Recently the Hargraves Victorian group met at the amazing offices of AGL to collaborate, share and inspire each other. I was amazed to see how quickly the group engaged and got right into sharing their challenges and were so open to new and diverse opinions in such a short space of time. So what did…
With 66% of attendees, representing over 20 industries, rating radicalCX 4 and 5 stars for overall experience, this one-day workshop was a success for the innovation leaders and practitioners participating. Designed as an open conference, the biggest highlight was the opportunity to share and learn from each other during the team-based workshop exercises. Other highlights included: Augmented, virtual and mixed reality demonstrations that gave everyone a chance to experience HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Microsoft Hololens and Vuforia marker based AR. UTS student poster gallery with 9 research projects on display from the School of Software and the School of Computing and Communication.
Event Summary from the Women’s Lunch hosted by Griffith Hack on 26 July 2016 Women in Innovation Leadership has become a hot topic for Hargraves members, so it was great to welcome 16 female leaders of innovation at the recent Women’s Lunch hosted by Griffith Hack. Thank you very much for a very informative and…
Event Summary from the Leaders Lunch hosted by FIAL on 18 August 2016 We all know that having the right mindset, skillset and toolset matters for both innovation and entrepreneurship. When considering mindset, key features include creativity and risk taking; add skills like spotting opportunities, gathering resources and building teams; while design thinking and lean…
Early in my career, a mentor said “The important things are dollars and numbers and the bigger the better’. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been very proud and excited about two examples of where our collaboration efforts have led to measureable dollars – and big numbers. At the recent Disruptive Innovation Group meeting, Phil…
Over the last couple of months, as we’ve been meeting with Hargraves members, the topic of Disruption has become foremost in these discussions. For most of our members, disruption is a challenge. They are well versed in what’s required to continually improve and even make step changes in their offerings to their customers. However, whilst…
At the recent meeting of the Hargraves Step Change Commercialisation Group, members discussed the topic “How to develop a step by step process for radical change that can be incorporated into a Portfolio Management Approach that balances today’s requirements with future viability”. Members heard 2 case studies. The first from Cochlear about how they bring…
Melbourne Water welcomed the opportunity to be the first member to host a 123 Innovate® Cards workshop. Eight external participants joined four internal innovation catalysts from Melbourne Water for a full day of tools, techniques and learning. Hargraves Institute and its members have used the 123 Innovate® Cards extensively for many years in one- to-one projects…
Several members recently completed this Disruptive Business Models workshop series which utilises the Business Model Canvas Template as the basis for a fresh look at your business and how you could become your own disruptor in the market and customer base that you have. Hosted by BlueScope Steel at their Alexandria facilities, the participants were shown: …
Looking to nature for innovation techniques in business is becoming a growing trend. At the recent Hargraves Institute conference on innovation, Dougal Edwards, CEO of business accelerator, Bright Arena, gave an address on the value of startup ecosystem structures in business and suggested that large organisations have a lot to learn from these nimble models.…