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Essays on innovation, systems and the architecture of ecosystems.
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Two of my favourite topics - Innovation and Physics
Yes, technology comes a distant 3rd! Let's attempt to combine them. Innovation has 2 distinct physics effects, and usually one is missing in action.
Australia's Missing Middle: Firms That Drive Innovation and Growth
Walked through a handful of Kwinana operations this year, in between the usual run of Perth innovation events. Noticed a dichotomy.
Australia's R&D Problem: A Conversation, Not a Funding Issue
For the past few months, I've been doing the rounds of most events where "technology" and "innovation" usually appear in the same sentence.
Navigating by Dead Reckoning
Most organisations steer the way sailors did before longitude. The error compounds quietly, and the reef arrives on schedule.
Who Draws the Lines?
If breakthroughs are already distributed, the organisation stops being the unit of innovation. Something else takes its place.
The Point-Source Myth
We built our organisations to catch lightning. Innovation was never lightning.