by Joanne Jacobs | Nov 8, 2016 | Events, Hackathons, Social Impact, Social Innovation
In almost any field of endeavour, leaders and innovators are constantly grappling with notions of “the future” and rapidly creating new pathways for current and future generations to perceive, grasp and take advantage of opportunities. But in almost every...
by Joanne Jacobs | Nov 6, 2016 | FinTech, Startups, Trends
From the outside, financial services can appear to be a behemoth – enormously slow to change direction and cumbersome when it tries to do so. But over the last decade financial services firms have come under fire from fast moving, disruptive players – the “FinTechs”...
by Joanne Jacobs | Oct 27, 2016 | Future of Work, Innovation, Startups
Every corporation, no matter at what stage of the corporation’s development, requires regular evaluations of corporate objectives and applied insight into making advantageous strategic decisions. The makeup of boards can either make or break the corporation’s...
by Joanne Jacobs | Oct 26, 2016 | Events, Innovation
Continuing on from the success of last year’s Startup Week Sydney, the Spark Festival is a collection of events focused on reinvigorating the Sydney innovation community. Over nine days, there will be a series of meetups, hackathons, workshops, panels and more that...
by Joanne Jacobs | Oct 19, 2016 | Coders / Hackers, Digital Disruption, Innovation, Social Impact, Social Innovation
Social innovation can refer to a range of different developments, ideas and solutions that strengthen human society. Thinkable and Hitachi have teamed up to award $15k in seed funding for ideas within the categories of Smart Cities, Connected Health, Mining and Smart...
