Aug 12, 2016 | Curated Conversations, Reframing Innovation
Did you miss our Reframing Innovaton campaign with Figure.NZ? Catch-up on the conversation from around the web with our Storify: [View the story “Reframing Innovation” on Storify] Want to find more about telling stories with data? Sign up for a Figure.NZ...
Aug 5, 2016 | Curated Conversations, Reframing Innovation
In my post on Monday, I looked at New Zealand’s research and development spending. The R&D dollar is just one of the proxies used to try to understand innovation and while it is certainly an important input to the innovation process, it is possible that our low...
Aug 5, 2016 | Curated Conversations, Reframing Innovation
A case and a space for diversity and connectivity – reframing innovation in New Zealand read time / 25 mins Thinking about how we might reframe innovation in the New Zealand context, and using data available from Figure.NZ to do so, has given me pause to...
Aug 5, 2016 | Curated Conversations, Reframing Innovation
This blog looks at reframing innovation in the context in which most of my research in the last decade has been – transforming Māori communities. Some scene setters: The Māori Economy is estimated to be worth $42.6 billion (BERL Report, 2013). The Ture Whenua Māori...
Aug 4, 2016 | Curated Conversations, Reframing Innovation
I wonder what was the most difficult thing you learnt in the last three months? Recently I went on a family trip to the USA. It was the first time I had travelled outside Aotearoa New Zealand in 18 years. Everything had changed. The Visa was online. The passport...
Aug 3, 2016 | Curated Conversations, Reframing Innovation
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...
