Innovation
Game-changing ideas are getting harder to find, and costing more money: Research
Coming up with the next big, game-changing idea has become increasingly difficult, with research out of the US revealing declining research …
Employing more women can fuel company innovation and provide a competitive edge
Companies striving for an innovative edge could do well to employ more women, according to Boston Consulting Group partner and managing dire…
R&D spending at a record high: Amazon leads Alphabet, tech companies dominate
Research and development spending across the world’s 1000 largest publicly listed corporate spenders has topped $US700 billion ($908 billi…
Want your team to brainstorm better? Share your most embarrassing moment first
The key to staging more productive brainstorming sessions may all be in the preparation, with research pointing to the benefits of ensuring …
Audit finds ‘assertions rather than evidence’ behind government’s innovation agenda
The federal government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda has a weak evidential basis, with unclear definitions of what was meant to …
The Musk effect? Research sheds light on how innovators choose their next career moves
A desire to understand how innovators such as Elon Musk move from one project to the next has inspired new research into how innovative peop…
There’s one thing in business we take for granted today, and Bill Gates predicted it in 1999
Bill Gates, the richest man in the world (or the second richest, for a bit), mostly dedicates his life these days to philanthropic deeds thr…
How to create an innovative product, according to the inventor of the “Cronut”
As an entrepreneur it’s tempting to spend every waking moment thinking about your business, but one of the world’s most inventive food profe…
New Zealand 3D printing business wins Hack My Van contest despite last minute airport screw-up before the pitch
New Zealand-based educational 3D printing business MindKits has taken out first prize in the second ever Mercedes-Benz “Hack My Van” competi…
Want to run your first internal hackathon? Here are some tips from KPMG
For founders of early stage startups, the only hackathon you might be considering participating in is one ran by another organ…
