The importance of innovation is paramount for our global society, and all over the World there are governments and entire regions hoping to harvest some of their own lean startup gold, to help their city to grow wealthy, to grow jobs, and to capture and retain global talent by organizing innovation hubs and trying to build what amounts to their global talent brand for Generation-Z and the coming onslaught of digital-native-knowledge workers. Life is in the making, and making is in demand. - See more at: http://brinkleywarren.com/innovate-or-die-lessons-learned-from-the-global-innovation-summit/#sthash.FRbNMi20.dpuf