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Innovation Opportunities: Why all of the focus groups in the world will never cut it

I work in the business of light bulb moments. As an Inventiologist at Inventium, I have the privilege of educating professionals about the theories and scientific principles that underlie best-practice innovation. One of my favourite parts of this role is seeing those big, light bulb ‘Aha!’ moments that occur when…

Charlotte Rush • 13 September 2017

How to ensure powerful disruptive innovation makes the cut

Disruptive ideas are like an 80’s aerobic class. You know it’s good for you, but it would be so much easier to avoid all that spandex and stay on the couch. When choosing which ideas to progress, organisations often take the easy way out. This can be because incremental innovations…

Judy Anderson • 31 July 2017

Are you effective or efficient?

A few weeks ago, Inventium was lucky enough to host Dom Price, Head of R&D and Work Futurist at Atlasssian. We learned a lot from Dom, but one area of discussion which really stood out was the notion of efficient vs. effective operations. When you think of an efficient business,…

Charlotte Rush • 14 June 2017

Innovation Managers are like truffles

Stinky, and hard to find. Innovation Managers don’t always smell like gourmet mushrooms, but they are rare. Great Innovation Managers are rare, because there are specific capabilities and preferences required to help drive an organisation’s innovation efforts forward. In my time at Inventium, I have met…

Judy Anderson • 5 June 2017

Adopt a ‘power pose’ to boost your creativity

If you have been to one of Inventium’s innovation workshops, you’ll know that one of the first things we do is help get people in the right mindset for creativity and idea generation. One easy, yet perhaps surprising way, to set the scene for creativity is to position your body…

Charlotte Rush • 9 May 2017

If it’s good enough for the Wright brothers

In 1903, Orville Wright, with his brother Wilbur watching from below, piloted history’s first ever powered, manned flight. That singular flight completely changed the course of history. There are now over 100,000 commercial flights in the air each day…(in fact I am writing from one now!). But the Wright Brothers…

Imogen Aitken • 5 May 2017

How to embrace the power of f**k-ups

The world has seen a fair few f*** ups over the last 12 months…and I think you all know what I’m talking about. I am, of course, referring to the travesty that has been the recent entire season of Married at First Sight. And as we reflect on months gone…

Charlotte Rush • 10 April 2017

The secrets to innovation from a parcel delivery company that doesn’t own a single vehicle

Providing your staff with plenty of time to innovate can be a tough nut to crack, but the parcel delivery company – Sendle – has it under control. We sat down with James Chin Moody (CEO) and Craig Davis (CMO) to uncover how they assign time to innovation.

Nick Johnston • 23 March 2017

Learn a thing or two, while I hang ten

Hi there, I’m Nick Johnston. I’m using my last name because Inventium has recently recruited two Nicks. I’m Melbourne Nick, or tall Nick, or Nick J – enjoy my blog! Recently I have made a sea change; I left the hustle and bustle of the ‘big smoke’ and moved down the Victorian coast. When people…

Nick Johnston • 17 November 2016