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Opinion
By Anne Miller
Inventor
Anne Miller
Ms Miller: 'R&D is the most important sector within the $2.2 trillion global creative economy'
As part of the East of England's Space for Ideas initiative, inventor Anne Miller, who has registered more than 30 patents during the last 20 years, celebrates Britain's creative minds and asks why the UK is so lousy at making money from them.
The British are recognised internationally as being highly creative.
The workshop of the world may have long since disintegrated, but the UK still has the scientists, the engineers and the creatives to watch out for.
Our problem is that we ourselves often fail to recognise this strength, and most importantly, we are let down by a lack of understanding of how to convert ideas into commercial successes...."
Interesting article, articluating a lot of the frustrations I recognise working in Technology R&D. Read full article here.
Opinion
By Anne Miller
Inventor
Anne Miller
Ms Miller: 'R&D is the most important sector within the $2.2 trillion global creative economy'
As part of the East of England's Space for Ideas initiative, inventor Anne Miller, who has registered more than 30 patents during the last 20 years, celebrates Britain's creative minds and asks why the UK is so lousy at making money from them.
The British are recognised internationally as being highly creative.
The workshop of the world may have long since disintegrated, but the UK still has the scientists, the engineers and the creatives to watch out for.
Our problem is that we ourselves often fail to recognise this strength, and most importantly, we are let down by a lack of understanding of how to convert ideas into commercial successes...."
Interesting article, articluating a lot of the frustrations I recognise working in Technology R&D. Read full article here.
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