Something in the ether?

For the first time (ever) I have had a blog post coincide with Seth Godin: he has written about The economy, the press and the paradox. Naturally, we have different angles, and Seth makes his point well:

Wealth is created by productivity. Productive communities generate more of value.

Productivity comes from innovation.

Innovation comes from investment and change.

And the insight about innovation and the creation of greater value from inputs is directly on point. But during times of uncertainty, here's the rub...

If, in the middle of some sensible budgeting and waste trimming, we stop investing in the future, stop innovating, stop finding the breakthrough that leads to the next round of productivity gain, then in fact they're right, it [fear, uncertainty and paralysis] does last forever.

There, now I've alerted you to that track, where can we take Australian innovation to the world? Smartcompany's list of Australia’s top web 2.0 entrepreneurs gives us some clues on who might be active...where can you take your company, your enterprise?