How to stay innovative? Radical innovation usually comes from those who manage to generate alternative perspective...

About this event

Join the Digital Innovation Business Acceleration Hub for a series of presentations and an expert panel as they discuss how to stay innovative. This breakfast networking event will look at the common challenges faced by innovators and how to overcome them.

The Innovation Process

Radical innovation rarely comes from people who are set in their ways, simply know more, or have more information, but from those who manage to generate alternative perspectives.

Why is this?

Mainly because entrepreneurial and innovative thinking are creative processes. In fact, creativity is an essential element of entrepreneurship and creativity and imagination are essential attributes for successful enterprise and entrepreneurs. As far back as the 70’s English economist George Shackle developed theoretical frameworks on the nature of the entrepreneurial process based on the idea that business planning and innovation cannot be focussed on actual, concrete knowledge of the future but instead on one’s imagination of it.

Join this interactive panel to discuss some of the science and thinking behind this and to meet and network with like minded founders and business ‘activists’.

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AGENDA:

8.30am: Intros / Welcome from Garry Pratt Entrepreneur in Residence, Digital Innovation Business Acceleration Hub.

8.40am: Paul Perera, Founder myMaskFit, University of Bath MBA student, serial Entrepreneurial startup.

8.50am: Peter Fullagar, INDUSTRY of US, Training for innovators. IofUs work with innovators to drive innovation through their business and ensure it has impact.

9.00am: Interactive Q&A expert panel session: Garry Pratt, Sean Devane, Paul Perera, Peter Fullager.

9.40am: Round up, thank you's & sign-posting for business support.

9.45am: A chance to network via breakout rooms, to continue the conversation with other attendees & the panel.

10.00am: Finish

Join us, like minded people and a panel of experts for this free to attend networking event. Once you have pre-registered closer to the event date you will be sent a ZOOM link to enable access to the event.

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Get to know your speakers and panelists:

Garry Pratt: Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Bath, currently researching and writing a book on creative entrepreneurship and founder of www.walkingleaders.co.uk. Garry will be discussing techniques for generating creative thinking for founders and teams, especially using nature and the outdoors as a 'canvas', and offering ideas and tips to build into your work routines.

Sean Devane: Entrepreneur in Residence at SETsquared Bath supporting start-ups in the high tech and high growth sectors. Over 25 years of innovation consulting experience working with a wide spectrum of organisations including start-ups and SME’s, UK Universities and multi-national companies including J&J, Smith &Nephew, BT and Unilever.

Paul Perera: Paul has a portfolio of entrepreneurial start-ups, including My Mask Fit, Made Smarter, PXL-ICE. He is a University of Bath MBA student and VP Technology at GKN Aerospace.

Peter Fullagar: Founder and Director of creative practice at INDUSTRY of Us, with a background in innovation and human-centred design. Peter’s work spans the spectrum of enhancing individual creativity using methods such as quietstorming, to developing training programmes for complex, cross-functional teams. He believes that individuals, groups and organisations can harness creativity through adopting key principles which he will be sharing during the session.

The Digital Innovation Business Acceleration Hub provides bespoke business support to startups & SMEs from the West of England. Support can be 12hours with a consultant or mentor, research collaborations with the University of Bath or small grant funding.

For further information about the Digital Innovation Business Acceleration Hub, visit the website: https://www.dbah.org/.