Author: Gordon Fong

14/09/2024

Comparing Cambridge and punting around

A quick observation from my visit to Cambridge I’ve been to Cambridge twice previously. Once for a mini-break meeting friends and another time for a wedding that happened to be in one of the college halls. This visit, during Cambridge Tech Week, was the first time for anything work related. I had already been trying to contact the Bradfield Centre and St John’s Innovation Centre […]

12/09/2024

London, Cambridge and Bletchley Park EV costs

This is the route I took and the costs involved. Left home with close to full tank, which I will call 74 kWh useable at 8.5p/kWh, so £6.30. I charged at Birchanger Green Services on the M11, using Applegreen chargers. 30.76 kWh taken on. Credit card was charged £23.69. Zapmap showing 77p/kWh which adds up. I had to do a top up charge on the […]

10/09/2024

Andy Wilkins – Future of Health

My chat with Andy Wilkins was just as interesting after the interview as it was during. The details and warning about the healthcare system and our approach, shows how big a problem it is, and as always, it means there is an opportunity too. Systems innovation could help bring a change. Andy’s LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/andywilkins/ I saw a Patient Ecosystem Mapping brochure and when you opened it […]

10/09/2024

Miranda Dixon – innovation project for resilient oxygen concentrators

Miranda Dixon, Collectives Leads from Brink, gave a presentation at the 2024 Systems Innovation Conference on an innovation project that delivered improved oxygen concentrators to low and middle income countries. https://www.unicef.org/innovation/resilient-oxygen-concentrators Over 700,000 children have died from their need for oxygen support. Countries that did have oxygen concentrators, devices that remove nitrogen from ambient air and feed out higher concentration levels of oxygen, would see […]

09/09/2024

Barbara Bulc – Reimagining Wellbeing of Communities

This talk by Barbara Bulc during the Systems Innovation conference really resonated with me. Outside of work, I have a strong connection with where I live and try to join in and contribute into making it the best place it can be. The title of her talk was – Reimagining Wellbeing of Communities. Innovating with Values of Trust and Care. She called herself a Social […]

09/09/2024

Joss Colchester, Systems Innovation Network

Joss Colchester runs the Systems Innovation network and I grabbed a short interview with him at the end of his fourth conference that was held in London in September 2024. Being new to Systems Innovation and my first time to the conference, I asked him about what it is, the different levels of stakeholders involved, and who attends these events.