The Business of Innovation

Attended this event at the National Media Museum, Bradford, organised by Yorkshire Forward and the Centres for Industrial Collaboration. The Yorkshire Science debate was interesting and reminded us once again about the lack of Proof-of-Concept funding in the region to help fledgling technology innovators. The difference between innovation and enterprise (entrepreneurship) was interesting and emphasised the need for teamwork - to get both skills in one person was rare. And the perennial issue of failure (or fear of it) was raised from the floor and from the panel. The theme that if we are not failing often enough we are not taking enough risks was an interesting if provocative one.