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The 4 secrets behind top-performing innovative teams (and how to build them)

In building innovative teams, HR and hiring managers should ask themselves whether they are hiring someone who is different from the other members, especially in terms of their skill set, knowledge and experiences. …

Dr. Amantha Imber • 3 June 2019

Three factors to consider when putting together a team for an innovation project

Imagine you’ve just been asked to setup a team for an innovation project! After the initial excitement (or fear – yikes!) of being requested to do this, you start to think about how to make this happen?…

Dr. Linda Sands • 3 June 2019

Three things you can do over the Easter holidays to enhance your creativity

Have you ever wondered why some people can come up with brilliant ideas effortlessly, while the rest of us need a little bit more help? (Picture me staring blankly at my computer screen for hours trying to come up with something to write for this blog post). If you’re like…

Zoe Aitken • 3 April 2019

What you can learn from BlueScope’s Innovation Manager

If you’ve ever played sport against a competitor who was significantly better than you, or on a team of players who were clearly a grade above you, you will understand the power of surrounding yourself with people who are more experienced and skilled than you are. Surrounding yourself with more…

Charlotte Rush • 3 April 2019

How coffee can help us understand why people buy stuff

Why do people really buy your products? I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why people buy stuff and I’ve found that our own relationship with coffee can help us understand this seemingly simple question. My relationship with coffee has changed through my life. It began with tins of Nescafe…

Dr. Linda Sands • 3 April 2019

Here’s what Australia’s top ten most innovative companies do differently

As the methodology partner behind the AFR’s Most Innovative Companies List, Inventium has access to a whole heap of data about how Australia and New Zealand’s most innovative companies manage their innovation programs. We gather information from hundreds of companies about aspects relating to their…

Zoe Aitken • 3 April 2019

How to know if you are ready to enter the Most Innovative Companies lists

Innovation is a core value If leaders in your organisation talk a lot about innovation, the Most Innovative Companies is your chance to put your money where your mouth is. Hopefully, your focus on innovation will help you rise to the top of your industry’s most innovative list, but even…

Dr. Amantha Imber • 25 February 2019

Three tools that are proven to drive meaningful change in people’s behaviour

When was the last time you were able to change either your own or someone else’s behaviour? And what exactly was it that you did that led to that successful change? A few months ago, in an attempt to find my own answers to these questions, I decided that…

Dr. Amantha Imber • 13 February 2019

Do you work for a calm company

I caught up with Janine Allis (founder of Boost Juice and a shark on Shark Tank) this week for a chat on the How I Work podcast and it was fascinating hearing about how one of Australia’s leading innovators and entrepreneurs works. Janine has a bunch…

Dr. Amantha Imber • 13 February 2019