by Joanne Jacobs | Jun 7, 2017 | Coders / Hackers, Hackathons, Innovation, Innovation Brand, Social Innovation
Everywhere I look it seems like I see “yet another hackathon”. Each week, we add more and more events to our Big List of Hackathons in Australia page – far surpassing the number of events that were listed for the same time in 2016. Yet in conversations I have...
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 27, 2017 | FinTech, Innovation, Startups
Up until recently, I was totally convinced that the tech start-up world was closed off to the entrepreneurial elite and the tech-savvy. Having familiarised myself with the Hollywood accounts of the evolutions of Facebook and Apple, it seemed reasonable to believe...
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 22, 2017 | Creativity, Digital Disruption, Innovation, Marketing
When we think about innovation, we often think about uniqueness. The one-of-a-kind invention that leaves everyone speechless. But the history of innovation teaches us that uniqueness is more accident than design. And channeling Anne of Green Gables, business teaches...
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 | 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...
