David Crane: We should pursue an increasingly ambitious and potentially much more prosperous and diversified economy. But if our priorities and capital are tied up in raw materials alone, we'll have a diminished future.
2/2 There’s a model. Over ~18 months, from Aug ‘20 to Mar ‘22,
@rotmanschool.bsky.social’s Creative Destruction Lab coordinated the efforts of 2,000+ organizations to establish 3,550 sites across 🇨🇦 & administer 2.3+ million COVID screening tests. They proved 🇨🇦 can scale our solutions to 🌎 problems.
1/2 🇨🇦 is a leader in countless areas of research, but we rarely create the related biz opportunities. We can’t afford to just turn our money into 🌎 opportunities — we must start to scale our ideas into opportunities, jobs & prosperity in 🇨🇦. The status quo isn’t sustainable, especially today. …/2
