Book Review – Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley & David Kelley
Creative Confidence is about applying innovation. Written by the Kelley brothers. David Kelley founded IDEO and the d.school at Stanford University, and Tim is a…
Book Review – The Innovator’s Method, Jeffrey H. Dyer and Nathan Furr
Working in the industry we do, we see a great deal of disruption taking place in our business environment, and from working with some great…
Book Review – Rework
This book is good. Seth Godin says “Ignore this book at your own peril.” I have to agree. It is short, punchy, and packs a…
Book Review – Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
Toy Story, A Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, and many more great movies have Ed Catmull behind them. Not as the creative genius, but…
Book Review – Innovation Thinking Methods by Osama A. Hashmi
I was given a pre-release copy of this book to read and review and jumped at the chance given my interest in the area of…
Business Disruption & Economic Development
Last week I gave a presentation to Economic Development Australia (NSW) Conference on the nature of disruption, its potential impacts on local economies, and how…
7 steps to finding out the strength of your online competitive position
Have you ever been in a position of competitive strength with your digital marketing? For example, were you once enjoying number placement in Google and…
Future Proof Your Strategic Direction
The traditional way of looking at your business strategy has been turned on its head by fast-paced technological change and disruption occurring perpetually in almost…
Why the Digital Economy is important to our Region … (any region in fact)
Today we live, work, and play in a world of change and transition. Newcastle and the Hunter Region has in its history transitioned from being…
The Digital Age and Blue Ocean Opportunity in Newcastle & the Hunter
Recently Gordon Whitehead of the Lunatick Society of Newcastle took the initiative that I believe Local & Federal Governments should have played a lead role…