by Joanne Jacobs | Feb 5, 2017 | Digital Disruption, Innovation, Social Impact, Startups
A few weeks ago I watched this YouTube video of a younger, Jack Ma, presenting in a non-descript room to a few colleagues. The presentation was from a time before Alibaba became the global ecommerce powerhouse that it is today. It was 1999 and Ma was setting a vision...
by Joanne Jacobs | Dec 12, 2016 | Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation Brand
After a busy year of innovation, what is your one big lesson that you’d like to share? Let us know, at the form below. (function(){var...
by Joanne Jacobs | Nov 16, 2016 | Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Innovation, Social Innovation
The challenge is service transformation. Not website redesign The last couple of years has seen a shift in direction for public services and their approach to digital transformation. Innovating in government, however, takes more than snappy tag lines and slogans. It...
by Joanne Jacobs | Nov 15, 2016 | Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation
While Disruptor’s Handbook is an Australian company, we operate in a global market, and thus it is timely to consider the impact of President-elect Trump on the issue of disruption and innovation generally. Several commentators have already examined the innovation...
by Joanne Jacobs | Oct 19, 2016 | Coders / Hackers, Digital Disruption, Innovation, Social Impact, Social Innovation
Social innovation can refer to a range of different developments, ideas and solutions that strengthen human society. Thinkable and Hitachi have teamed up to award $15k in seed funding for ideas within the categories of Smart Cities, Connected Health, Mining and Smart...
by Joanne Jacobs | Aug 14, 2016 | Coders / Hackers, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Disruption, Innovation
For decades we have been looking to unlock the secret science of innovation. We apply the scientific method and work our way through the process – building on our learning and analysis. We document our hypothesis and test it with a live audience. A buyer. A customer....
