An insider's guide to the innovation ecosystem

About this episode

The episode explores the innovation ecosystem and its importance for societal improvement.

Innovation is crucial for improving quality of life and clearing away ossified and unhelpful ways of doing and being, like fossil fuel capitalism. So how do we get it moving? The innovation ecosystem of a nation, a region, or even the world is a complex network of physical infrastructure, human capital, industrial policy, and R&D centres among other things. If any part of the network grows weak, it can drag down the whole system. Here to help us navigate this environment is Halima J...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Fabian

Guest: Halima J

Topics covered

• innovation
• ecosystem
• quality of life
• industrial policy
• R&D
• human capital

Keywords

• innovation
• ecosystem
• quality of life
• fossil fuel capitalism
• R&D
• industrial policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: fossil fuel capitalism

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