Former director-general for knowledge and innovation at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Sir John O’Reilly says engineers should embrace the arts, which are a crucial part in creating new products and boosting future economic competitiveness.
His lecture, entitled Full STEAM ahead for growth: knowledge, innovation and industrial strategy will argue that it is vitally important to recognise the role of the arts, notably design and aesthetics in creativity and critical thinking. This is hugely relevant when it comes to conceiving people-centred solutions or innovations. Sir John, due to give a…
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