The POWER Identity A Caribbean-centric Strategy for Riding the Global Wealth Curve Perry C. Douglas PROLOGUE The Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Path Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) have always been the development bedrock of civilization, from agricultural revolutions to industrial revolutions, STI application has always led to economic growth. Today, in the early stages of the 5 th Industrial Revolution (5IR), the efficiencies being created through STI remain fundamentally similar to revolutions of the past, the only difference this time, and a gigantic one, is the enormity, scale, and transformative nature those efficiencies can deliver. The utilization of science and technology to increase efficiency, productivity, and output, is fundamental to economics. Relatively speaking we all have access to the same technology, however, innovation is the exponential growth function, the transcending variable. “I