by Joanne Jacobs | Jun 12, 2015 | Future of Work, Innovation, Public Speaking
There has been much talk about the “sharing economy” – the rise of co-working spaces, collaborative technologies and more open processes and systems that provide new ways of working to current and future generations. But the benefits have largely...
by Joanne Jacobs | Jun 3, 2015 | Coders / Hackers, Enterprise Disruption, Innovation, Marketing-led Startups
For corporations wanting to dip their toe in the water of startup-style innovation, hackathons can be a great, low risk place to start. Hackathons, despite containing the work “hack”, are anything but an anarchic or dangerous form of innovation and are proving to be a...
by Joanne Jacobs | May 6, 2015 | Enterprise Disruption, Innovation, Uncategorized
There’s a curious division of opinion that has emerged about how innovation can be fostered in organisations. The debate is a classic chicken-egg question; when it comes to facilitating innovation in firms, which comes first, idea jamming or analytics? Do you...
by Joanne Jacobs | Apr 30, 2015 | Enterprise Disruption, Innovation
Disruptive change in business is, by definition, often painful. Indeed it can be seen as a double edged sword; those businesses who invest in successful disruptive innovation can move in to a market leadership position, where those businesses that fail to invest, or...
by Joanne Jacobs | Apr 8, 2015 | Customer Experience, Digital Disruption, Enterprise Disruption, Innovation
A cursory glance at Google will provide you with dozens of articles and blog posts calling for greater innovation in a post resources boom, decrying the lack of innovation in government, proclaiming world cities as global innovation powerhouses, and damning businesses...