by Joanne Jacobs | Apr 5, 2016 | FinTech, Future of Work, Innovation, Startups
The StartupMuster Report for 2015 revealed that Australian startups are thinly spread across more than 20 industries, with marketing representing the largest slice at a mere 12.9%. Fintech ranked 8th at 10.7% of startups. What we are dealing with across the startup...
by Joanne Jacobs | Apr 4, 2016 | Enterprise Disruption, Innovation
Satyajit Das is one of Australia’s leading thinkers on the topic of innovation, business and globalisation. He is a former financier. He anticipated the 2008 financial crisis and has been prescient in outlining subsequent developments. In September 2014, Bloomberg...
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 29, 2016 | Enterprise Disruption, Hackathons, Innovation, Startups
When we talk with clients about the challenges facing their industry we almost always encounter a brick wall. There are always reasons why change cannot be accommodated. Or attempted. The people in some businesses and industries still believe that digital disruption...
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 20, 2016 | Customer Experience, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Disruption, Innovation, Startups
Some business leaders fear the word “disruption” – but other business leaders meet the word and its impact head-on. GE’s Chief Digital Officer, Ganesh Bell, is one of the latter. Over the last couple of years, Ganesh has led the digital transformation of what he calls...
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 15, 2016 | Innovation
Perhaps the biggest barrier to innovation in enterprise contexts is time. Coordinating the diaries of diverse teams and ensuring everyone can be accessed across distances, time zones and responsibilities can be the most challenging aspect of getting started with...