{"id":8238,"date":"2018-09-08T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=8238"},"modified":"2021-01-23T08:59:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T08:59:32","slug":"publishing-the-innovation-ecosystem-tour-making-it-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/publishing-the-innovation-ecosystem-tour-making-it-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Publishing the innovation ecosystem tour, making it real"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Startup Status Launch Video\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o4V2EdQZ_K4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I first had the idea to visit every innovation ecosystem in Australia around 12 months ago.\u00a0 I had just returned from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/two-days-wagga-regional-ecosystem-building-through-post-chad-renando\/\">the Australia Post Regional Pitch Fest in 2017<\/a>\u00a0and was moving on from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/fire-station-101-first-18-months-innovation-hub-chad-renando\/\">managing the local government innovation hub Fire Station 101<\/a>\u00a0into a role with the Office of the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/map-queensland-entrepreneur-ecosystem-chad-renando\/\">map and measure startup activity in Queensland<\/a>. As part of my work, I would often visit local governments to learn from and advise on building regional innovation ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A challenge began growing in me that there needed to be a better way to fully how to best build regional innovation ecosystems.&nbsp; There were some exceptional examples across the nation, but it takes being in community to truly understand the factors that contribute towards success or that hinder growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I built in a national tour into my PhD that was looking into the role that the innovation hub plays in building community resilience, with an emphasis on regional areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/australian-tour-innovation-ecosystems-2018-2019-chad-renando\/\">read about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been a few admin things that have needed to be in place before I leave, primarily my PhD Confirmation and Ethics approval. I am waiting on final review, but figure I need to get it out there now to make it real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look forward to keeping this personal blog updated with my inner thought processes, even as I publish official posts through LinkedIn and Startup Status. Thanks for being with me on the journey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first had the idea to visit every innovation ecosystem in Australia around 12 months ago.\u00a0 I had just returned from\u00a0the Australia Post Regional Pitch&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/publishing-the-innovation-ecosystem-tour-making-it-real\/\" class=\"bwp-excerpt-more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[193,3],"tags":[],"ecosystem_role":[233],"class_list":["post-8238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-innovation-ecosystems","category-about-me","ecosystem_role-research","bwp-masonry-item","bwp-col-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8240,"href":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8238\/revisions\/8240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8238"},{"taxonomy":"ecosystem_role","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ecosystem_role?post=8238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}