by Joanne Jacobs | Jun 8, 2016 | Enterprise Disruption, Hackathons, Innovation, Innovation Brand, Marketing-led Startups
Ideas are the easiest part of the innovator’s journey. But not every idea is worth its weight in gold. Even if it springs ready-formed from the musings of Elon Musk. For an idea to have any currency. For it to be investible or credible there needs to be something more...
by Joanne Jacobs | Apr 18, 2016 | Hackathons, HealthTech, Innovation, Startups
Every conversation, article and blog post about disruption or innovation carries with it a subtext. And that subtext is loaded with fear. Suspicion. Trepidation. All of us – from entrepreneurs and innovators, artists, creatives, small business owners to “captains of...
by Joanne Jacobs | Apr 17, 2016 | Digital Disruption, Enterprise Disruption, Future of Work, Hackathons, Innovation
Hackathons can be gruelling events, bringing teams together over a weekend to solve challenging business, social and cultural problems. And this weekend’s PharmHack, the world’s first pharmacy hackathon, is no different. Organised by HealthClick in...
by Joanne Jacobs | Apr 6, 2016 | Digital Transformation, Employee Engagement, Enterprise Disruption, Future of Work, Hackathons, Innovation, Innovation Brand
Hackathons have proven to be a great model for technology companies continue their innovation agenda. By tapping into internal teams and external developer communities, the problem solving capacity of an organisation can increase exponentially. Held usually outside of...
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 29, 2016 | Enterprise Disruption, Hackathons, Innovation, Startups
When we talk with clients about the challenges facing their industry we almost always encounter a brick wall. There are always reasons why change cannot be accommodated. Or attempted. The people in some businesses and industries still believe that digital disruption...
by Joanne Jacobs | Jan 27, 2016 | Digital Transformation, Hackathons, Innovation
2015 could well have been called the “Year of the Hackathon”. It seemed like every second weekend there was a hackathon of some kind – focusing on fashion, technology, transport, publishing or even health – with the idea of unleashing innovation in a previously...