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World Service,19 Mar 2015,25 mins

Horse Play

Global Business

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Innovation is hard work, says the British-born author and entrepreneur Kevin Ashton. He was a pioneer of what is now called the Internet of Things, adding communications ability to millions of objects through his insightful work with sensors. His new book on innovation is called How to Fly a Horse, and he tells Peter Day how companies and individuals ought to rethink the vital process of finding new ways of doing things.

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