Connecting Dots and Valuing Networks

Innovative events like V-Jam, Amplified08, and Learning Dreams bring together diverse groups of people and spark conversations that can eventually lead to relationships and transactions. Judging the success of these events by the transactions on the day misses the point, as it takes time to build lasting relationships that create value. To truly innovate, we need a more distributed innovation ecosystem that values connections and relationships rather than just knowledge. We should aim to make the UK the most connected place on the planet, but we need to understand the social, economic, and political implications of growing connectivity.