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For Utility Week Live, 19 May 2026

Tony's session on collaborative innovation in the water industry is anchored by a short pamphlet with big ideas — released alongside the talk.

Pamphlet · 2026 Cover: How NOT to Collaboratively Innovate in the Water Industry — by Professor Tony Conway with Professor Kamal Birdi

Speaking at Utility Week Live — 19 May 2026

How NOT to Collaboratively Innovate in the Water Industry

A short pamphlet with big ideas.

A modestly irreverent pamphlet which seeks to shine a light on collaborative innovation by looking through the alternative lens of how to be "world class" at preventing it.

Its tongue-in-cheek "top tips" use humour to provide insight and prompt reflection on what helps collaborative innovation succeed.

This pamphlet is linked to Tony's Utility Week Live session on collaborative innovation.

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Further selected content

Resources on digital transformation, collaborative innovation and the changing nature of the water utility

A small selection of recent thought pieces and research-based guides.

Foresight note

The Evolving Water Utility Through a Digital Lens

Selected themes and directions of travel for the evolving water utility, viewed through a digital lens.

Explores digital capability, legitimacy, risk intelligence, systems thinking, transparency, investment logic and digitally driven change.

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Industry guide · Edition 1

Collaborative Innovation in the Water Industry — How to Make It Happen

A research-based guide to creating the right environment for successful collaborative innovation projects in the water industry.

Edition 2 is due for publication in summer 2026.

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Speaking & sector engagement

Diriyah Executive Leadership Forum

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · February 2026 · A Water Academy programme.

Transformational change, adaptive leadership & the evolving role of leaders

Tony was pleased to contribute to the delivery of the Diriyah Executive Leadership Forum, a Water Academy programme held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in February 2026.

His contribution focused on transformational change, adaptive leadership, strategic leadership in a digital age, and the evolving role of leaders.

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