Tag: Entrepreneurship
Routine vs. Creative work (Stanford Leading Innovation notes)
Bob Sutton: Simplified: Innovation = Creativity + Implementation Diego Rodriguez (IDEO) (to clients): What is your space for failing? (also, what are the acceptable forms of failure in your organisation?) Note. Rodriguez now prefers ‘accelerated learning’ to failing (or ‘rapid learning’ rather than ‘rapid failing’). Avoid a single ‘prototyping/ innovation room’ … Continue Reading Routine vs. Creative work (Stanford Leading Innovation notes)
The Future of Work and how Trump’s win shows how vital the arts and humanities are
THE FUTURE OF WORK Mithunkumar Ramalingam and Brian Bailey The second half of 2016 has seen a number of reports and papers suggesting emergent disruption of the structural composition of the Australian workforce, largely through a convergence of technologies that seem likely to drive the automation of work. What might … Continue Reading The Future of Work and how Trump’s win shows how vital the arts and humanities are
95 Theses on Innovation — Lee Vinsel
via 95 Theses on Innovation — Lee Vinsel Vinsel spoke yesterday at the SOH Festival of Dangerous ideas. It was a slightly annoying session – I wanted to believe and disbelieve (in innovation) at the same time. In his talk, I felt Vinsel argued one-sidedly the dichotomy between ‘innovators’ and ‘maintainers’, without … Continue Reading 95 Theses on Innovation — Lee Vinsel
Final Countdown. Daniel Petre
Attended a thought-provoking Florence Guild talk at Sydney Work Club on 2 June. Daniel Petre (from a 2009 bio in The Age) ‘If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, then you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life (Maslow).’ I’ve been … Continue Reading Final Countdown. Daniel Petre
Paperback writer. 12 years of reading
Sitting on the bed on NYE 2000, reading a trashy paperback , I decided to record what I read, at least for a while. In some ways I wish I’d kept more details, but then I would have stopped sooner. It’s fun to see them in the order they were … Continue Reading Paperback writer. 12 years of reading
Million dollar baby. Incubate pitches
Demo Day Wrap Up: Class 6 Pitches to Potential Investors INCUBATE recognised some of the key achievements of the latest class to undertake the 14-week startup accelerator program at the culminating Demo Day event on Tuesday night (March 22 2016). The event saw a final pitch from each team to … Continue Reading Million dollar baby. Incubate pitches
Trains, brains and rain. Disruptive, whole-systems strategy
As Cure Brain Cancer moves from ‘start up’ to ‘scale up’, CEO Catherine Stace talks through the success of our disruptive, whole-systems strategy. Catherine Stace on LinkedIn
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