Are there magic potions for turning ideas into innovations? 

In a world increasingly pre-occupied by innovation, research is giving way to experimentation. The ‘test of time’ is less easy to apply: by the moment when time may reveal its conclusions, something new will have replaced what we were testing. Thus the concept of Action Learning is becoming increasingly relevant – trying something out and learning from how it went; and with it so is ‘process’ – how we do what we do.  This site is all about sharing experience and the turning of ideas into innovations.

Material on the site is divided into five overlapping areas – each of these leads to separate sections of the site which provide material, information, and contacts.

• Early-stage ventures –  Incubators, science parks, angel groups and accelerators
• Larger organisations –  open innovation, managing innovation, delivering innovation
• Academia – startup spaces, spinouts, collaboration, outreach
• Supportership – champions, mentoring, coaching, facilitating, learning
• Opportunities – IT, Creative Industries, Life Sciences, Hi-value manufacturing

Most recent material published:

• Mentoring – a tricky task to organise and manage (3/25/2021) - Linking startups to the very mentors who might help them with their issues of the moment is a key role; and one of the most valuable roles of managers involved in innovation. Jon Bradford of Techstars and Nektarios Liolios of … Continue reading →
• A giant startup factory – the first of many (2/2/2021) - A powerhouse of innovation opens its second initiative – a huge startup factory, five times the size of its first; and unveils plans for a number more, with a model that meets needs in many locations. The new Central Research … Continue reading →
• I’m retiring: as past my sell-by date! But… (4/22/2020) - I have written regularly about innovation for a number of years. I was Chair of a very early VC group. I wrote first in the form of a newsletter – with links to useful news items; but over the last … Continue reading →

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