Uncommon sense: the role of risk-taking in innovation Heather Sim, the founder and chief executive of Space Unlimited, will be giving a lunchtime seminar on the topic of risk-taking and innovation. Space Unlimited is a pioneering social enterprise and recent addition to the Young Foundation family as a new member of the Learning Launchpad portfolio. [...]
Space Unlimited calls it “Uncommon Sense”
April 19, 2010 – 5:45 pm
Taken from Space Unlimited’s blog, written by Heather Sim. Innovation involves uncertainty. It’s just not possible to try out something new without taking some risks along the way. Learning how to handle uncertainty and risks is therefore a crucial life skill. You might say it’s common sense. In our projects, we ask everyone to take [...]
Now we are (nearly) three
March 22, 2010 – 6:33 pm
As we come up to the Learning Launchpad’s third birthday, it feels like the right time to reflect on the ups and downs of the past three years and ponder our future. Since partnering with Edge to develop the Learning Launchpad fund, we’ve achieved a whole lot. Many of our investees have secured major commitments [...]
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