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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One secret to a great innovation workshop is having a great facilitator.
Someone has to perform this role. It sounds boring but it's very effective and important if you want to make your team or clients collaborate more effectively.
And the good news is that anyone can be a great facilitator. It can feel very strange at first, as it can appear like rather than going into a client or team meeting to solve a problem you are going in to guide people through a process.
However the role of the facilitator is not to teach, not to be the
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