The Next Idea In late November of 2014, Michigan Radio’s Stateside began a series called The Next Idea . With support from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and a team that included the University of Michigan’s “Dean of Innovation” Jeff DeGraff and Executive Producer Joe Linstroth , the project’s mission was to focus on innovation, creativity and ideas meant to move Michigan forward. In essays and interviews, we met Michigan inventors and entrepreneurs, teachers, artists, scientists,