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2thinknow has created a suite of innovation tools for you to change your cities, business, government and towns.
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The world’s first innovation agency, established 2006.
2thinknow has created unique proprietary processes, algorithms, metrics and data tools that make it possible to measure and compare performance at a city and business level. In these processes they have used technology to research and build a large database of 47,000 data points (2010) of city and market/industry data across 31 segments. Cities house 50% of the world’s population, but most available data is primarily national. 2thinknow set up the “Innovation Cities Program”, “Innovation Cities Index” and the “City Benchmarking Data” program to develop a significant understanding of the operation of cities. 2thinknow have a global client base for data and analyst reports which includes government bodies in Asia, Canada, Europe and the USA as well as companies such as NEC, Belkin, Xinhua and many others. 2thinknow brand was established in Melbourne, Australia in August 2006, before the GFC as an innovation leader spun-off from a private technology company (est. 1999), that has worked for business and government, along with Executive Director, Christopher Hire. 2thinknow are first to offer a commercial-grade Innovation Toolkit for the innovation economy. The 2thinknow Plan > History > Innovation Toolkit |
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The Innovation Cities™ Program & Index, published 2007.
Using new tools to measure and change cities performance.The management of 2thinknow set-out to produce the largest independent analyst data-set benchmarking city performance worldwide. This evolving data-set enables us to publish the leading ranking of urban innovation economies the Innovation Cities™ Index, accompanying Innovation Cities™Analysis Report, City Benchmarking Data-sets and co-ordinate Local Innovation Forum™ Events, which communities participate in to change their cities, towns and suburbs. Global clients include city government, chambers of commerce, trade boards, mayors, governments, think tanks and tech firms. Professional tools for growing the global & your local innovation economy > Innovation Cities™ Program site |
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| Location. 2thinknow are based in Melbourne, Australia with a growing network in 2011, enabling us to provide services across North America, Europe, mid-East, some of Asia and more. | Use it. 2thinknow have created courses, events, benchmarking data, reports and other tools based on innovation theory. Commercial-grade modular tools provide business certainty, whilst adapting, evolving and upgrading with your needs. | Our People. Starting with our Executive Director, Christopher Hire, a quoted analyst expert on urban innovation economies. 2thinknow invests to ensure all our people are innovation trained. |
START NOW: The community Local Innovation Forum™ event and the Innovation Course™ for business and government, are affordable innovation options available globally. Read about our plan and 1000 goal, review our progress (link soon) or examine all the pathways to join in innovation with 2thinknow.
Or, review the full Innovation Toolkit by 2thinknow, and Keep Innovating™.

















