by Gavin Heaton | Nov 1, 2020 | Communications, Conferences
There is no doubt that change has been thrust upon us. But as always – with change, comes change. For us to be able to respond to change at personal, professional, organisational and social levels, we need to create change. In this short, sharp panel, we bring...
by Joanne Jacobs | Sep 13, 2020 | Personal is professional
Following your dreams and setting a path for your future can be two of the most daunting things to tackle. It is often much easier for dreams to stay in your head, rather than plan to make them a reality. Right now, we have a lot of extra time to think about the...
by Joanne Jacobs | Sep 3, 2020 | Board Strategy, New Ways of Working, Strategy
Yesterday we heard the news that Australia’s economy had contracted by 7% in the June quarter, beating even analysts’ dire warnings of the impact of the Covid-19-induced recession. And we are now hearing analysts warning of a minimum two year recovery...
by Gavin Heaton | Jul 8, 2020 | Future of Work, New Ways of Working
There is do doubt that the ways that we work, live and build our lives has been interrupted by Covid19. But this interruption – or dare we say, “disruption” – has given us pause for thought. Are we creating the business world we want to work in? How does...
by Gavin Heaton | Jun 29, 2020 | Collaboration, Digital Disruption, Future of Work, Innovation
There is no doubt that COVID19 has changed the business consulting landscape. Gone are the workshops, whiteboards and post-it notes. Gone are the design thinking group activities and team building exercises like our favourite marshmallow challenge. In their place are...
by Gavin Heaton | Jun 11, 2020 | 21st Century Skills, Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Social Innovation
“The faces are missing, the body language, the interactions are missing … [it means] there is no relationship in it anymore”. Students from Western Sydney University By now we have all experienced the Black Screen of Zoom – the situation where...
by Gavin Heaton | May 7, 2020 | Customer Experience, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation
No matter whether you are an internal or external consultant, project manager, board member or CEO, social distancing has brought a new degree of difficulty to the work that we do. Even with video conferencing and collaboration software bridging the physical divide,...
by Gavin Heaton | Mar 3, 2020 | Blog Posts, Events, Hackathons
Note: as at MARCH 2020, most public events have been cancelled and the shift towards online meetings is underway. When it comes to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) there is a great deal of misinformation spiralling around the internet. For those of us who host public...
by Gavin Heaton | Mar 3, 2020 | Accelerator Programs, Blog Posts, Case Studies, Digital Disruption, Innovation, Social Impact, Social Innovation
One of the promises of a social impact and wellbeing focused technology accelerator like unboxd was the opportunity to not just change, but radically transform, lives. For the greater good. When we talk about technology and innovation, it can sometimes sound like...
by Gavin Heaton | Feb 4, 2020 | Data Science, Digital Transformation, Social Impact
It seems that almost everywhere we look, we find data. It’s in the tracking of our movements via our phones, it’s in what we buy, the emails we send and receive, and it’s in the social networks we use to connect with friends, families and...
