by Joanne Jacobs | May 18, 2016 | HealthTech, Innovation, Marketing, Startups
Don’t get me wrong, I love a meaty challenge. And an astounding solution. But when you see a simple, elegant solution to a recognisable problem, you know you are seeing innovation come to life. That’s why I love the “Pilot” from Waverley Labs. It’s a wearable...
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 5, 2016 | FinTech, Future of Work, Innovation, Startups
The StartupMuster Report for 2015 revealed that Australian startups are thinly spread across more than 20 industries, with marketing representing the largest slice at a mere 12.9%. Fintech ranked 8th at 10.7% of startups. What we are dealing with across the startup...
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 | Mar 20, 2016 | Customer Experience, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Disruption, Innovation, Startups
Some business leaders fear the word “disruption” – but other business leaders meet the word and its impact head-on. GE’s Chief Digital Officer, Ganesh Bell, is one of the latter. Over the last couple of years, Ganesh has led the digital transformation of what he calls...
by Joanne Jacobs | Feb 28, 2016 | Innovation, Startups
Working in a startup is like working in dog years. The accelerated learning that takes place crams seven years worth of life into the span of a single year. So that startup that you ran for three years effectively exposes you experiences that would usually take...