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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Over the years, we’ve been through many procurement processes — and one thing has stood out time and again. This is something that we think could change, and if it did, it’d allow for a more successful procurement process for all organisations involved.
The thing is this: most software procurement processes are waterfall in nature. Whereas most software companies today work with an agile methodology (and for good reason).
Before we get into this, it is important to mention that we understand why organisations feel the need to take a waterfall
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