Author: Gordon Fong

Tony Mears holding up his book, Innovation is Dead.
Thoughts
07/03/2025

(Snippet) Tony Mears on Mariana Mazzucato

Mariana Mazzucato is often cited when it comes to innovation in the public sector. Here I ask Tony Mears, (Deputy Director, Strategy – Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust) about why she figures highly in his writings, especially his forthcoming book – Innovation is Dead, which is out on 21 April 2025. https://www.innovationisdead.com Full interview to fully.

Frazer Ely
Innovation Parks
19/02/2025

Snippets from Frazer Ely, CEO of Latent Drive

For this post we are closer to home on my tour, as in I visit a fellow business on the Dorset Innovation Park. The full video of my visit to the offices and labs of Latent Drive will be posted soon but here are two videos that cover an introduction to the green hydrogen technologies that they are developing. It’s great to know that they […]

Gordon Fong speaking at Dorset Stride event.
General Innovation Parks
18/02/2025

Defence innovation champions network talk

Sharon Jones, from Navy Engagement, asked me to present my findings to date from this ParkLife blog to the Defence Innovation Champions Network.  This web site wasn’t meant to be an academic study so I was a bit shy about saying yes. I had set out to learn about innovation spaces and processes, in a bid to provide input back into the Dorset Innovation Park […]

meeting agenda
Innovation Parks
03/02/2025

Future Towns Innovation Hub quick visit

This was just a quick visit to the Future Towns Innovation Hub (on LinkedIn) as they were hosting an event. I will be going back another day to understand what they do and what they cover in terms of what the future town can look like through innovation. They are based in the Engineering Centre on the Southampton Science Park and what impresses me every […]

Lauri Almann
General
21/01/2025

CybExer, the rise of Estonia as an innovation beacon

CybExer – Lauri Almann, Co Founder Introduction Lauri Almann is the co-founder and chair of CybExer Technologies, which is a Cyber Range company that has been in business for seven years and services Government and commercial sectors. Starting work life as a visa clerk, into a diplomat and ending his career in the Estonian government as Permanent Secretary of Defence and moved into the private […]

General
16/01/2025

The BattleBus, what is it?

Just sharing something that we have been working on in my business X-Net. A bit of a tongue in cheek look at the BattleBus and the opportunities.