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Category: Innovation

I’ve argued for many years that 20th century business innovated with process and used data to validate the results whereas businesses born in the 21st century do the reverse.

Posted onSeptember 28, 2024Innovation

Every innovation needs a competitor

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I often meet startup founders with truly groundbreaking ideas.  When I ask them about their competitors, they frequently try to convince me that their product…

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Posted onMay 25, 2024May 25, 2024Innovation

The three things we want from technology

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If you’re reading this, it’s very likely that you are at least vaguely interested in technology.  It’s even possible that you get a bit excited…

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Posted onJanuary 8, 2024January 8, 2024Innovation

Data-driven creativity eclipse

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Over the last two decades, the expanding use of data across society has profoundly transformed our world.  From the ads we see to the movies…

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Posted onSeptember 18, 2023September 18, 2023Innovation

Open source IP can level the playing field

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In 2006 I was proud to be appointed to my first global role leading an Information Management team to market.  The trouble was that in…

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Posted onFebruary 25, 2023February 25, 2023Innovation

The transition from digital to deep tech

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In November 1998 Pets.com was launched and by early 2000 they could claim investors like Amazon, they had raised nearly $100M on the NASDAQ and…

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Posted onApril 27, 2021April 27, 2021Innovation

Picking the next S-curve

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Perseverance is one of the most important attributes of successful executives. Almost every business objective is met with a myriad of obstacles which require persistence…

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Posted onDecember 18, 2020November 21, 2021Innovation

The innovation imperative

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I had the opportunity this month to open the Australian Financial Review’s Innovation Summit. This is what I shared as the innovation imperative: Today, as…

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Posted onJuly 25, 2020December 23, 2020Innovation

Collapsing power distance to support innovation

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Nearly 15 years ago, I led a global data management team that was highly credible but had a problem. We and our competitors had data…

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Posted onApril 26, 2019January 25, 2021Education

Innovation is a collision of learning

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There are as many definitions of innovation as there are new ideas themselves. At its core, innovation means finding a new idea or approach to…

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Posted onMarch 19, 2011January 10, 2021Innovation

Information overload and innovation

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I often hear people talking about the amount of data that is being created as being unprecedented.  It isn’t.  What is unprecedented is its retention. …

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