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The Problem With Australian Innovation Programs: and Lessons for Other Countries (Part 2 in series)

Over the past few months I have been spending time with a range of Australian companies, getting to better understand their business models and approaches to innovation. While there is plenty of good news for Australian businesses and their innovation practices (see my previous article), there is a justified sense of concern around maintaining sustained, robust growth in the face of digital and exponential disruption.

Ideascale2022-01-24T16:40:22-08:00September 4th, 2018|Categories: Trend Alert|Tags: academic innovation, Australia, business model, collaborative innovation, economy, innovation leader, innovation policy, innovative countries, knowledge sharing, lessons learned, policy, public sector innovation|

What the Australian Economy Gets Right About Innovation; and Lessons for Other Countries (Part 1 in series)

Over the past few months I have been spending time with a range of Australian companies, getting to better understand their business models and approaches to innovation. After working with US / European organizations for many years, it’s been refreshing to see the actions and impact of innovation in this market.

Ideascale2022-01-24T16:40:33-08:00August 16th, 2018|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: academic innovation, Australia, business model, collaborative innovation, digital innovation, economics, economy, education, global GDP, government policy, innovation, innovation leader, Innovation Leadership, innovation networks, innovation policy, innovative countries, knowledge sharing, lessons learned, policy, public sector innovation, support, wealth|

Hold Innovation & Mobilize National Entrepreneurialism

We are over flooded with massive innovation lacking commercialization; we have qualifications, certifications and degrees but seriously lacking directions; we have incubators and accelerators exhausted like real estate projects…we have make-believe economical development games but the real progress is not there. So what else we need?

Ideascale2021-12-14T12:54:16-08:00July 18th, 2017|Categories: Column & Opinion, Innovation Psychology|Tags: Collaboration, collaborative innovation, economy, entrepreneurship, future of innovation, Innovation Culture, innovation policy, innovation psychology, innovation standards, innovation success, innovative companies, innovative countries, Open Innovation, survival, workplace|

Innovation Hot Spots – Countries vs. Cities

We increasingly see the world and much of its innovation through the lens of cities not countries, but there is little clarity around where the true innovation hotspots of today, let alone tomorrow, are to be found. While there is general agreement around which are the most innovative countries, the lack of consensus around the criteria used to identify an innovative city has produced multiple views and varied answers. If we want to understand more about the approaches that are the most effective in leading locations, we must decide on the best way to assess which cities are the most innovative.

Ideascale2021-12-14T07:44:40-08:00March 27th, 2017|Categories: Report, Trend Alert|Tags: community, innovation center, innovation hotspots, Innovation Leaders, innovative cities, innovative countries, Toronto, trend, trends|