Why it’s difficult, here in Australia, to translate research findings into commercial products and services? Risk aversion has to be part of the answer to that question. Research can be uncertain in its output and commercialising innovation is risky. There has to be firm ground somewhere to offset that—and a culture that supports people with…

So many of our big issues need cooperation but instead we use the language of opposition. Rather than being harmless, I think it damages our ability to work together to get the outcomes we need and want. When facts are contested and the stakes are high what we get, more often than not, is opposition.…