Category: Innovation

  • Future Manufacturing Workshop 2012

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    Future Manufacturing Workshop Last week I joined the AMTIL Future Manufacturing Workshop where I had the privilige to join with 80 other thought leaders in looking at how Australia was going to progress its manufacturing sector. This post is my summary of the presentation and discussions.   Manufacturing Minister The opening address was by Hon…

  • Visualisation: Part 1

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    Positioning As an Engineer, I have been educated to think in Engineering Concepts. One of the old jokes about education is that it narrows the number of people you can have an intelligent conversation with.   Today’s blog post image was provided courtesy of Dr Marc Dussault, The Exponential Growth Strategist who is always on…

  • SEMIP Innovation Showcase 2012

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    SEMIP Today I was at the SEMIP Innovation Showcase 2012. If you aren’t aware, SEMIP is the South East Melbourne Innovation Precinct and aims to improve collaboration between manufacturers in Melbourne’s South East and Research and Innovation providers, principally the CSIRO and the Tertiary Institutes and Universities.   I took some notes and thought I’d…

  • Innovation

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    What is Innovation The problem with innovation is that it is a word used all the time with the expectation that using the word somehow makes things better. A definition for innovation is a bit harder to nail down. Here are some examples.   Something new or different introduced – dictionary.com   Change that adds…

  • Prototypes Blunt Innovation

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    Prototyping Prototypes are very useful. We use them all the time when developing new products. They let us try out new ideas explore how well a particular technology will work for a specific application.   One danger of a prototype, is that there is the temptation to think that you can then just fix it…

  • Quantum Amplifiers

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    Quantum Computing One of the areas where there seems great promise, but also great confusion, is the Quantum Computer. I’m not going to try and sort that all out here. You can follow the links to get a better idea of the topic. However there is one aspect that does interest me. In my post…

  • Modern Economies Need Manufacturing

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    Professor Goran Roos As well as being the Thinker in Residence for South Australia, Professor Goran Roos is considered one of the 20 most significant thinkers of the 21st Century. This morning he was presenting his views on Australian Manufacturing to a combined breakfast meeting of the South East Business Network and SEMMA.   So…

  • VECCI New Ideas Forum 2011

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    VECCI New Ideas Forum 2011 I had the privilege of being invited to the VECCI New Ideas Forum 2011 where we had the chance to add our ideas to those already gathered by VECCI. They had opened an ideas portal on the Internet which was a great way to gather ideas. There were three categories…

  • Edward de Bono: Creating Value

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    Edward de Bono I was invited to the VECCI Business Leaders Luncheon for an interview with Edward de Bono. It was a conventional interview followed by a brief question and answer session with questions from those attending. He spoke about a number of topics but the one that caught my attention was on the Creation…

  • Max Walker on Business

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    We recently had the pleasure of hearing Max Walker speak at a Casey Business Breakfast where he shared his story and some insights he had into careers and business. I have been invited to share about how the Casey Business Awards in 2010 had benefited Successful Endeavours and was interviewed by David Neitz and then…