Recently Clarke was one of the driving forces behind the new National Football Museum in Manchester, where his project is on show until December, plus you can watch a film of him in action.

BBC: H'away the lads

Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, is among the driving forces on the committee for the new museum.

BBC: Official press image of The Shard

On the plus side, the same market forces driving the competition for top new talent are also spurring the search for hot, young entrepreneurs with cool ideas to back.

FORBES: Show them the money

While federal government and various agencies are focused mostly on big-picture approaches driven by research, new technologies, regulation and investment, states and regions are becoming significant driving forces in accelerating energy innovation, too.

FORBES: Accelerating Energy Innovation: Part II