Dan Herman
Innovation, Economics, the World

GLA2080HF – Topics in Innovation 1: Where Great Ideas Come From – the Evolving Geography of Startups and Innovation

Co-authored with Dr. Shiri Breznitz (University of Toronto). Published in The Hill Times, June 5, 2020. --- In the midst of the COVID-19...

I thought I'd share this document I put together on how Ottawa might respond to the crisis. I'm pleased to see that a couple of these...

Published in the Globe and Mail. Co-authored with Eric Bosco, Chief Business Development Officer, MITACS -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

Published in the Globe and Mail. Co-authored with Micheal Kelly, Dean of the Lazaridis School of Business at Wilfrid Laurier University....

I've recently joined the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development in Ottawa as the Executive Director of Innovation...

Originally posted at www.deepcentre.com Back in 2012 Anthony and I founded the DEEP Centre to help our federal, provincial and other...

Originally published at www.deepcentre.com Over the past several months, most articles on Canada’s weak innovation and commercialization...

Originally published at www.deepcentre.com Amongst the biggest questions facing Canada’s new government with respect to funding for...

Originally posted at www.deepcentre.com Across the work we’ve done on management talent in tech and manufacturing, it’s become clear...

Originally published at www.deepcentre.com It almost seems trite to say that management skills are key to firm growth, however there’s...

Published in the Globe and Mail. Co-authored with David Fransen, Chair of the Waterloo Innovation Summit -- Returning to 24 Sussex Drive...

Originally published at deepcentre.com In late 2012 a growing debate over corporate cash holdings was dominating economic headlines. The...

Originally published at deepcentre.com Late last week news broke that the Canadian government was contemplating and/or planning to make...

Published in the Waterloo Record. Co-authored with Anthony D. Williams Last Friday’s Canadian jobs report highlights ongoing sluggishness...

Published in Policy Options. In the competitive global race for high-wage employment, governments have begun to see intellectual property...

Having just returned from a few days in Guangzhou, China I thought I’d post an update on my previous writing on Chinese innovation and...

Those who know my thinking know that I’m not one to forgive our current (CDN) government’s policy on much of anything. However the recent...