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Innovation Catalyst

Creating prosperity in place

About the Catalyst

The challenges, economic, social, technological and health, posed by the 21st Century are more complex than ever before and radically changing the environment within which organisations operate. To navigate this uncertain world and the rapid rate of change, organisations need to be ever more agile and innovate differently, if they are to be successful in the future.

Lancaster University Management School's research shows that through the collaboration of key stakeholders to address these challenges, the resulting innovation can be transformative. Based on this research and experience, the Innovation Catalyst has been developed as a platform to bring together key stakeholders to create collaborative solutions to the grand/regional challenges, leveraging Lancaster University’s expertise and knowledge.

Driving place based change for long term prosperity, each stakeholder brings their knowledge, expertise, insight and ideas which are shared and utilised to co-create solutions to co-identified challenges.

Current Catalysts

  • CRF Innovation Catalyst Blackpool

    Taskforce collaborations for key stakeholders looking to accelerate the development of net zero data centres in Blackpool, to drive economic growth

  • CRF Innovation Catalyst Lancashire

    Taskforce collaborations for the manufacturing and engineering sector to innovate for a prosperous and sustainable future in Lancashire

  • Eco-I NW Innovation Catalyst

    Taskforce collaborations for north west businesses to collaborate and develop new low carbon innovations for a prosperous and sustainable future.

Success in Cumbria

Our Cumbrian food & drink sector cohort of Eco-I North West's Innovation Catalyst worked to develop effective and sustainable solutions to the big environmental issues that effect their organisations and the region. Play video to learn more about their ongoing success.

Benefits to your Business

The Innovation Catalyst is designed for influential business leaders to innovate, develop and become a part of a regional ecosystem at the forefront of innovation for their sector and place.

Develop your leadership

Develop your own leadership through critical thinking, reflection, collaboration, generating greater capacity and confidence.

Plan for the future

Future proof your business in the current challenging and changing environment.

Join a peer-network

Work with like-minded leaders to tackle key challenges in your sector/place and mobilise new ideas through collective experimentation, testing, prototyping and innovation.

Access key regional networks and resources

Collaborate and engage with key stakeholders to accelerate idea creation while accessing cutting edge research, facilities and expertise at Lancaster University

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