Imagine a biotech or energy breakthrough stuck in labs, unable to cross the "valley of death" due to funding gaps. These fringe innovations linger on society’s edge, awaiting mainstream or obscurity. Policymakers must guide them as tech evolves fast. Risky yet rewarding, the fringe holds paradigm shifts. The state must nurture it, like GPS or the internet, with grants and sandboxes to steer ethically, fostering progress while managing chaos.

Recently, I participated in a panel discussion in Brussels on the threats widening countries face, how they prepare the research sector...

Do we believe that creativity will be the last domain entirely up to humans?

Industries are being automated and a job market vacuum is emerging. It's time to act now.

How to use Elon Musk’s famous thinking technique, innovate and gain new insights into your life and work.

Born in 1452, the Italian inventor was way ahead of his time. Fueled by endless curiosity, he was constantly in a creative state,...