Rob and Jackie discuss how policymakers can be responsible stewards of innovation with John Kao, a leading thinker on innovation.

Mentioned:

• John Kao, Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity (Harper Business, 1997). 
• John Kao, Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back (Free Press, 2007). 

Related:

• Robert D. Atkinson, “Understanding the U.S. National Innovation System, 2020” (ITIF, November 2020).