Change Papers: A shared effort to change North Carolina's climate for innovation.

‘Tis the season – for resolutions. We love to make em; we tend to break ‘em. But what if people got a gift to help them keep their resolution? We’ve arranged ten gifts with ten key NC innovation players for 2010 in mix ‘n match format.

Innovation in the government space may be the greatest — and most important — opportunity for NC over the next ten years. Seriously.

Innovation, which we define as the translation of “new ideas and technologies into new systems, products and services,” has come to business in six broad areas over the past twenty years. Each of those areas raises some possible areas government might look for progress over the next ten (or twenty) years.