Over the last few years, the term “Open Innovation” has been bandied about by a lot of people as the new way of doing things (I am sorry, but I really cannot bring myself to use the word paradigm!). In my final days at ICI we had a few attempts to test the more extravagant claims but I had lost touch with its progress. When I discovered that an old colleague was now the Business Development Director of one of the main players and was giving a presentation in London, I took the opportunity of catching up with him and the subject at the same time.   more »