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Innovation rarely happens through the actions of a single person or organisation. More often, it is the result of collaboration and the exchange of ideas. Yet the role of intermediaries that bring innovators together is frequently overlooked, despite digital technologies offering new ways of connecting.
We’ve investigated this under-explored field and found that digital tools can make important contributions across the four brokerage phases (Prepare, Search, Align, Support). To ensure novel ideas benefit people more quickly, we recommend that policy-makers do more to recognise the importance of digital innovation brokerage and support the field.
Looking to the future, we speculate that digital technologies have the potential to change the nature of innovation brokerage in four main ways:
Policy recommendations: