Lansing: How This 'Big Small City' Is Beating Global Economic Uncertainty

I had a great conversation with Bob Tresize, President & CEO of Lansing Economic Area Partnership. We covered a lot of ground, from regional specialization to designing for serendipity: Game-changing breakthroughs often come from chance encounters between highly-skilled individuals who bring complimentary skills to the table.

We also talked about lifestyle as a differentiating factor. The Lansing region is a rare (perhaps the only?) example of being 15 minutes from both the countryside and a world leading particle accelerator.

For anyone engaged with local innovation ecosystems—EDO professionals, government, chambers of commerce, academic institutions, incubators—these eight minutes are worth your time.

Economic development and innovation ecosystem analysis based on economic complexity principles, extensive leadership interviews, and leading academic research. The resulting framework, LINK, is used to identify broadly applicable strategies and actions

Interview Part One