The infrastructure sector has no shortage of ideas, new technologies or ambitious pilots. The challenge is turning those ideas into solutions that are adopted, scaled and deliver lasting value.

Join us for our next i3P talks with on Wednesday 16 September 2026, as innovation strategist and former industrial R&D leader Rob Munro explores why good ideas so often stall, and what organisations can do differently to move innovation from pilot to practice.

In this session, Rob will explore:

• Why promising innovations struggle to move beyond the pilot stage
• The organisational barriers that quietly hold innovation back
• How silos, fragmented ownership, competing priorities and risk aversion can prevent adoption
• The n silent killers of innovation and how they undermine progress, often despite the best intentions
• What organisations can do to create the conditions for innovation to be adopted and scaled

The focus is not on generating more ideas. It is on creating the conditions to implement, adopt and scale what works.

About the speaker

Rob Munro

Rob Munro is an innovation strategist, former industrial innovation leader, and founder of Innovation Success, helping organisations turn ambitious innovation goals into adopted, scaled value.

With more than 30 years’ experience across engineering, R&D and innovation strategy, Rob has worked with leaders in technology-intensive sectors including energy, manufacturing, defence, healthcare, transport and construction.

Rob helps organisations diagnose why good ideas get stuck and what it takes to move from innovation activity to real-world impact. He is an industrial associate with the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge, supporting organisations in strategic road mapping and innovation planning.