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The 5 beliefs that underpin everything we do at Brink

The 5 beliefs that underpin everything we do at Brink

Brink has a long genesis of dinner parties, bottles of wine and conversation over years of friendship between Abi and I. The good thing…
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DFID’s new global EdTech Hub: Brink is appointed innovation lead

DFID’s new global EdTech Hub: Brink is appointed innovation lead

2088. That’s the year by which we achieve universal universal primary education for all girls, including those who are most disadvantaged.
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Lea Simpson
Brink x Nairobi Tech Week — Supporting Tech to Scale in Africa

Brink x Nairobi Tech Week — Supporting Tech to Scale in Africa

Last month, I had the pleasure of leading a session at Nairobi Tech Week, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest annual technology event. The theme…
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Asad Rahman
What do we mean when we say inclusive innovation?

What do we mean when we say inclusive innovation?

This morning I had the great pleasure of speaking at the Capital Enterprise members’ event to explore the question ‘what do we mean by…
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Abigail Freeman
Looking at AI, through a global, gender lens

Looking at AI, through a global, gender lens

Last week I had the great pleasure of being part of a working session looking at AI through a gender lens as part of UNESCO’s Mobile…
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Lea Simpson
Killing career reviews with fire — Brink’s Quarterly Stacking

Killing career reviews with fire — Brink’s Quarterly Stacking

Annual review time. Remember that? Or perhaps you’re still in the kind of machinery that has one hot month of a mountains of appraisals to…
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Lea Simpson
The books that shaped our thinking in 2018

The books that shaped our thinking in 2018

So, 2018 happened. A disquieting year, with seemingly higher highs and lower lows than ever before across climate, politics, economics…
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Abigail Freeman
Why we’re proud to join the B Corp community

Why we’re proud to join the B Corp community

From ambition to evidence
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Abigail Freeman
Taking time to think can move you to tears

Taking time to think can move you to tears

For innovation, it could be the most productive thing you do today
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Abigail Freeman
Dear Retailer, your stores are dying. Here are 3 ways to thrive in turbulent times

Dear Retailer, your stores are dying. Here are 3 ways to thrive in ...

With the House of Fraser news last week of another retail chain in administration, it seems like there’s bad news everywhere about our High…
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Abigail Freeman
What Skyscanner teaches us about creating a culture of learning through experimentation

What Skyscanner teaches us about creating a culture of learning thr...

Skyscanner is a $2bn unicorn on a mission to be the single trusted app for all your travel needs. With over 70 million users and operating…
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Abigail Freeman
What the NHS teaches us about snapping out of incremental innovation

What the NHS teaches us about snapping out of incremental innovation

Innovation across complex systems is incredibly hard and there are fewer places where it’s harder than on the frontline of the NHS. It’s a…
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Abigail Freeman
You’re only paying lipservice to innovation. Here’s how to truly enable it.

You’re only paying lipservice to innovation. Here’s how to truly en...

I have long been fascinated by ideas being brought to life, what makes some thrive and others fail. At Brink we explore this topic in…
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Abigail Freeman
What Telenor teaches us about dealing with failure

What Telenor teaches us about dealing with failure

What happens when the CEO of one of the world’s oldest telecoms companies in the world announces “we need to start thinking like a…
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Abigail Freeman
The 23 books that shaped our thinking in 2017

The 23 books that shaped our thinking in 2017

It’s barely comprehensible to think that this time last year 45 wasn’t yet sworn in, #metoo wasn’t a thing, the UK election wasn’t on the…
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Abigail Freeman
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