by Joanne Jacobs | Aug 5, 2025 | Government Innovation, Impact, Innovation, Innovation Labs, Innovation Strategy, Policy, Uncategorized
The ABC is reporting today on a court battle between a century old Australian poultry company, Inghams Chicken, and the Australian Tax Office (ATO). The case may be seen as delivering a blunt message about the state of Research and Development (R&D) in this...
by Joanne Jacobs | Jul 23, 2025 | Innovation, New Ways of Working
Change resistance isn’t irrational; it’s human. When people push back against innovation efforts, it’s not generally because they want the business to fail. It’s because change introduces ambiguity. It challenges routines, reshapes power and puts people’s competence...
by Joanne Jacobs | Jun 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Creativity in the workplace is not about a spark of genius. It’s about the willingness to step into the realms of uncertainty, and that inherently makes creativity risky. When people decide to be creative at work, they’re often putting forward ideas that...
by Joanne Jacobs | Jun 3, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Creativity
Human Ingenuity vs Machine Intelligence AI is getting really good at creative problem-solving – so good, in fact, that it’s starting to take over the job. Need a new product idea? AI can generate thousands of concepts in seconds. Struggling with a design? AI...
by Joanne Jacobs | May 23, 2025 | Innovation, Innovation Strategy, New Ways of Working, Uncategorized
When clients come to us with a request to help them develop an innovation culture, we’ll often ask the question: “What do you want to achieve with your innovation culture?” This might be outcomes or outputs, products or cross-business-unit collaboration....
