How did past innovators create their societies?Do today's innovation districts have a genealogy?How did people approach what seemed unimaginable?How do we foster tomorrow's innovation capacity from universities ?Is there a specific mindset that can invent the inconceivable?Jane Talkington, PhD, researched innovation in19th century settlements, intentional communities, communes, ecovillages, cohousing developments, industrial districts, clusters, and research parks.Innovation districts are a new overlap of an intentional community and place-based innovation. They are communities intentionally designed so innovation occurs easily, usually inspired by a nearby university. These neighborhoods are enhanced by placemaking from the city and often include an industry presence. Corporations sometimes contribute a co-location building on campus for dual use.The approach communities use to create innovation is: Open Source, Iterative Process & Proximity.This book offers ideas how to use OSipp Theory of Innovation(TM) to foster innovation.