Innovation Partnership

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Eric Drozd
February 29, 2012

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In a lecture at The Centre for International Governance Innovation, the US Ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson spoke about the innovation partnership between Canada and the United States.

It focused on the culture of innovation and getting back to the roots of what made North America a leader in innovation. Ambassador Jacobson pointed to simple things like, taking time out of your day to talk with someone, as a way to ignite creativity. "When was the last time you had lunch with a colleague, just to chat about what they were working on, just to ask them what they were …

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