Innovation
Innovation isn’t just about new technology—it’s about fresh thinking, bold experimentation, and solutions that shift systems.
This space explores the people, places, and ideas driving meaningful change, from emerging tech to policy breakthroughs and new ways of creating value.
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- Disruptive Business Models
- Open Innovation & Collaboration
Citizens want great public services but are wary of high salaries and revolving doors
How Takeda is bringing personalised medicine to CEE and the Balkans
The transport revolution requires old-fashioned investment, not new gimmicks
How precision agriculture conquered the Central Asian steppes
The technology meant to democratise the world could end up dividing it
Start-ups in one of Europe's smallest countries are changing how we pay
From software to jet engines, everything is becoming a subscription
Cashless societies are the future—whether we like it or not
Construction's productivity crisis is the sign of a sector in need of reinvention
How Takeda is bringing personalised medicine to CEE and the Balkans
The transport revolution requires old-fashioned investment, not new gimmicks
How precision agriculture conquered the Central Asian steppes
The technology meant to democratise the world could end up dividing it
Cashless societies are the future—whether we like it or not
Construction's productivity crisis is the sign of a sector in need of reinvention
Physical retail stores aren't dying—they're evolving
Ukraine's battlefield innovations are attracting serious money
What if farms didn’t need land, and salad grew like software?
How Takeda is bringing personalised medicine to CEE and the Balkans
Construction's productivity crisis is the sign of a sector in need of reinvention
Ukraine's battlefield innovations are attracting serious money
The continent's ambitious tech regulation risks backfiring
Why copying Silicon Valley is the surest path to irrelevance
Do governments really need AI action plans?
From Central Asia's steppes to North Africa's deserts, necessity is mothering a remarkable economic reinvention
Lithuania's capital is betting that the path to security runs through the stars
Moldova is daring to change how brain tumours are treated
Start-ups in one of Europe's smallest countries are changing how we pay
From software to jet engines, everything is becoming a subscription
The subscription economy is booming, but efficiency is not
Do governments really need AI action plans?
The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable
Fintech and e-commerce continue to power Central Europe's tech boom
From Central Asia's steppes to North Africa's deserts, necessity is mothering a remarkable economic reinvention
Lithuania's capital is betting that the path to security runs through the stars
Demographic decline need not signal permanent retreat
Citizens want great public services but are wary of high salaries and revolving doors
How Takeda is bringing personalised medicine to CEE and the Balkans
The transport revolution requires old-fashioned investment, not new gimmicks
Europe's future need not be a binary choice
Copy and paste prosperity
Do governments really need AI action plans?
What makes the OECD so attractive?
Tax breaks and cheap rents often mask a city's real shortcomings
From Central Asia's steppes to North Africa's deserts, necessity is mothering a remarkable economic reinvention
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