How to innovate – one small win at a time*

Disruptive innovation is everywhere it seems There’s an ongoing fixation with the next Uber, Netflix, WhatsApp or Airbnb. Even perennial technology darlings such as Twitter or Facebook seem, well, so yesterday. It’s intoxicating, heady stuff as one technological...

Disruptive thinking or disruptive technology?

Do we need to think about disruption in a new way? How do you educate those bright young people that technology is the biggest disruptor of the world we live in? Dave Curran, Westpac, CIO, (The Australian, 20/8/15) On the surface you would have to agree with Dave...

A simple, practical innovation definition

Innovation We all know what it means. Or at least that is what leaders say. But dig a bit deeper and you find a wide discrepancy between them. For some it is new products or large technological breakthroughs or something like continuous improvement. The reason it...

6 ways to sell your new ideas with greater success

I have presented and been on the receiving end of countless presentations of new ideas. Here are my 6 tips on how to help you sell your ideas with more success. 1. Present a usual idea, a different and a radical option. Using this framework gives the receiver or...

What innovators can learn from the share a coke campaign

The Share a Coke campaign In 2011, Coca-Cola in Australia was facing a more aggressive and crowded market-place. It briefed a number of agencies to come up with a new campaign idea that would increase consumption of Coca-Cola over the summer period and get people...

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