Innovate, Learn, Deliver: Staying ahead in turbulent times

Quarterly Tech Briefing by Scott Shaw, Head of Technology, and Jason Furnell, Principal Experience Designer from ThoughtWorks Australia Continue reading

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 Turn Employee Creativity Into Corporate Innovation

Here are a few ways in which an organization can establish a loose process around idea-gathering so that it takes full advantage of its employees’ creativity to drive innovation. Continue reading

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Pandora

I’ve been thinking a lot about the current fad of innovation, where companies allow only very limited innovation exercises and quickly close the door again on innovation. The concept of closely monitoring innovation in this manner reminds me to some extent of the story of Pandora. Continue reading

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Experiment All The Time

We need to try more stuff. Innovation is never about silver bullets. It’s about experimentation and doing whatever it takes, even if it means trying 1,000 things, to deliver value. Business model innovation requires a lot more experimentation than we are comfortable with today. Continue reading

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Masters of Innovation - space age green

This episode of Masters of Innovation takes a look at how green technology is being utilized and incorporated into NASA and the future of space endeavors. Continue reading

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Evolutionary psychologists understand that we survive not as individuals but as communities, and that makes all the difference.  Starting from simple principles, they’ve been able to unlock many of the counter-intuitive secrets of how cultures emerge, adapt, spread ideas and produce technology. Continue reading

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