As a child, I was taught to take risks and color outside the lines. Later, I discovered a love of organizations, particularly visionary companies, and what makes them successful. Creativity, innovation and bringing products to market are not linear processes. It’s messy, complex, exhilarating, frustrating—and it can be done successfully when everything falls into place.
Laura B. Cardinal, PhD, SmartState Endowed Chair + Director, Center for Innovation + Commercialization
Our Focus Is Providing South Carolina with a Strategic Innovation Toolkit So Growing and Established Organizations Flourish.
These are the organizations and people that inspire and motivate us.
We are the strategists, the innovators, the doers who make things happen.
Prof. C Sends a Personal Message to the Class of 2020
Dr. Laura B. Cardinal, also known as Prof. C to her students, sends a personal, heart-felt message to her former SMTI students and the Class of 2020 graduating from Darla… (continued)
Lauterbach Joins SC Innovates as an Advocate, Makes a Case for Engineering + Business Linkage
Ten years ago, Jochen Lauterbach, PhD, was recruited to the University of South Carolina (UofSC) as the SmartState Endowed Chair in Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity. In this… (continued)
As South Carolina’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Industries Grow, So Does the Need for MBAs
In the not so distant past, most students in MBA programs were overwhelmingly from a business background, either recent graduates seeking an advanced degree or business professionals upskilling their knowledge… (continued)