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In these posts I try and challenge, stretch and inspire new ideas & conversations.
The ABCD of Disruption
A,B,C,D...... What's the next letter in this pattern? It's of course the letter 'E' according to the alphabet we are all familiar with. The Alphabet is a pattern. Our brain likes to think in patterns because it's more efficient. Now let's imagine an organisation or...
Why disruption is like a king hit
We need a new analogy to talk about disruption I was facilitating a disruption training course yesterday for a group of leaders and i found myself describing disruption in terms of a king hit. A king hit is when someone comes up from behind and hits another person....
Has Test Cricket been Ubered?
Is Test Cricket another example of Disruption? Test Cricket has been played for over a 100 years. It was considered the ultimate test of cricketing ability over 5 days - hence the name Test Cricket. But lately audiences and players are voting with their feet. Many of...
A disruptive idea – Sculptures by the Sea
Welcome to the world's largest annual free-to-the public outdoor sculpture exhibition Sculptures by the Sea starts today for a 3 week period around the foreshores of Bondi Beach in Sydney. From its humble beginnings in 1997 where it ran as a one day event, it now...
How to run a Hackathon
What works & what does not? The Australian Government recently ran a hackathon on new ideas and suggestions to boost innovation in the country. A hackathon or ideaathon is a concept pioneered in the software or IT industry which basically means gathering a group...
Why business owners should see The Martian
The best business movie of the year is not about business There is a new movie in town called The Martian which all business owners should see. It's not about business. But it's a wonderful movie about many of the qualities that make small and medium business owners...
How Tiger Woods has disrupted golf
Remember golf before Tiger Woods? Actually it's quite hard to do. Tiger Woods changed everything. Here are the old 'rules of the game' of golf: - Dominated by white men - Seen as an old man's game - Old-fashion rules around dress sense for example - Players were fit...
How disruption changes the competition
Competitors are no longer right in front of you In the pre-disruption days, competition were defined by what industry a company belonged to. Banks competed against other banks for example and whilst every player was not happy this demarkation did suggest that at least...
Can you teach disruptive thinking?
The 5 W's & H of Disruptive Thinking Does disruption depend on chance or a few young entrepreneurs or a lucky bet? Can people learn to be disruptive? Do we all have a potential Uber idea lurking within us? I find these fascinating questions. My experience is that...