<p><a href="http://new.corepurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/joan-with-barrets.jpg"><img style="border-width:0;margin:5px;" height="184" alt="Barbara Barrett, Craig Barrett, and Joan Koerber-Walker at the Arizona Technology Council, Photo Courtesy of Mark Goldstein, International Research Center" src="http://new.corepurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/joan-with-barrets-thumb.jpg" width="244" align="right" border="0"></a>"There are three gauges nations can tune to compete.</p> <ul> <li>Investing in good education produces smart people.  <li>Investing in research and development produces smart ideas.  <li>And, creating the right environment in which smart people can develop smart ideas. </li></ul> <p>These steps would stimulate economic growth, jobs and new opportunities including future collaborations among private industry, government and academia."&nbsp;&nbsp; (Intel Corporation's Chairman Craig Barrett at the Opening of CEBIT the world’s largest technology trade show - March 3, 2009)</p> <p>Whether we are speaking of nations, states, communities, or companies, these three points hold true.&nbsp; Smart People developing Smart Ideas, in an environment that supports them, make all the difference.</p> <p>You don't have to be as big as Intel to put some force behind turning these three gauges.&nbsp; There are so many people in Arizona doing great things.&nbsp; Check back on these posts for examples:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://jkw.typepad.com/corepurpose_joan_koerberw/2009/02/want-growthdiversify.html" target="_blank">Want Growth - Diversify</a>  <li><a href="http://jkw.typepad.com/corepurpose_joan_koerberw/2009/02/the-five-cs-of-growth.html" target="_blank">The Five C's of Growth</a>  <li><a href="http://jkw.typepad.com/corepurpose_joan_koerberw/2009/03/the-economy-and-your-economy.html" target="_blank">The Economy - Your Economy</a>  <li><a href="http://jkw.typepad.com/corepurpose_joan_koerberw/2009/01/getting-by-with-a-little-help.html" target="_blank">Getting by with a little help</a> </li></ul> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:b105ed6c-8f5e-45ed-ac46-001f1c2a604b" style="display:inline;margin:0;padding:0;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/joan%20koerber-Walker" rel="tag">joan koerber-Walker</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/corepurpose" rel="tag">corepurpose</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/intel" rel="tag">intel</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/craig%20barrett" rel="tag">craig barrett</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/education" rel="tag">education</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/smart%20ideas" rel="tag">smart ideas</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/CEBIT" rel="tag">CEBIT</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/innovation" rel="tag">innovation</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/economy" rel="tag">economy</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/competition" rel="tag">competition</a></div>