It’s the time of year to start looking forward to the best innovation conference and showcase in the UK – Innovate 2017.
This year it is taking place on 8th and 9th November at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham.
From space ... Why do people describe innovation as linear?
I have always been fascinated by the process of innovation. How people identify opportunities, organise to create a solution, and then deliver it to the market. I have read hundreds of books, papers, websites ... I did not know that!
Looking out into Liverpool Bay from my home in North Wales, I can see several arrays of offshore wind turbines. I did not know that the latest turbines in the Burbo Bank Extension are so large, ... A week ago, I returned from the 2017 Clean and Cool Mission to San Francisco and the Bay Area. Twenty of the best young UK clean technology companies, selected by open competition, spending an intensive week studying, debating and learning, ... Innovators need to be persuasive
In my career in industrial R&D and innovation I spent a lot of time trying to persuade people to give me the resources I needed to execute my ideas, or to persuade them to try something ... You Need More than Product Innovation
Innovation is about much more than just creating a new product or service. Innovation should apply to all parts of a business; from supply chain and logistics to the relationship with customers and how you ... Cargo Cults
During World War II, Melanesian islanders were astonished when the Japanese and American militaries arrived with vast quantities of supplies of all sorts, delivered by plane and parachute drop. These supplies found their way into the local economy where ...
There is a lot of frustration in our inability to make our cities work more effectively for citizens. We can see the problems, and we have a large number of solutions being offered by everyone from big multinational engineering consultancies ... Most new products and services launched onto the market fail to deliver the expected results. There is a big debate about how many fail. The numbers range from estimates of 80% – 90% all the way down to around ... Since it was introduced to the wider business world by Clayton Christensen 20 years ago in “The Innovator’s Dilemma” the idea of ‘disruptive innovation’and ‘disruptive technologies’ has spread around the world.
The insight that Christensen and his colleagues had was ...
Seeing and Being Seen
Innovation is a Conversation, Not a Linear Process
A Roadmap to Reverse Global Warming
Let’s Go to San Francisco
A Technologist Learns to Win Friends and Influence People
The Challenge of Business Model Innovation
Beware of Cargo Cult Management
Bridging the Gap in Future Cities
Why Do Innovations Fail?
Would You Know a Disruptive Innovation if You Saw One?
Miller Klein Associates Ltd
Innovation, sustainability and the future of cities