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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
