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‘Lifestyles will have to be redesigned' A Guardian journalist’s ranting about the ‘neglect, greed and human filth’ of modern China shows that new prejudices about a Green Peril have replaced old fears of the Yellow Peril Don’t let the miserabilists clip humanity’s wings Flight is one of man’s greatest achievements. Let’s challenge the greens and officials who want to snuff it out Interview on innovation and the UK general election The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico shows the need to think big in undersea robots and every kind of technological innovation. British politicians, wake up! The defects of business models New ways of fleecing customers are no substitute for the hard graft of research, development and successful technological innovation Election 2010: question everything on innovation! This article explores the roots of Britain's current neglect of scientific and technological innovation, and calls for the creation of new industries for the twenty-first century Sights and insights from Mumbai and Kerala How the state is a roadblock to progress in innovation Obsessed with red tape, visionless governments are holding back the kind of big and risky developments society needs Do we need a more venturesome economy? In the world economy, R&D, laboratories and national competitiveness aren’t everything – but they count for more than Amar Bhidé suggests Innovation: principles, not models! Innovation cannot prosper without curiosity, serendipity, unpredictable outcomes, inspiring vision, and sheer hard work. These things are principles, not models In innovation, as we look toward a new decade, it's a moment to broaden horizons and demand much more: herewith the first of 14 Principles of Innovation, to be published as BIG POTATOES, the London Manifesto for Innovation Paper to the conference Insight Shanghai on how to translate social trends into new products – new technologies and emerging patterns of use
In terms of the workforce skills it develops, how should a region of South Africa like the Eastern Cape respond to the credit crunch? The UK government’s obsession with energy self-sufficiency and renewables looks set to lead to blackouts in the next few years Who’s afraid of electric vehicles? The fact that Greens oppose even eco-friendly electric cars shows that what they really dislike is travel itself Let’s go back to the Moon – and beyond As the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing approaches, backward attitudes here on Earth have tainted our view of lunar exploration Next Page |
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