We’ve already got a name for conventional infrastructure projects that are ready to go: shovel-ready. But what do we call ready-to-fund projects that might be part of a needed creativity stimulus?
Here’s a list our gang at the MPI came up with:
- Production Ready
- Neuron Ready
- Spotlight Ready
- Camera Ready
- YouTube Ready
- Synapse Ready
- Cortex Ready
- Imagination Ready
- Log-in Ready
- Google Ready
- Performer Ready
- Web 2.0 Ready
- Stage Ready
- Performance Ready
- Canvas Ready
- Realization Ready
- Communication Ready
- Pen-stroke Ready
- Roll-out Ready
Vote for your favorites and feel free to suggest more.


May 29th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Talent Ready
May 29th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
People ready
May 29th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Innovation ready
May 29th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Controversy ready (particularly if funded by the National Endowment for the Arts)
May 31st, 2009 at 10:43 pm
While I love Hap’s Talent Ready — the politicians and media might do better with “Realization Ready.”
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Action Ready