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5 Top Tips for being an Expert Facilitator
Imagine that you’ve just been tasked with running an innovation workshop to fill your businesses innovation pipeline. No pressure! You wouldn’t be alone if this idea filled you with absolute dread. Firstly, the pressure of coming up with game-changing ideas can feel pretty damn daunting. And secondly, the idea of…
Zoe Aitken • 23 August 2019
What I learnt from Plastic Free July
At Inventium, we recently participated in Plastic Free July– a campaign that encourages people around the globe to refuse single-use plastics. As a team we shared photos of our weekly plastic use to increase our awareness and shared ideas of plastic-free alternatives. At no point throughout July was…
Charlotte Rush • 23 August 2019
Why Willpower Is Overrated When Trying To Change Your Behaviour
Have you tried to change your behaviour lately? You might be trying to change your weight, your social media habits, or even change your job or relationship. When we fail to create the change we desired, we often blame ourselves. We tell ourselves that we didn’t have the self-discipline or…
Dr. Amantha Imber • 23 August 2019
Don’t Miss This Key Innovation Step
“If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.” Albert Einstein People are generally pretty good at generating ideas. But unfortunately, we have a tendency to fall in love with these ideas. We love shiny new…
Dr. Linda Sands • 23 August 2019
Five Things I Have Learnt From Interviews With The World’s Most Productive People
As humans, we have a habit of elevating successful people up onto a pedestal. We idiolize them and see their abilities as superhuman. But when it comes to how they approach work, are they really doing things that differently to the rest of us? It turns out, they are. Through…
Dr. Amantha Imber • 23 August 2019
Three innovations that make the world a better place
It’s official – winter has officially struck in Australia. But rather than fret, I have been warming up with some inspiring examples of innovation that improve the lives of vulnerable groups around the world. In August, we will be announcing the AFR BOSS Most Innovative Company industry lists and following…
Charlotte Rush • 23 August 2019
3 Things You Need to Know about the Lean Start up method
The Lean Start Up (LSU) was popularised by Eric Reis in his book of the same name. It has had a radical impact on various industries, including government, health care, and even the economy. For example, just this month, The Long Term Stock Exchange was approved, which is a new…
Faustina Delany • 23 August 2019
Focus your goals on who you want to be, not what you want to be.
“I’m bad with names” “I can’t read maps” “I’m not creative” Sound familiar? Whether you identify with these specific statements or not, each one of us has a story that we tell ourselves about who we are – this makes up our identity. Unfortunately, in times of change,…
Charlotte Rush • 3 June 2019
How to Use the Power of Your Second Brain
How do you make decisions? Do you have different strategies depending on the type of decision? Do you actively reduce the number of decisions you make in a day? Do you make your most important decisions after a meal? As a psychologist, I’m fascinated by the way we make decisions…
Faustina Delany • 3 June 2019