Manchester: Knowledge Capital

Our Expertise

“Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower.” Steve Jobs

Developing an innovative city is a complex task. It takes a special combination of multi-partner collaboration, knowledge, and experimentation.

M:KC has an international reputation in this field. We have advised national governments in the UK, Japan and Canada, and worked with the world’s leading knowledge cities including Melbourne, Toronto and Barcelona. In the UK we have advised key cities and regions such as Leeds, Edinburgh, the Highlands and Islands, and Core Cities group. We advise organisations ranging from large blue chip companies to small firms, from Strategic Health Authorities to Chambers of Commerce.

M:KC’s contribution to transforming the city region was recognised globally when Manchester won the award for the Most Admired Knowledge City Region in 2009.

Members of the M:KC executive team have a distinctive set of skills and experience, enabling them to support the development of innovation partnerships and to provide expertise and insight in key areas of innovation:

the skills to develop forums for productive creativity, facilitating cross-sector and multi-disciplinary groups through idea generation and concept development;
in-depth understanding of the inter-play between the many factors that make up the innovation ecosystem, and the skills to translate that into strategy and policy;
the ability to bridge and translate between the private, public and academic sectors;
a strategic and enterprising outlook;
an instinctive ‘partnership’ approach to building strategic collaborations for innovation.

You can learn more about the skills and experience of individual members of the team here.