“The policy apparatus is completely different for an industrial production economy based on tangibles and an innovation economy based on intangibles. The stakes are high if we don’t get it right.”
Jim Balsillie, speaking at the launch of the Innovation Nation series
Innovation Nation: Making Canada a Leader in the Global Ideas Economy
The fourth industrial revolution is upon us. And while Canada has had a robust history of innovation and global leadership, there is a real risk that the country will fall behind in the data and technology race. Over six months in late 2018 through early 2019, the Financial Post called on CIGI experts, including Robert Fay, Dan Ciuriak, Myra Tawfik, Jim Hinton, Bianca Wylie and others, to participate in a special series, Innovation Nation. The series brought together thought leaders across the country to lay out what is needed for Canadian businesses to flourish and grow in a global ideas economy.
The series was launched with a discussion in Toronto between Jim Balsillie and CIGI Senior Fellow and Financial Post reporter Kevin Carmichael. The wide-ranging conversation on Canada’s place in the new global economy was attended by business and government leaders. Innovation Nation received an outstanding achievement award from the Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.