Can Innovation Valley Become a Knowledge Economy?

by Mac B
(Knoxville)

From the Knox-Area Chamber Partnership website

Jim Clinton, a renowned authority on economic development in the Southern United States, challenged the Knoxville area and the Innovation Valley to dramatically transform its educational system, it workforce and its economy. The Innovation Valley should be a “Knowledge Economy” according to Clinton.

“We are not just experiencing a workforce crisis but rather a knowledge crisis. We don’t accumulate knowledge and we don’t build up knowledge effectively,” stated Clinton. “We want to move from a culture of dependency to a culture of self-reliance where each of us is responsible for our own success. Boldness, adventuresome, openness, ingenuity, willingness to try new things these are the characteristics of the kind of economy that we have to build.”

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