Triple helix model of innovation

But I'm very much looking forward to talking a little bit with John.

John Howard has spent much of his career thinking about the relationship between universities, industry, government, and place, has lived in all three parts of that triple helix.

He's worked in government, was a partner at EY, served at a pro vice chancellor for innovation and engagement at the University of Canberra, now a visiting professor at UTS, and he leads the Acton Institute for Policy Research and Innovation.

He combines all of that with sailing, photography, and many other hobbies, including which is writing.

So it's actually an adaptive system rather than simply a collection of institutions.

And the issue is connection and connectedness.

And my... ongoing query since I went to the first Triple Helix conference many years ago.

I said, oh, this is all very interesting talking in terms of structures, but how does it work? How does it deliver outcomes? And so that's been a question that I've been holding for about 20 years or so.

[gentle music] On this week's episode of Defence Deconstructed, which we're recording on October 2nd, we're speaking with the institute and our Triple Helix Network senior researcher, Dr. Alexander Salt, about his new book, Forging Tomorrow's Military.

Dr. Salt's also the managing editor at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, uh, and a lot of the research that he's done with us in the past three years have drawn from the research he did for his doctoral studies, which went into his new book, Forging Tomorrow's Military.

Alex, welcome back to Defence Deconstructed.