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…
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…
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…
Melbourne Water welcomed the opportunity to host the inaugural 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 and activities. The cards have now been…
What tools & processes do members use in formulating the question that becomes the issue/problem to be addressed? Too many projects fail and problems continue due to the wrong insight/issue/question being used as the foundation for the scope of the project. Derek Munn, CSR Typically CSR was good at answering the question but not formulating…
At the recent Hargraves Institute “Inspiration and Innovation” Women’s luncheon, we were very fortunate to have Rene van der Loos from NRMA share insights. NRMA Road Service plays in a highly competitive market and cars have changed dramatically since this trusted group first came into our homes in the 1920’s. Rene kindly shared her story…
12 Hargraves Member organisations met via Video Conference in the Griffith Hack offices in Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne last month to continue their analysis as to some of the impediments etc that prevent their organisation from achieving the degree of step change required for them to strategically position themselves for the future. The topic addressed…
An eye opening experience. The resolution of conflicts & contradictions in pursuit of ideal solutions will change how I approach problems. (Sydney Water) Most of us at Hargraves Institute have been used to using the tools of TRIZ via Darrell Mann’s Systematic Innovation Process that is based on TRIZ principles. 3 members (ResMed, CSR &…
The Hargraves Step Change Commercialisation Group addressed this issue with Selleys and Tom Davenport (with his Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) experiences) by sharing their experiences with this challenge. Selleys outlined how they are spread across many markets in Hardware, DIY, Auto, Trade, Household and a market that they are developing in BBQ Cleaning (Who cleans their…