Comment from Gillian Youngs, creative and digital economy specialist

Ten years reaching out from universities to make connections across business, policy and research have led me to think new forms of collaboration for innovation are needed and that corporate venturing is key to this picture. The sweet spot to be achieved is through communication that brings different forms of expertise together in fresh understandings of shared purposes and pathways, and the long view of the corporate sector is vital in this.

Across the board I repeatedly hear voiced the…