by Joanne Jacobs | Nov 14, 2017 | Customer Experience, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Disruption, Future of Work, Hackathons, Innovation, Innovation Brand, Social Impact, Social Innovation
The modern language of innovation is peppered with teamwork and empathy. We talk of small, agile teams that collaborate. We talk of user centred journeys. User stories. User centred design. And more. We focus our processes around validating our business models with...
by Joanne Jacobs | Sep 19, 2017 | Hackathons, Innovation, Social Impact, Social Innovation
There is plenty of interest in social innovation … and while we hear a lot about it (like most forms of innovation), we see precious little in terms of action or movement. We also hear a lot about hackathons and innovation programs, yet see talent, ideas,...
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 | Sep 1, 2017 | Clients, Conferences, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Disruption, Events, Future of Work, Innovation
The Siemens #Digitalize2017 Conference was held in Sydney on 30 August 2017, attracting over 400 people from across the Siemens client and partner base. The key themes included electrification – automation – digitalisation, but conversations and workshops...
by Joanne Jacobs | Aug 17, 2017 | Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Employee Engagement, Enterprise Disruption, Future of Work, Innovation, Innovation Brand
Back in 2015 I was invited to attend a secret workshop with a secret client in Denmark. Unfortunately, it was so secret, I couldn’t know who the client was. I couldn’t know where in Copenhagen I would be working. And there were no team profiles that could be shared....
by Joanne Jacobs | Jun 30, 2017 | Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation
I know what it’s like. Time is precious and deadlines are short. The KPIs that you signed up to last year loom ahead like an unscalable Everest of corporate expectation, and everywhere you look there’s an issue. A problem. Someone else not doing their job. But then,...
