Welcome to The Innovation Conversation, from Innovate Island, where we try to navigate the times we live in through the lens of innovation - the art and science of the new!
In this podcast series we’ll talk about the tools and techniques, the theories and the honest experiences of people who innovate. Experts and explorers, students and practitioners, academics and mavericks…
Along the way we’ll try to stretch the boundaries of what innovation can do - from delivering shiny new products and services, to tackling some of the biggest challenges facing society today.
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Welcome to The Innovation Conversation, from Innovate Island, where we try to navigate the times we live in through the lens of innovation - the art and science of the new!
In this podcast series we’ll talk about the tools and techniques, the theories and the honest experiences of people who innovate. Experts and explorers, students and practitioners, academics and mavericks…
Along the way we’ll try to stretch the boundaries of what innovation can do - from delivering shiny new products and services, to tackling some of the biggest challenges facing society today.
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This podcast episode from Innovate Ireland features a conversation between Alan Doherty and Kathryn Lynch about mapping Ireland's innovation ecosystem.
Kathryn discusses her project to catalog the publicly funded innovation resources available across Ireland, revealing 275 different entities, funding sources, and support organizations. She explains how small and medium enterprises often struggle to navigate this complex landscape despite Ireland's reputation as an innovation performer on European scorecards.
The mapping project began as a response to feedback from smaller businesses who didn't know where to turn for innovation support. Kathryn describes how she manually compiled a spreadsheet of all publicly funded innovation resources (excluding private initiatives) to create a comprehensive ecosystem map available on the Innovate Ireland website (innovateisland.net).
Key discussion points include:
The interactive ecosystem map allows users to filter resources by sector, geography, and type of support, with the ability to contribute updates as the innovation landscape evolves. Alan and Kathryn emphasize that innovation "takes a village" and that understanding the ecosystem is the first step to accessing Ireland's rich network of support resources.
You can find the Ecosystem Map at:
https://www.innovateisland.net/map/
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