The missing ingredient in innovation: patience
Great discoveries take time to change the world. GPS, now pervasive in our satnavs, phones and smartwatches, took a century to reach today’s advanced stage.
CBE CEng FICE FCGI. Accomplished university leader, strategist and advocate, known for work on innovation, entrepreneurship and technology management. Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Said Business School, Oxford University. Previously Professor of Technology and Innovation Management, Imperial College London. Chairman, UK Atomic Energy Authority. Non-Executive Director, Directa Plus, the world's largest producer of pristine graphene. Non-Executive Director VenCap International plc - the venture fund-of-funds. Member UK Government Innovation Expert Group. Main interest: innovation strategy and entrepreneurship - why and how innovation happens, continually transforms the world we live in, and how it can be managed. Expertise: building relationships proactively and internationally, to connect ideas, research and solutions with substantial funding between academia, business and government.
Great discoveries take time to change the world. GPS, now pervasive in our satnavs, phones and smartwatches, took a century to reach today’s advanced stage.
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