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Innovation Breakfast: What happens when you get the right people in the room
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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Hackathon June 2025 recap
Kicking off at 10am sharp on Friday 27th June at the New Icon HQ, members of the New Icon team gathered for a one-day internal hackathon,for a chance to do what we do best: tackle real-world client problems with creativity, technical skill, and collaboration.
To keep things fair, we handed over the team selection to ChatGPT. Well, we tried too… in a twist of irony, ChatGPT simply read the names back to us in the exact order we sent them. After a second attempt, the two teams were locked in:
- Team 1: Gemma, Norbert, Harry, and Dom
- Team 2: Katherine,