Home featured Expert Featured Let's Talk Expert Let’s Talk: Innovation Loren Webb April 24, 2019 Does innovation only lie within the tech space? Tech innovation is often in the media headlines as we see industries adapting to new technologies and moving their processes towards digitalisation. We’re often discussing the question of whether businesses will embrace technology innovation or not, and what the repercussions might be of choosing either option. It’s easy to associate innovation with technology, as we continually see new inventions and personally experience the way these inventions influence and change our ways of living. From video, to DVD, to streaming – as an example. However, today in our Let’s Talk Forum we want to push the boundaries farther than technology and look at innovation in other areas. We are stripping it back to what innovation itself means, and have asked experts in the space to share their thoughts on answering the above question. So what do they think – and what do you think – about the idea of innovation only lying in tech space? Mac Ghani, General Manager, Avanade Australia Innovation is not always about technology – it is about change and adopting a new solution to an old problem. Everyone and every industry can innovate. To foster innovation organisations should take a closer look at their culture and employee experience. For example, traditional corporate hierarchies were designed to minimise risk and may have been effective in the past; but that is no longer the case in