Aug 13, 2017 | Ecosystem Mapping
Imagine travelling across an unknown landscape without any written or digital directions. You would need to rely on locals and guides who had been down the journey to help you avoid pitfalls and find the best path to get to your destination. A map in this situation...
Aug 2, 2017 | Ecosystem Mapping
The role of innovation hubs in innovation ecosystems The concept of an “ecosystem” in relation to innovation is becoming more understood, and refers to the configuration of government policy and programs, investment groups, corporations, education providers, and...
Jul 20, 2017 | Build & Support
“Adventurer Mission – i think you should apply” And with this personal email invitation in May, 2017, I was introduced to the concept of the Advance Queensland Venturer Program. The Program, brain child of Queensland Chief Entrepreneur Mark...
Jul 8, 2017 | Build & Support
If you were to get your tribe together, who would be in the room? At the recent inaugural two-day ESHIP Summit in Kansas City, the Kauffman Foundation’s Andy Stoll asked me if I had found my tribe. My answer was unequivocally “Yes”. The ESHIP Summit focused on...
May 17, 2017 | Ecosystem Mapping
The journey of the entrepreneur is inherently tied to the place in which they develop their idea and grow and scale their enterprise. This is evident when environments such as Boulder, Colorado and Silicon Valley become synonymous with startup activity and a testament...
May 2, 2017 | Build & Support
It has been a busy few months since my three weeks in North America visiting as many innovation hubs, co-working spaces, investment groups, councils, and accelerators as I could fit in across Boulder, Denver, San Francisco, Kansas City, Toronto, Seattle, and...
Jan 3, 2016 | Build & Support, Research & Measurement
Innovation needs community Leaders talk about having a “culture of innovation”, but culture can be limited to the confines of the organisation. A community development approach can be better suited to the open nature of the innovation ecosystem....
Oct 25, 2015 | Research & Measurement
“Over 5 million jobs face a high probability of being replaced in the next decade or two.”~Nathan Taylor, CEDA Chief Economist The JOB: the foundation of corporate productivity, the goal of academic curriculum, and the basis for professional identity. Employment...
