For more than three years, The Next Idea has been talking to people who took their creative ideas and turned them into something tangible — a business, an invention, social change. Those out of the box ideas are essential to keep moving Michigan’s economy forward. But creative ideas often get stuck in their own regional bubbles. As a send-off for The Next Idea , Michigan Radio got together to discuss how that regional isolation affects the state’s economic growth, why it matters, and what can be