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In our Design to Value approach, we have found that it is not enough to come up with a great conceptual design which in principle delivers great value.

The second reason to be hopeful comes whenever I investigate, look into, or hold discussions in and across many spheres.I see and hear stories about people doing great things with an intent of making the world a better, more sustainable place in the most holistic sense.

Specifically, I have had meetings with two of the organisations I partner with: my local Watermill Theatre, which, as well as producing truly magical theatre, has an outreach scheme that touches hundreds of lives, and the World Land Trust, which is actively protecting habitat and species diversity around the world.With both organisations, we are looking at ways to work together to magnify our individual impact..I see academics, businesses, and organisations of people focusing on the problems that face us, not just out of good intent but out of facing cold, hard realities.

This is resulting in money, the fuel of the world economy, being slowly but steadily diverted from the old economy to a new one.We are starting to invest in a changing world.

Leaders and regimes will come and go, but this matrix of positive intent and action is what will truly drive the next 50 years..

The third reason for hope came to me in maybe the most unexpected place: a two-hour stand in the toilet on a train with five others, due to huge overcrowding.This allows them to tap into an enormous network of individual specialists, all through one, single website..

The Construction Innovation Hub is an initiative backed by the UK government, with a remit to drive innovation in the construction industry.The Hub is working to bring manufacturing expertise to construction.

As a result, we’re now starting to see concepts like Advanced Production Quality Planning (APQP) coming into the industry.This framework is how manufacturing ensures the consistency of products, and it’s also how they track their progress.