Table of Contents
Series Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
1 The Innovator Imperative Matthew Wisnioski 1
I Champions
2 Introduction 17
3 An Innovators' Movement Humera Fasihuddin Leticia Britos Cavagnaro 25
4 Building High-performance Teams for Collaborative Innovation Mickey McManus Dutch MacDonald 51
5 Raising the NSF Innovation Corps Errol Arkilic 69
6 Making Innovators, Building Regions Maryann Feldman 83
7 Innovation for Every American Jenn Gustetic 105
II Critics
8 Introduction 133
9 How Innovation Evolved from a Heretical Act to a Heroic Imperative Benoît Godin 141
10 Failed Inventor initiatives, from the Franklin Institute to Quirky Eric S. Hintz 165
11 Building Global Innovation Hubs: The MIT Model in Three Start-Up Universities Sebastian Pfotenhauer 191
12 The Innovation Gap in Pink and Black Lisa D. Cook 221
13 Make Maintainers: Engineering Education and an Ethics of Care Andrew L. Russell Lee Vinsel 249
III Reformers
14 Introduction 273
15 Designing Learning Environments That Engage Young People as Creators Natalie Rusk 281
16 Using the Past to Make Innovators W. Bernard Carlson 299
17 Confronting the Absence of Women in Technology Innovation Lucinda M. Sanders Catherine Ashcraft 323
18 Making Responsible Innovators Erik Fisher David Guston Brenda Trinidad 345
19 Remaking the Innovator Imperative Matthew Wisnioski Eric S. Hintz Marie Stettler Kleine 367
Contributors 375
Index 379