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Discover how Oxford Nanopore’s £3.4B success came from strategic brilliance—not rigid pathways. 🚀
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Start playing chess not checkers.
Oxford Nanopore turned complexity into £3.4B success by mastering strategic depth—balancing academic brilliance & commercial impact.
Learn how institutions can create frameworks for lasting innovation.
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Great research commercialisation isn't linear - it’s a game of chess, not checkers.
Tomorrow’s article - how Oxford Nanopore cracked the code for balancing research & commercialisation brilliance.
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Researchers are told “You can’t serve two masters.” But, can you?
The Industry-Academia Choice is a Lie shows how the likes of Frances Arnold & Jennifer Doudna prove bridging both worlds drives innovation breakthroughs.
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The Industry-Academia Choice is a Lie
Everyone tells researchers the same thing: "You need to pick a lane. Either commit fully to industry or stay in academia. You can't serve two masters."
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7/ We help researchers navigate this duality.
Whether you're like Arnold, Langer, or Doudna, the right systems can turn tension into synergy.
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8/ Don’t pick sides. Build bridges.
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This week’s breakthrough: Seeing differently 🧠✨
Technical excellence matters, but the real game-changer? Mastering the art of seeing differently—the link between good research & transformative innovation.
6,000+ explored how.
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Then Vs. Now
Then: Innovation isolated from research, leaving researchers wary of change.
Now: Institutes like the Francis Crick embrace cultural intelligence, making innovation safe through context, predictability, & emotional safety.
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Ways to transform research commercialisation:
- Create spaces for academic & commercial growth
- Link breakthroughs to amplify impact
- Protect resources for research & market goals
- Multiply priorities, don’t just balance them
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7/ What can you do?
Start small:
- List 3 surprising things you’ve figured out.
- Note assumptions you’ve abandoned.
- Identify how theory vs. practice diverged.
- Document your "obvious" workarounds.
8/ Then, test your insights.
The smallest step—like solving a colleague’s problem—could reveal just how valuable your deep knowledge is.
Your struggles aren’t just a path to solutions. They’re a source of rare insight. 🌟
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Whenever you're ready, here's 3 ways I can help you:
1. ADVISE: Transform how you deliver impact and innovation.
2. TRAIN: Empower your team with the tactics to drive growth.
3. COACH: Deliver systematically from ideas to market success
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6/ Frances Arnold’s work on directed evolution proves it.
3 years optimizing mundane protein tests → insights that revolutionized the field.
Lesson: The harder the problem, the greater the hidden value.