Kicking off at 9am sharp, last Thursday, we hosted our first Innovation Breakfast of the series at The Forge in Bristol. What began as a short presentation quickly turned into something much more valuable: a genuine cross-industry roundtable where leaders compared challenges, shared insights and explored the real tensions shaping innovation today.
The session followed Chatham House Rules but we can say this: the room brought together an unusually diverse mix of perspectives. From scientific research and semiconductor innovation to advanced engineering, defence, media, public sector policy and cutting-edge tech businesses, we had leaders at the table who rarely get
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At our recent Innovation Breakfast, one theme cut across almost every industry represented in the room: the widening gap between how fast software can evolve and how slowly hardware is allowed to change.
Whether people worked in engineering, research, manufacturing, infrastructure or advanced tech, the same tension surfaced again and again. It became one of the most insightful threads of the morning, and it’s a topic that deserves its own spotlight.
Modern software teams can prototype, iterate and release faster than ever. But when the product relies on physical systems,
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