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How to create your most productive workday

Andy Grove, Former President of Intel, used to arrive at work at 8am and left by 6pm every day. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, leaves the office by 5.30pm everyday so she can have dinner with her kids at 6pm. If you are struggling to fit in a…

Dr. Amantha Imber • 4 February 2018

Want to be more creative? Go on holidays!

How good is an overseas holiday?! Personally, I find there’s something so completely life-affirming and enlivening about immersing myself in a new culture; exploring new architecture, food and landscapes and seeing first-hand how other people live in different parts of the world. Maybe I’m just nosey, but I’m always fascinated…

Zoe Aitken • 25 January 2018

What we learned when we ‘fired’ all our managers

Eighteen months ago, I made the decision to fire all of my company’s managers. By “fire,” I mean remove their management responsibilities and instead, have them focus their efforts on actually doing the work they were originally hired to do (which in Inventium‘s case,…

Dr. Amantha Imber • 19 January 2018

How to avoid being a turkey this year

With Christmas done and dusted for another year, I want to share a suitably festive story (that has an important lesson) with you. I’ve paraphrased a story from Nassim Taleb’s book Antifragile – a book I have been recommending to anyone who will listen for the…

Nick Johnston • 19 January 2018

Seven books that have changed my life

I read a LOT of books. I am also known to frequently give people book recommendations (whether they want them or not). In my opinion, books are the most cost-effective way to get a significant improvement in anything, really. Sadly, reading tends to fall way down on people’s priority lists…

Dr. Amantha Imber • 22 December 2017

Three signs that your organisation is killing innovation

Innovation is a word at the tip of almost every CEO’s lips. However, despite the best of intentions, many organisations are killing innovation. There are several issues that these organisations have in common.   Leaders don’t walk the talk While the majority of CEOs and their leadership teams talk…

Dr. Amantha Imber • 22 December 2017

For the best innovation, get out and experiment

I’ve just realised that everything I thought I ever knew about Market Research, when it comes to testing innovation, was either flawed or is fast becoming redundant. If, like me, you have employed traditional market research approaches (i.e. concept tests, market simulation tests, focus groups, etc) to evaluate and validate…

Zoe Aitken • 22 December 2017

An exclusive peek into one of Australia’s most wanted innovation labs

Chances are that if you have innovation in your job title or are responsible for the innovation program at your organisation, you have considered creating your very own innovation lab. Whether you are still on the fence, or fully converted, it can be difficult to know where to prioritise your…

Charlotte Rush • 24 November 2017

How to talk innovation like the best

At Inventium, we are in the privileged position of being the methodology partner for the Australian Financial Review’s Most Innovative Companies list. This means we get insight into what helps Australia and New Zealand’s most innovative organisations drive innovation. Data from this year’s AFR Most Innovative Companies List shows that…

Nick Johnston • 19 September 2017