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Prisoners serving time at Bastoy prison in Norway are more likely to be sunning themselves on a beach or strolling through a pine forest than sitting in cramped cell. It’s no surprise then, that Bastoy has been called the world’s nicest prison. Bastoy sits on a small island and is home to 115 prisoners. Some…

Canada’s entrepreneurs and innovators will benefit from the Government’s Innovation and Skills Plan

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Plan will create jobs, skills and new businesses opportunities for middle-class Canadians Entrepreneurs and innovators in this country will benefit from the Government of Canada’s Innovation and Skills Plan, a comprehensive strategy to turn more promising ideas into market-ready innovations. Putting Canada at the forefront of innovation will create thousands of middle-class jobs, generate…

Why big and small businesses should be working together for innovation success

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Large companies often have limited ability to innovate, but small companies can help while also reducing the often inherent risk, explains Neil Poxon of Oxford Flow ‘Co-creation’. It’s a trendy-sounding name for an easy-to-understand concept. Big companies buying in the talent of smaller companies to help them develop new, innovative solutions to their most pressing…

Innovation isn’t in your workplace

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You sit through strategy planning meetings or retreats. Goals are set. Everyone is excited. You’re convinced about the new corporate direction. Four months later, nothing happens. More talks follow and still, little or no action – even Marvin Gaye would ask, “what’s going on?” So, how can you tell that your innovation meetings are just…

Dirty secrets of Electric Cars! ?? Think about it and made your own opinion

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Fueling U.S. Forward, the Koch-funded campaign to “rebrand” fossil fuels as “positive” and “sustainable,” has released a new video attacking the “Dirty Secrets of Electric Cars,” signaling a possible strategic pivot from straightforward fossil fuel cheerleading to electric vehicle (EV) and clean energy bashing. The video and accompanying Dirty Secrets of Electric Cars web page feature blatant factual errors, misleading statements, and…

UK Gov’t unveils £86m package to support SMEs

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14th July 2017 Health minister Lord O’Shaughnessy has unveiled a new package of support worth up to £86 million to help innovative UK businesses develop medical breakthroughs that are then used across the NHS. The funding marks the first step in taking forward recommendations made in the Accelerated Access Review (AAR), which aim to accelerate…

Innovative School District to provide educational equity for all children

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At last week’s State Board of Education meeting, Eric Hall officially announced the North Carolina Innovative School District, which he will lead as its first superintendent. With this launch, North Carolina added a tool to provide educational equity for all children. We at NorthCarolinaCAN are excited to partner with Dr. Hall, as well as the…

Singapore: An autonomous innovation center

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Jim Robinson of RRE Ventures said it best last month at the Silicon Dragon Conferencewhen comparing Silicon Valley to New York, “There are two kinds of centers that have a lot of startups and technology, there are technology centers and commerce centers.” New York falls into the later category, while the Valley is the former.…

The UK’s post-Brexit economy hinges on small businesses and innovation

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