by Gavin Heaton | Aug 8, 2025 | 21st Century Skills, Artificial Intelligence, Change management, Innovation, Innovation Labs
IBM’s CEO Report on AI for 2025 confirms what many of us in the innovation space already feel in our bones: the AI era is entering a new chapter – one defined not by possibility, but by performance. While the report is framed around five critical mindshifts...
by Gavin Heaton | Jul 16, 2025 | 21st Century Skills, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Hackathons, Innovation
Future-ready skills aren’t technical alone – they’re entrepreneurial. What we used to call “soft skills” are built on entrepreneurial thinking, are AI-agnostic and will increasingly be in-demand as we face the future or work, life and...
by Gavin Heaton | May 23, 2025 | 21st Century Skills, Accelerator Programs, Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, Innovation Labs
At Disruptors Co, we work with governments, enterprises, startups, and scaleups to cut through complexity and unlock the real potential of artificial intelligence. That’s why OpenAI’s recent blueprint for enterprise AI success caught our attention – not just for...
by Gavin Heaton | Apr 14, 2025 | 21st Century Skills, Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work, Innovation
Artificial intelligence. You’ve heard about it, seen it in action, and maybe even interacted with it today without realising it. AI technology is zipping along at such a speed that businesses and innovators are practically getting whiplash trying to keep up....
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 3, 2025 | 21st Century Skills, Facilitation
Facilitation is generally misunderstood. Too many people approach it as a performance, imagining the facilitator as the focal point of a workshop, commanding the room with energy and expertise. In reality, effective facilitation is closer to coaching than performing....
by Gavin Heaton | Mar 2, 2025 | 21st Century Skills, Blog Posts, Digital Transformation, Diversity, Social Innovation, Startups, Workplace practice
Whether we’re running a hackathon, launching an accelerator, delivering an AI consulting sprint, or kicking off a new service design project, one factor consistently shapes outcomes: the structure and composition of the team. Time and again, research confirms that...
