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Available soon: a new book "How to build Innovation Ecosystems" ** Applying complex systems thinking to support innovation in communities, companies, and **** organizations ** Alistair M. Brett, PhD If you would like to know more, please comment below or e-mail me at alistairbrett@rfs-llp.com include component="comments" page="page:How to Build Innovation Ecosystems" limit="50"
 * 1) Preface
 * 2) Summary of Book Sections: Applications
 * 3) Introduction
 * 4) What is an Innovation Ecosystem?
 * 5) What is a Complex Adaptive System?
 * 6) The Science of Innovation Ecosystems: A Brief Introduction
 * 7) The Rainforest Model Explained
 * 8) Systems, Models, and Attractors
 * 9) The Ties that Bind us: Strong Links, Weak Links, and Relevant Links
 * 10) Building Blocks for Innovation Ecosystems
 * 11) Boundaries, Limits, and Connections
 * 12) Boundary Spanners: Network Holes and How to Plug Them
 * 13) Contextual Qualifiers: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
 * 14) Networks and Feedback
 * 15) Wicked Problems are Everywhere
 * 16) Hierarchy and Necessity
 * 17) Cause, Effect, and Trying to Predict
 * 18) Shocks to the System: Resilience, Sustainability and Scalability
 * 19) Indicators and Fallibility
 * 20) Noise and Housekeeping
 * 21) Reusing Knowledge: Create Early, use Often
 * 22) Should Everything be Optimized?
 * 23) Thinking about Diffusion
 * 24) Practical Reasoning: Decision Making and Solving the Right Problem
 * 25) Strategies for Building Innovation Ecosystems
 * 26) A Framework, Geometry, and Grammar for Rainforests
 * 27) Beyond Metaphor
 * 28) What Next?
 * 29) Glossary