Behind the scenes at Brompton Bicycles

In this thought-provoking interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of leading thinkers on the spot - from writers to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future. 

Matthew meets with Will Butler-Adams, the CEO of Brompton Bicycles, originally a small British company that has grown to become one of the biggest cycling brand names in the world.

Will discusses the challenge of producing intricate folding bikes at scale, why passion is key to his success and why he's convinced that bikes can help solve global problems and improve our lives. 

Will Butler-Adams is a chartered engineer and CEO of Brompton Bicycle Limited. He was appointed OBE in the 2015 New Year Honours, featured in multiple publications including the Financial Times, and delivered talks for
Google and PwC. His latest book is, The Brompton: Engineering for Change (with Dan Davies). 

A Tempo & Talker production for the RSA. 

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