Articles
We commission and publish articles that aim to provoke thought and encourage debate about innovation – join the conversation by leaving a comment on an article, or suggest a topic for us to cover.
Social innovation articles
People working together - in groups and communities - are usually the best-placed to develop solutions that work for their cicumstances.
Collaboration
Putting people and organisations together in unusual combinations sparks radical and disruptive new ideas, and new perspectives on old problems.
Education and skills
Early experiences of engaging in innovative and entrepreneurial activities can give people the appetite for them later in life.
Interdisciplinarity
Working across disciplines can give rise to entirely new disciplines, such as bioinformatics or nanotechnology.
Early-stage business
The creation and development of new businesses is vital to the future of the UK economy.
Creative businesses
New and imaginative thinking is needed to solve the issues we face today in health, the environment and our wider society.
Understanding innovation
How do we, as a nation, recognise and understand innovation - how do we measure, support and benefit from it?
Preparing for the Future essay series
We posed this question to a diverse range of people – from senior managers to full-time students – and their responses were equally diverse. However, they agreed on one thing: the future workplace is going to look very different to the way i
BVCA series
As part of its University Spin-out Conference, the BVCA (British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association) asked 15 of the UK's most successful spin-outs to reveal what they wished they'd known when starting up their business.