Innovation. This word has been thrown around a lot lately. In a recent guest lecture at the University of Waikato, I spoke about innovation being a mix of creativity, serendipity and courage. New Zealand is uniquely qualified for all three of these attributes so it...
“The rules are made by the people who turn up” – that was one of many slogans for the RockEnrol campaign in 2014. Why? Because we had learned that when it came to voting for the rulemakers, 3 out of 5 young Kiwis weren’t turning up.[i] Young people make up 20%...
When Shaun Hendy offered me the chance to write a blog for this project, I jumped at the opportunity. I have been working for interesting and innovative organisations who trade in knowledge for over 10 years, and before that I was a patent examiner – so the...
This doesn’t seem to be a universally accepted proposition in New Zealand. The total innovation rate for New Zealand businesses is less than 50%. Think Walkman and iPod. Innovation can kill a product. Think Blockbuster and Netflix. Innovation can kill a company....
The first time I visited a prison, I was 12 years old. I went with my father and a group of musicians to hold a church service for the inmates. We repeated the service in various parts of the prison, and in the minimum security wing I was allowed to sit and talk with...
