COFA + Saasu presentation follow-ups
I’ve been remiss in not posting up some follow-ups to the presentations I made (not so) recently at COFA and the Saasu Cloud Conference. COFA have posted a “highlights” that I think captures the...
View ArticleShared value and small business — does it resonate?
Can you help us find small business owners to participate in some research we’re undertaking? More details. Over the past few months I’ve been talking to Allison Heller (from UrbanAffect) about the...
View ArticleUbi — how ubiquitous computing might advance web accessibility
Ross Dawson posted about an interesting Kickstarter project, Ubi which provides a device that plugs into an electrical outlet and provides voice-activated access to a variety of services, including the...
View ArticleShifting emphasis
It’s been a while between posts here, in part due to a change of direction for Zumio, that I now feel I’m now in a position to begin to share. Over the course of my masters degree I’ve been thinking...
View ArticleThe circular economy
Explaining concepts like Product Service Systems and “service dominant logic” can be tricky, so it’s always great to come across good resources like the video below from the Ellen Macarthur Foundation...
View ArticleShared value and SMEs
As part of my Masters studies, I had the pleasure of interviewing a few businesses that were doing really interesting things in the shared value space. While some of these businesses didn’t formally...
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Case study: Investa Sustainability Institute
As I mentioned in my last post, I had the chance to speak to a number of small and medium businesses last year about how they have benefited from a shared value approach. This is the first case study...
View ArticleConnecting
One of the benefits of having an extended train ride these days is the opportunity to catch up on some good videos that I wouldn’t usually get the chance to watch. The other day I had the chance to...
View ArticleCase Study: MTC Group
This post is part of a series outlining my learnings from interviews with a number of small and medium businesses exploring how they have benefited from a shared value approach. These case studies...
View ArticleCase Study: Haul
This post is part of a series outlining my learnings from interviews with a number of small and medium businesses exploring how they have benefited from a shared value approach. These case studies...
View ArticleThe value of small prototypes
I was recently chatting with my friend Lopa about a variety of things social innovation-y, and the topic turned to prototyping. One of the things that came up is that it can be easy to think that...
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Case study: GoGet CarShare
This post is part of a series outlining my learnings from interviews with a number of small and medium businesses exploring how they have benefited from a shared value approach. These case studies...
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Lifehacking with Scrum
I’ve often spoken about the benefits of iterative design, and in particular agile management approaches, such as Scrum. Most of my experience with Scrum is as a software development approach (e.g....
View ArticleA brand is like a wardrobe…
Having been involved in the development/management of a few brands, when I saw this quote from Michael Hendrix from IDEO, I just had to share: Hendrix put the challenge to me metaphorically, with the...
View ArticleBike smart with Nau
I’ve been a fan of Nau clothing since their launch and have watched closely as they went through closure, were bought out, and have started to rise again. Nau make stylish active wear. It’s not hard to...
View ArticleWhat is “Digital Excellence”?
This is a cross-post from the Indigenous Digital Excellence site, part of the ongoing conversation in the lead up to the IDEA Summit. I’m feeling really excited to have been invited to co-facilitate...
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What will replace A Better Place?
I was disappointed to learn about the liquidation of electric car infrastructure provider A Better Place earlier today. I really admired Shai Agassi’s vision for this business, and have highlighted it...
View ArticleReflections on the IDEA Summit
This time last week I was deeply engrossed in the IDEA Summit, which was a gathering of people exploring what “indigenous digital excellence” means. I was privileged to be one of the co-facilitators...
View ArticleAlex Laskey at TED
In a number of my workshops and presentations I’ve used the example of some research into the power of harnessing social norms to drive energy efficiency. And also how these same norms can have...
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The value of workshop superheroes
This is a cross-post from the Indigenous Digital Excellence “backstage” blog. Some time ago I came across an idea/method from Adaptive Path that the authors dubbed Design a superhero. In that blog...
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