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The museum is always looking to fi nd new stories of great innovation
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MOHAI’s executive director, Leonard Garfi eld, describes the Seattle museum’s exciting new development, the Bezos Center for Innovation, named after its principal donor – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
What was the inspiration for the Bezos Center for Innovation? When we were discussing themes, we realised Seattle has seen a persis- tent focus on innovation during the last 100 years: companies come to this region to invent the future. So a museum with innovation as the core theme seemed to be appropriate.
What’s its main aim? We set out to present the story of innovation and engage the commu- nity with that story, encouraging young people to discuss innovation, the tra- dition of innovation and how to build the future of innovation. To safeguard our own future, we want to prepare the workforce and community mindset.
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It’s not just about inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs, we want young people to understand that inno- vation comes in all areas: not just research and development, but civic life and culture and other areas as well. The lone inventor with a great idea is not necessarily a great innovator: inno- vation is a team sport.
MOHAI’s Leonard Garfi eld Read Leisure Management online
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Have you been inspired by any other museums? There are some great innovation muse- ums out there, including the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose and the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit. However the main inspiration has come from the great innovations within our own community. We talked with
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