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Tim Kastelle

Student and teacher of innovation - University of Queensland Business School - links to academic papers, twitter, and so on can be found here.

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Posted on Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Hacking Innovation

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The Brisbane Innovation Network took a field trip to visit HackerSpace Brisbane today. We can learn a lot about how to innovate by watching how things work in these collaborative invention labs.

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Posted on Monday, 12 August 2013

Innovation Lessons from Amazon’s Shareholder Letters

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Jeff Bezos’ annual letters to shareholders provide some interesting insights into how Amazon has managed to continue to innovate, even as they’ve grown to become enormous.

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Posted on Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Are Creativity, Entrepreneurship & Innovation the Same Thing?

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There’s a difference between having a great idea, and creating value with that idea. Creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation are all words that are used to describe the value creation part of the equation. So do they mean the same thing?

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Posted on Friday, 2 August 2013

10 Ways to Select Ideas

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Most organisations have more than enough ideas, but many struggle to choose the best ideas to pursue. Here are ten methods you can use to improve your idea selection.

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Posted on Monday, 29 July 2013

Innovation Travels on Two Legs

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The best way to get ideas to spread has been around a long time: talk to people.

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Posted on Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Here is Why Business Model Innovation is Powerful

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About 20% of firms based their pricing on real data from their customers. This is mind-boggling – and it present a huge opportunity. Business model innovation is challenging, but that’s why it provides such a great opportunity.

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Posted on Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Why You Need to Innovate in Tough Times

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It’s natural to try to cut back in tough economic times, and consequently, organisations often cut innovation. This is a mistake. The best results coming out of recessions happen when firms balance short-term and long-term oriented innovation.

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Posted on Monday, 8 July 2013

Innovation is a Practice

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Our metaphors for innovation are all wrong – they make us think that innovation is an event. But innovation is a process – one that we can get better at. It’s much better to think of innovation as a practice.

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Posted on Sunday, 30 June 2013

Get a New RSS Reader Today if You’re Reading This on Google Reader!

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If you’re reading this blog on Google Reader, you have to switch to a new RSS asap! Here are some tips for how to do it.

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Posted on Monday, 24 June 2013

90% of Everything is Crap, and What To Do About It

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Theodore Sturgeon said “90% of everything is crud.” This sounds cynical, but it actually leads to some important innovation lessons.

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Posted on Monday, 10 June 2013

Innovation Opportunity: People Don’t Know What They Want

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On my third attempt to quit drinking soda pop, I might have finally succeeded. My problems with this provide some insight into why innovation is challenging, and how we might tackle that problem.

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Posted on Wednesday, 5 June 2013

How Do Digital Tools and Strategy Interact?

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Using digital tools correctly isn’t a technical problem – it’s a strategy problem. Digital needs to be part of a well thought-out customer-based strategy. A report from John and colleagues gives some ideas on how to approach this problem.

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