Perspectives — value creation

Three Lenses to Understand and Demystify Innovation

February 12, 2023 • culture & capability • value creation

Innovation is a word in very broad usage, but it can be hard to pin down exactly what people mean when talking about it. When organisations don’t have a common language to talk about innovation, inevitably there are misunderstandings about goals, expectations and outcomes. Three lenses can help to demystify innovation

Evolving Design Thinking for Sustainability and Equitability

February 09, 2020 • design insight • shared value & ecosystems • value creation

The great success of design thinking has been to instil, in corporate innovation teams and entrepreneurial start-ups alike, the need to consider the triumvirate of Desirability, Feasibility and Viability. But an additional focus on Equitability will be essential to succeeding in the operating environment of the future.

Creativity, Invention and Innovation

September 01, 2019 • culture & capability • design insight • value creation

If you can generate new ideas you are creative // If you can develop these ideas into new products, services or experiences you are inventive // If from these inventions you can create value for customers, stakeholders, society and for your organisation you are innovative

Blockchain - Trust, Transparency & Shared Value in Global Networks

June 09, 2019 • business models & platforms • digital & 4IR technologies • value creation

In a digital, globalised world, with all the concomitant concerns of authenticity, biosecurity, financial security and money laundering, blockchain technologies are set to enable rapid, cost effective identity management, asset tracking, compliance and certainty of transaction completion.

3D Printing - Empowering Sustainable, Distributed Manufacturing

May 12, 2019 • digital & 4IR technologies • value creation • value propositions

3D printing is ushering in a new atomic model for physical objects and a new era of pan-industrial competition. Any factory anywhere can potentially manufacture not just parts, but complete products for any number of industries, continually iterate and hyper-personalise these at low cost in response to market demand.