Organized Innovation
A Blueprint for Renewing America's Prosperity
by Steven C. Currall
Recommended by Dominic D'Agostino
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Organized Innovation reads like a policy-minded blueprint arguing for systematic coordination of technology, institutions, and investment to strengthen national competitiveness. Chapters mix program-level proposals, institutional case studies, and prescriptions for coordinating research, funding, and deployment rather than celebrating lone inventors. It’s most useful when you need concrete organizational levers and program ideas; less useful if you want narrative momentum, human-centered storytelling, or tactical how-tos for individual makers. The prose can feel technocratic and heavy on policy detail, which slows pacing.
Read this if...
- •a federal economic policy advisor drafting a national technology or industrial strategy ahead of an upcoming legislative session, because the book lists agency-level coordination options, funding mechanisms, and procurement levers you can pitch to colleagues now
- •a corporate R&D vice president at a legacy manufacturing firm reorganizing multiple global labs after a merger, because you need program-level mechanisms to reduce duplication, align incentives across divisions, and present a concrete implementation plan to the executive committee
- •a university technology-transfer director building a regional commercialization consortium with state economic-development agencies, because the book offers examples of institutional arrangements, IP-sharing approaches, and funding levers you can adapt before launching pilot partnerships
Skip this if...
- •you’ll likely put it down when the middle chapters accumulate policy jargon and institutional detail—those sections slow to a white-paper rhythm
- •annoying if you prefer narrative or profiles—this book prioritizes organization-level proposals over human stories and startup folklore
- •not for readers wanting hands-on exercises or step-by-step personal tactics; it lacks practical exercises and individual-level how-to guidance
"Organized" and "innovation" are words rarely heard together. But an organized approach to innovation is precisely what America needs today. This book presents a blueprint for coordinating Technology, breakthroughs to advance America's global competitiveness and prosperity.That prosperity is at risk. As other nations bolster Technology, innovation ef...
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Audience Fit
- a federal economic policy advisor drafting a national technology or industrial strategy ahead of an upcoming legislative session, because the book lists agency-level coordination options, funding mechanisms, and procurement levers you can pitch to colleagues now
- a corporate R&D vice president at a legacy manufacturing firm reorganizing multiple global labs after a merger, because you need program-level mechanisms to reduce duplication, align incentives across divisions, and present a concrete implementation plan to the executive committee
- a university technology-transfer director building a regional commercialization consortium with state economic-development agencies, because the book offers examples of institutional arrangements, IP-sharing approaches, and funding levers you can adapt before launching pilot partnerships
- you’ll likely put it down when the middle chapters accumulate policy jargon and institutional detail—those sections slow to a white-paper rhythm
- annoying if you prefer narrative or profiles—this book prioritizes organization-level proposals over human stories and startup folklore
- not for readers wanting hands-on exercises or step-by-step personal tactics; it lacks practical exercises and individual-level how-to guidance
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books.
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Dominic D'Agostino
“Check out USF's presidents book "Organized Innovation". This book provides a great framework for entrepreneurs. It is a roadmap for optimizing the impact of new technologies through synergistic relationships between universities, business, and government”
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