The Discipline of Innovation

31/03/2025

First new blog post in a LONG time!

What’s the link between what makes a good radio show and a good building? It might be generating a sense of wholeness.

26/09/2020

The only way to change a system is by changing the way we interact with others:

The only way we can make ourselves is through making each other. And we always have a choice in how we make others. Do we do it using generative, both/and, mutually thriving stories, thoughts, and language, or do we do it using narcissistic, better than, zero-sum ideas? The choices we make for how w...

04/08/2020

It seems that the Ideas to Impact page that I made a few years ago is about to disappear - so today might be your last chance to see it!

Create Change Masterclasses offer inspiring teaching from leading UQ thinkers and shine a spotlight on the journeys of proven change-makers. Dive in now to see how UQ can help you create change – in your life and the world.

25/06/2020

I thought this was an interesting session, and I learned a lot talking with Brendan and Nancy.

June 2020 webinar hosted by KCA QLD Network and LESANZ. Speakers: Associate Professor Tim Kastelle, Brendan Cheong and Dr Nancy Schellhorn

17/05/2020

New blog post - profit and purpose aren't mutually exclusive, powerful business models often provide both.

Firms often view doing good and making a profit as trade-offs - if you do well at one, its at the expense of the other. However, the story of the Herman Miller company is just one that shows that the two actually often go hand in hand.

11/05/2020

Here's a talk I did last week.

Here's a talk I gave last week on some methods and benefits to thinking in the long term, even when there are urgent short term events taking up our attention.

04/03/2020

New blog post!

There is often a gap between how fast technology changes, and how fast human institutions respond to this change. This Governance Gap is one of the core problems of management today.

03/12/2019

"Retail isn't dead, but purposeless retail sure it." Old post, still relevant.

Despite what we keep hearing, physical retail isn't dead. The key to thriving is by standing for something - having a purpose.

27/11/2019

“But ideas that are truly innovative—that is, those that can reshape industries—typically go against the grain of executive experience and conventional wisdom.”

Increase your chances of success with innovation test-drives.

22/11/2019

I wrote this a while ago, and I still think it's true:

You should start a blog right now. It will help both you and others learn, and it will help you build a skill.

20/11/2019

"Continuous improvement isn’t nearly as important as discontinuous improvement. Creativity is a discontinuity. A creative act breaks with the chain that has come before it." - Russ Ackoff Why Improvement Does Not Equal - great post https://buff.ly/2XutZDG

17/11/2019

If is about creating value, then we should be working on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

Innovation is making new ideas real, to create value. If we're not innovating to support the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, are we really creating value?