Why Nantucket & Innovation
Unique Location & Perspective Drive Innovation
A culture of innovation: We are celebrating the long history of Nantucket innovation and highlighting and supporting the innovation happening today on the island.
A special place that inspires: Nantucket inspires painters, writers and some of the most creative minds. It provides calm, joy, energy, peace, excitement and solitude needed for creative innovation.
More than a resort: Nantucket is full of innovation, invention, action and change. The community is on the forefront of technology, global challenges, and local challenges faced by many other communities.
Supporting the Innovation Community
Community is key to enable innovation
Nantucket has a tremendous community with the core ingredients for innovation, they take action, are creative, and have the knowledge and experience needed for innovation.
Nantucket is home to many of the worlds best scientist, researchers, artist, writers, entrepreneurs and business executives.
The challenges of being out at sea makes innovation a must and forces the community to be more creative and innovative.
Innovation Initiatives
Applying Innovation Locally
Healthcare
The rural setting of Nantucket results in unique challenges and opportunities to drive healthcare innovation that can apply beyond the edges of Nantucket.
Goal: to work with the Massachusetts healthcare innovation ecosystem to improve care on ACK and beyond.
Initial focus: Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders
The Next Gen.
We are in an innovation economy and the need for innovation skills is growing.
Goal: to support middle school and high school students to develop the skills needed to be part of the innovation economy.
Initial focus: Awareness of Nantucket innovation, yesterday and today & exploring educational opportunities for students.
ACK.Network
People getting together & sharing ideas is the first step to changing the world.
Goal: To support a network of people driving innovation on Nantucket.
Coffee Connection: share your ideas, what you are working on, and think outside the box with other innovators every Tuesday morning over coffee.
Featuring Nantucket Innovation
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Featured Blogs
The Perfect Beach Head Market
Why would Oath Pizza open their first store 30 miles out to sea?
Beyond The Fog
Focusing beyond the fog of innovation drives advancement
Not Perfect But Beautiful
If you wait for perfection you might miss out all together
Innovation = Hope
Every new day brings hope so does every new innovation.
Connect with us:
Tell us about a Nantucket innovation story, tell us what you are innovating, tell us about someone else innovating, join the ACK.network, or sign up for our email list.