Want to speed up scientific progress? First understand how science policy works
Good piece in @nature
TL;DR:
1. Spend time working in government to understand how policy works
2. Look for ways to collaborate with think tanks (or in my experience, policy units in govt/NGOs)
3.Work to change academic norms to value use-inspired research (which to some extent is the reason I've been blogging about #ClimateServices this summer)