Britain should turn Ukrainian wartime innovation into shared leadership

Britain should turn Ukrainian wartime innovation into shared leadership

Does innovation happen only under pressure? It is a difficult question to ask, because history does give us a difficult answer. Wars, shocks and national emergencies have often forced societies to move faster than they would in normal times, and many of the technologies we now take for granted came from moments nobody would wish to repeat.The Second World War is the obvious example, with its lasting influence on medicine, aviation, computing, co…