Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Can Australia win the ‘space race’ to become a global innovation hub?
Catherine Fritz-Kalish | December 7, 2016Encouraging innovation by nurturing spaces for creativity and engagement was the theme of Global Access Partners’ 7th Annual Economic Summit. GAP’s Managing Director Catherine Fritz-Kalish introduces the final report from the event.
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Innovation key to manufacturing future: CSIRO
CSIRO | November 29, 2016Australian manufacturers must transform their businesses by investing in new knowledge, skills and practices, according to the CSIRO.
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The 5 biggest handbrakes on momentum
Michael McQueen | October 4, 2016From Sony to Microsoft, Adidas to Alcoa, and Billabong to Lego, many a brand has lost their mojo at one time or another.
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ASX lifting IPOs out of innovators’ reach
Rene Sugo | September 19, 2016Every few months another Australian city is branded ‘the next Silicon Valley’. The hype is usually short-lived, before another aspiring candidate steps up to stake its claim.
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How to best support innovation: through autonomy or collaboration?
Andrew and Gaia Grant | September 7, 2016Innovation is typically fuelled by embracing apparent contradictions. It can best be supported by encouraging both individual autonomy and group collaboration.
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5 online shopping stuff-ups driving your customers away
Matt Ware | August 19, 2016Did you know that as of January 2016, the average rate of e-commerce cart abandonment is 69 per cent.
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Why you need to get better at conveying value to win business
Robyn Haydon | August 10, 2016Have you ever missed out on an opportunity you really deserved to win? Struggled to explain what you offer to people who just don’t seem to understand? Maybe you’ve watched by helplessly as a prospective customer made a decision that you knew was not right for them.
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How your business can tap the lucrative ASEAN region
Peter McKenna | August 1, 2016The Australia-ASEAN region is undergoing historic changes that impact businesses, especially SMEs, domestically and internationally.
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Australian mid-sized businesses leaving banks behind
Megan Boehm | July 19, 2016Businesses are ditching Australia’s big banks and turning to non-bank lenders for finance in droves.
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The new tools of influence in the modern workplace
Yamini Naidu | July 7, 2016What drives us to reach our full potential? The opportunity to exercise influence and shape how things are done, according to CEB Global’s recent talent report.
Successful business people know that influence can make the difference between reaching their full potential or falling short and, keeping clients or losing them.
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Australian business failing to innovate
Megan Boehm | July 4, 2016Despite 80 per cent of mid-sized Australian business CFOs claiming innovation is a priority for their business, an alarming 32 per cent have not allocated any funding to innovation over the next 12 months.
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Why creating a diverse team really matters
Karen Gately | June 24, 2016Personal attributes irrelevant to a person’s capacity to deliver in a role should never play a part in determining the opportunities and benefits they receive, and yet all too often they do.
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Succession planning: beginning with the end in mind
Craig West | June 15, 2016Most entrepreneurs start their businesses with a vision of creating a product or service offering that others value – and making a profit from it.
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How purpose leads to profits
David Siegel | May 30, 2016“65% of the economy will face digital disruption by 2017 (Deloitte).”
Disruption will merge sectors and make others redundant. New entrants are now challenging business norms and making huge profits riding the wave. In order to compete, a simple, solid, strategy can be a mid-sized business’s winning battle plan for sustainable success.
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How jellyfish can stop meetings veering off course
Nina Sochon | May 27, 2016Have you ever been in a meeting when one of your colleagues began to drift off course?