2019 and 2020 have been coined the years’ of the employee experience (EX). So why is there such a focus on optimising the employee experience and why should HR Practitioners or business owners be concerned with it?
We just won the Award for Best Implementation of a Blended Learning Solution at the 2018 National Training Excellence Awards. Find out more…
Good leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievements from ordinary people. Knowing that collaboration is vital to innovation, how do you keep teams motivated with a multitude of personalities, ambitions and motivators? We asked two innovation workshop facilitators…
Continuous transformation in the workplace is the new norm. To meet this new world and prepare for the future of work, HR teams are shifting focus from resource management to talent management, from recruitment to engagement, from internally focussed to user focussed, from hierarchical structure to empowering individuals.
G2 Innovation’s Co-Founder, Andrew Jones is UK born. In this blog he reflects on four years running an innovation training company here in Australia.
HR is in transition, Design Thinking presents a human-centred approach to address every area of HR from talent management to performance reviews, recruitment to people and culture.
Take a look at the difference between HR of then and the HR of now, are you caught somewhere in between?
As finalists for the Learning Impact Program of the Year award at this year’s Australian Learning Impact Awards, we were asked what we do to create learning impact. This is our top ten list:
I hate change! In fact, I don’t even like change. I holiday at the same place, eat at the same restaurants and often order the same meal. So how does someone with an aversion to change work for a company that promotes, encourages and trains thousands of people to innovate and make … change? Here’s my top 3 tips:
Co-design enables a range of people to creatively contribute to the solution of a problem. Many organisations create the ‘illusion of co-design’. I worked for one such organisation, here is what happened…
An innovation strategy can be the difference between an organisation that peaks then flounders and an iconic organisation with sustained growth and longevity. To demonstrate, here’s a story of two candle-making companies, one with an innovation strategy and one without.
When it comes to digital disruption, it is not a matter of if but when. But that doesn't mean we can expect a Terminator-like armageddon. AI isn't here to take all of our jobs, Blockchain isn't a concept too hard to grasp and hyper-personalisation doesn't mean genetic theft.
These are 3 digital disruptions that we currently face and how they are going to impact the most important person in your business - your end user.
Click here or on the image to download the Digital Disruption and user expectations infographic.
Collaboration should be a positive experience for all parties and most importantly, for the end users. Whoever you’re collaborating with, the partnership must be win:win and the value at the forefront of even the most preliminary discussion. Here are our tips to consider before a collaboration.
Marketing and Innovation are business’s catch 22. Innovations are rarely discovered to be valuable without effective marketing (or storytelling) and marketing won’t be effective if the product or service doesn’t add value to the customer. The good news is, the Design Thinking framework we apply to innovation, has amazing impact in marketing too. Read on to find out how.
Merryn Olifent spent New Year’s Eve 1999 in the boardroom of Hewlett Packard waiting for the Y2k crisis. Since then, she’s been at the forefront of digital technology and marketing. We asked her to share the most significant changes to marketing.
The healthcare focus has shifted from volume to value, but it doesn’t remove existing pressures on an already stretched system. That’s why Design Thinking is the perfect framework to drive healthcare innovation - it thrives on barriers, and restrictions, by using fast, cheap and efficient tools and processes to create impact.
So, you’ve decided to start an innovation transformation program. You’ve gained commitment from the powers-that-be, you’ve mapped out how the program will run and now you just need to put together your first group of innovation champions.
Competitors.... While we don’t want to follow them, we want to make sure we know exactly where they are, where they are heading, and if some are getting too close, identify gaps so we can stay ahead.
Innovation has become a major factor in determining organisations' longevity and success. That's where an innovation strategy comes into play, it is the where, what, how and who of innovation. Having, knowing and using your innovation strategy puts you at the helm of the boat.
Never before have end-users been so empowered. No longer passive observers, end-users are active participants who educate themselves about your products and services long before they engage with your organisation.
Your purpose is the rudder that keeps your organisation on course. It's your strategic starting point that helps you filter what you shouldn't do and focus on what you should. With a clear purpose you can transcend technologies and prevent disruption, change markets and gain a competitive advantage.