‘How to break the rules to deliver breakthrough solutions’

Disruptive innovation is all about seeing colour

in a black & white world.

Too many companies and institutions have monochrome mindsets. Focused solely on achieving here-and-now innovation goals, they rarely – if ever – support disruptive, off-piste thinking. In this blinkered, black & white world, some of the richest, deep-tech IP often lies overlooked and underdeveloped in R&D departments.

On May 8th, we will break the rules that shackle breakthrough thinking…

Owen Thompson is the expert speaker at our May ‘Innovation Talk’. And he’s uniquely qualified. A former fighter pilot, Owen left the RAF to join BAE Systems as General Manager running two separate Horizon 3 development sites. He is now the CEO of Cambridge Future Tech – a technology-first, venture-builder that works with top-tier UK companies (and universities) to develop promising deep technologies into world-class commercial ventures.

Owen will candidly reveal why:

The UK ranks 4^th in the world for inventive research. But shamefully…
We rate as poorly as 24^th for extracting value from these advances.
94% of executives are dissatisfied with their firm’s innovation performance.
40% of business leaders reject disruptive ideas because they ‘fear failure’.

He will then explain how to:

Identify high-potential intellectual assets.
Assess their potential impact and commercial value.
Spin out the most promising prospects from research labs.
Co-found new ventures to drive their commercial development.
Define and protect IP rights.
Undertake in-depth market research and de-risk the path to market.
Raise funds, build teams, plan strategic growth and most importantly of all…

Owen will share a host of case studies spanning everything from carbon capture and synthetic biology to semiconductors and global banking algorithms. This masterclass will bring colour to a blinkered world of black & white innovation. It will show you how to break the rules and deliver breakthrough Horizon 3 solutions. Don’t miss it. Register now.

‘How to break the rules to deliver breakthrough solutions’

Disruptive innovation is all about seeing colour

in a black & white world.