The Innovation Brief is Metta's podcast for the people building, funding, and governing innovation: inside corporates, governments, and ecosystems across the globe.

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Stay on the pulse with conversations and insights from innovation leaders, diving deeper into the ideas and experiences shaping what's next.

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IB1.1 — Nurturing Glasgow's Innovation Ecosystem

We’re stoked to kick off our brand new podcast, Innovation Brief, with a deep dive into Glasgow´s emerging tech landscape featuring Alisdair Gunn, Director of the Glasgow City Innovation District.

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IB2.2 — The Next Generation of Innovation Leaders Are Already Here - Tackling the Biggest Challenges We Face

Dive into our conversation with Aneta Londa, co-founder of Moonshot Pirates as we explore the importance of empowering young people and Gen Z innovators.

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IB2.3 — How the UK is Strengthening Its Future in Aerospace - One Strategic Bet at a Time

Dive into our conversation with Nour Eid, Head of Strategy at the Aerospace Technology Institute, as we talk about what´s next for the UK aerospace industry.

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IB2.5 — Culture, Code, and Climate: AI, Industry, and the Future of Sustainability

Dive into our conversation with Pina Schlombs, Sustainability Lead & Senior Thought Leader on Industrial AI at Siemens Digital Industries Software, on what it really takes to transform heavy industry.

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IB2.8 — AI, Risk, & the Future of Power | Inside Smart Energy at E.ON

What eight years of building a foresight function inside one of Europe's largest energy companies teaches us about long-term thinking, uncertainty, and the courage to take a position.

Speaking to the industries key players

...Innovation is, first and foremost, a mindset – a decision to try and solve problems in new ways and a commitment to putting forward the most ingenious, future‑looking solution within the risks and the means that are available at our disposal today.

Sandra Raad

UN WFP

Our job in the company is to make sure we have a balanced view on all what is negative, on all what is positive, on all the options we might have. And finally, I think in all of this, empathy is important for foresight…because it’s people who move the world.

Thomas Boermans

E.ON

Most companies think, I’m adding this new tool—AI, digital, automation—to the old process, and then we call it innovation. But that’s not the core nature of innovation. We’ve hit the ceiling of how far we can optimise the status quo. Real innovation is asking, If we built this organisation from scratch with today’s capabilities, what would it look like?

Pina Schlombs

Siemens

There’s no silver bullet for decarbonisation. We need to work on all of it at once — sustainable fuels, ultra‑efficient aircraft, hydrogen, operations, even carbon capture. Innovation here isn’t one big breakthrough, it’s coordinating a lot of difficult things over a long time.

Nour Eid

Aerospace Technology Institute

You can’t build a tech ecosystem around one dominant player. The real work is getting startups, universities, SMEs and big enterprises to collaborate — sharing what they’re doing so we don’t duplicate effort and public money actually goes where it’s needed.

Alasdair Gunn

Glasgow City Innovation District