Seeing employees as a source of innovation
Creativity fosters innovation, but how can you ignite creative sparks within your organisation? It’s simple – your own employees are an inexpensive and efficient source of creative new ideas and innovation.
Creativity fosters innovation, but how can you ignite creative sparks within your organisation? It’s simple – your own employees are an inexpensive and efficient source of creative new ideas and innovation.
Taking inspiration from Steve Wozniak’s recent trip to Australia, Sharon Williams shares her 10 top tips for inspiring innovation in your business.
Consider Richard Branson, Apple, Samsung, Madonna and Lady Gaga. They continually top best sellers lists because they’re always innovating – reinventing themselves in ways that captivate and capture their audiences. The good news is, your small business can do the same.
Businesses developing a new product, process or service won’t have to repay Early Stage Commercialisation grants under new changes to the government-funded Commercialisation Australia program.
Neil Tilley blogs about finding the inspiration to do things differently in your business.
“One area SMBs can look for inspiration is businesses outside their own industry. Looking at the market leader within another industry is a great habit to get into.”
Neil Tilly blogs about looking at innovation from a different perspective.
“The problem a lot of business owners face is that too many are looking for the game-changing, billion dollar idea that will propel their business to the same heights as Apple or Google. In 99 per cent of cases this simply isn’t possible.”
Entrepreneurs in the digital media and creative industries space will be the focus of think-tank X Media Lab’s annual Global Media Ideas conference, run as part of Vivid Sydney’s festival of light, music and ideas.
Small and medium enterprises around Australia are able to learn about the latest business management practices at more than 70 seminars and workshops funded by the Australian Government.
Talon Technology, based in Brookvale has developed ‘Arondight’ a world-first computerised oar that allows rowing coaches to scientifically analyse the performance of their rowing squads, Treasurer and Minister for State and Regional Development Eric Roozendaal said.
Australian businesses are increasing their investment in research and development, with $19.9 billion spent in the 2008-9 financial year according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.