Difference between revisions of "Big Potatoes"
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* [[Stefan Stern]], management columnist, Financial Times | * [[Stefan Stern]], management columnist, Financial Times | ||
* [[James Wilsdon]], Director of the Science Policy Centre, the [[Royal Society]] | * [[James Wilsdon]], Director of the Science Policy Centre, the [[Royal Society]] | ||
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| + | Its stated <ref>"[http://www.bigpotatoes.org/ Principles]", Big Potatoes website, accessed 9 May 2010</ref> principles are: | ||
| + | 01: Think big | ||
| + | 02: The post-war legacy | ||
| + | 03: Principles not models | ||
| + | 04: For useless research | ||
| + | 05: Hard work | ||
| + | 06: Expect failures | ||
| + | 07: Chance and surprise | ||
| + | 08: Take risks | ||
| + | 09: Leadership | ||
| + | 10: Whose responsibility? | ||
| + | 11: Trust the people | ||
| + | 12: Think/Act Global | ||
| + | 13: We know no limits | ||
| + | 14: For humanity | ||
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==Contact== | ==Contact== | ||
Revision as of 06:11, 9 May 2010
Big Potatoes is associated with the libertarian LM network and is the originator of the pro-growth London Manifesto for Innovation. Big Potatoes describes the Manifesto as "a contribution to improving the climate for innovation globally".[1]
The Manifesto authors are: Nico Macdonald, Alan Patrick, Martyn Perks, Mitchell Sava, James Woudhuysen and Norman Lewis.[2][3][4]
On 27 April 2010, the R&D Society and the authors of BIG POTATOES: The London Manifesto for Innovation, in association with Epoch, organised an eve-of-election event on "innovation and the future of the UK", on the grounds that "Despite its importance to our economic future, innovation has largely been overlooked since the credit crunch and is being largely ignored in the UK General Election."[5]
Speakers were:[6]
- Eliot Forster, CEO, Solace Pharmaceuticals
- Munira Mirza, advisor for arts and culture to London Mayor
- Stefan Stern, management columnist, Financial Times
- James Wilsdon, Director of the Science Policy Centre, the Royal Society
Its stated [7] principles are: 01: Think big 02: The post-war legacy 03: Principles not models 04: For useless research 05: Hard work 06: Expect failures 07: Chance and surprise 08: Take risks 09: Leadership 10: Whose responsibility? 11: Trust the people 12: Think/Act Global 13: We know no limits 14: For humanity
Contact
Notes
- ↑ Growing BIG POTATOES, Big Potatoes website, acc 30 Apr 2010
- ↑ About Us, Big Potatoes website, acc 30 Apr 2010
- ↑ Big Potatoes: The London Manifesto for Innovation, Futures-Diagnosis website, Feb 2 2010, acc 30 April 2010
- ↑ About, Futures-Diagnosis website, acc 30 Apr 2010
- ↑ Big Potatoes: Innovation, R&D and the General Election, Futures-Diagnosis website, acc 30 Apr 2010
- ↑ Big Potatoes: Innovation, R&D and the General Election, Futures-Diagnosis website, acc 30 Apr 2010
- ↑ "Principles", Big Potatoes website, accessed 9 May 2010
