Ecosystem

Disruptive innovation

Communities of Interest

Tools

Network events, Ideas Pools, Research Labs, Workshops, Mentorship events,

Values

Popularity of events, active engagement by institutions, researchers, investors, spin-out activity post CWL, researchers becoming enterpreneurs, further funding, new collaborations by members of the community, considerable apettite to continue - which is not justified in every case by the economic outturn of the first round of funding

Change

Universities working with creative economy enterpreneurs

Creative processes and tech in other industries

Internationalisation and Trade - new platforms

The Future

Global enterpreneurial movements and business accelerators are increasingly prioritising the potential social utility of innovation over short term commercial interests

A new business case

New business models/strategies that recognise the value of design research and base the invention process on it -> innovation