Sublime

All of this depends on building in-house capabilities in public institutions that enable them to proactively manage a portfolio of projects.

Imagine government transformed across the board, from how procurement operates, to how research grants are made,

This requires a massive rethink of what government is for and the types of capability and capacity it needs. But, more importantly, it depends on what sort of capitalism we want to build, how to govern the relationships between the public and private sectors and how to structure rules, relationships and investments so that all people can flourish a

without ambitious public investment the private sector would have proved unwilling to invest in areas where the required funding was large, long-term and highly uncertain. Only after the risk had been absorbed by the public sector did private businesses take advantage of the new opportunities created by the innovation.

Apollo was an example of what can be done if the ambition is inspiring and concrete.

It is important that agencies carrying out missions have sufficient autonomy to take risks without their authority being questioned.