by Joanne Jacobs | Aug 24, 2018 | Data Science, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Events, Innovation, Uncategorized
Yesterday morning we kicked off the first breakfast in our Disruptor’s Breakfast Series where we brought together a select group of people to have a frank conversation about disruption, innovation and transformation. Each month we will tackle a different topic...
by Joanne Jacobs | Aug 23, 2018 | Data Science, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation
It is nearly impossible to find a causal relationship between innovation activity and financial or marker performance. The key is not to come up with more ideas – rather to launch products and services that people are willing to pay money for because they think...
by Joanne Jacobs | Aug 1, 2018 | Data Science, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Startups
Many years ago, I started measuring my business activities. It was the early days of the web and my boss was not that interested in this internet fad. After all, they had had a website for a few years and it had just been a massive expense. But I had a sense that...
by Joanne Jacobs | Jun 20, 2018 | Data Science, Digital Disruption, FinTech, Hackathons, Innovation, Social Impact, Social Innovation
For the last six months or so, Disruptor’s Handbook have been sponsoring and supporting a series of social impact hackathons hosted by youth entrepreneurship organisation, Vibewire. Over this time, the participants and challenges have transformed. Where once the...
by Joanne Jacobs | Sep 14, 2017 | Coders / Hackers, Data Science, Digital Disruption, Hackathons, Innovation, Social Impact
They say that “data is the new oil” – that it is becoming the world’s most valuable resource. For years, policy makers have been capturing data and using it to make decisions – that’s the concept behind the Census. More recently, businesses and social...
by Joanne Jacobs | Dec 14, 2015 | Data Science, Digital Transformation, Handbooks, Innovation
During my recent visit to Copenhagen, I heard neuroscientist, author and speaker, Katarina Gospic, talk about the way that our brain processes data and makes decisions. She explained about the ancient brain – the limbic network that has been slowly developing over...
