Innovation Map

I came across this interesting "innovation map" the other day and wanted to share it here. Its shows countries and some cities in a quadrant view that purports to show areas of innovation. Silicon Valley is the obvious powerhouse here, which is no surprise. San Francisco also shows up relatively high.

One of the frustrations you will likely have after your initial glance is -- what the hell are all of the non-named hubs? I certainly ran into this... and then I discovered this site: www.weformihm.org You can launch an interactive version of the innovation map here. Unfortunately, it requires you to think through which variables you want to include in your own version ;)

I would love to figure out what some of the up-and-comers are. Maybe it's time to change venues.