The Art Of “Debugging” — Why We All Need to Learn Debugging to Create New Stuff Aug 31, 2016 Humanomics As a child, we learn at school the idea of “right” and “wrong”. What is 2+3 = ? If the answer is 4, we are told its wrong. If the answer is 5, we Mindset: How to Build a Social Venture Jul 26, 2016 Humanomics In March of this year we launchedthe Social Ventures Incubator Program (SVIP, Cohort 1) with the City of Adelaide. In May we closed the applications The Why of The “Social Ventures Incubator Program” Mar 14, 2016 Humanomics In this context, it is no wonder that a rigorous, 90 day program for startups with a focus on impact: social or environmental is launched in Virginia Postrel on the Future Jan 17, 2016 Humanomics “How we feel about the evolving future tells us who we are as individuals and as a civilization: Do we search for stasis—a regulated, engineered Built to Last or Explode in Greatness Dec 31, 2015 Humanomics Funky Business: “But what if [former head of strategic planning at Royal Dutch Shell] Arie De Geus is wrong in suggesting, in The Living Company, An Entrepreneurs’ Manifesto Sep 25, 2015 Humanomics – book by Steve Mariotti’s, founder of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), The most political act a Is the Structure of Vw Its Downfall? Sep 23, 2015 Humanomics Design flaws that blight German business - FT.com Scale also exacerbated a problem that VW shares with many of Germany’s best-known companies: an The Good Corporation Aug 13, 2015 Humanomics & Quote John Key in FT: The profit-making corporation is, should be and will remain the central institution of the modern economy. But that does not mean Indra Nooyi on Purpose Aug 13, 2015 Humanomics From an interview in HBR: You often use the term “purpose” in talking about your business. What does that mean to you? When I became CEO in 2006, A Is for Alphabet and G Is for Google. Are You a Conglomerate Too? Aug 11, 2015 Humanomics The biggest news in the tech sector is the change in structure of Google. A new company called Alphabet which will act as a holding company where What’s Your M&A Strategy Aug 11, 2015 Humanomics I have been spending a fair bit of time in the social sector in Australia talking to a lot of not-for-profits. The consistent thing I have heard Learning to Fail ‘Good for Students’ Aug 7, 2015 Humanomics Everyone wins a prize is a sure fire way to fail. Love this new way of teaching. Added benefit is through design thinking. A school that sets up How a Charity Made $3.3B, Yes That’s the Big Billion Jul 19, 2015 Humanomics In 1999, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), frustrated by the slow pace of progress on finding a treatment for the disease, took a big risk and Impact Investing: A Profit With a Difference Jul 15, 2015 Humanomics Dan Madahavan, CEO of Impact Investing Australia is this week’s changemakers on Probono News. My recent chat with Dan in Melbourne centered around Differences Make Us Better Jul 15, 2015 Humanomics & Quote Apple HR chief: He’s lived it,” she says which makes him particularly supportive of “people who have differences. The thing about Tim is, he Sizing the Market for Ndis Jul 14, 2015 Humanomics honzasoukup from Flickr The National Disability Insurance Scheme in Australia is a new way to fund, provide support and enable people with The Secret to Building Organisational Capabilities Jul 14, 2015 Humanomics Bill Barnett: Wrong answer: Organizational capabilities come from researching “best business practice.” I often have executives come to Stanford Ikea Is Making 1000 House Calls a Year, How Many Are You? Jul 7, 2015 Humanomics kea is getting intimate with its customers. To send the company back on a growth track, Ikea has plans to make 1,000 house calls a year at Using Brands for Social Impact Jul 6, 2015 Humanomics With increasing need to play in the social enterprise space or market based contexts like NDIS and CDC for Australian NFPs it is increasingly The ‘Social Intrapreneur’ Taking on Typhoons and Housing Crises Jul 4, 2015 Humanomics Great story of what is a good example of what I call Humanomics or others would call Corporate Social Innovation or Shared Value. PP: The fourth Setting Targets to Save Lives Jul 4, 2015 Humanomics & Quote If someone told me they had a better idea for improving the world, I would ask: “Can you beat a nine-fold return on investment, saving more than 61 What If the Best Way to Be Innovative Is Not to Try? Jun 29, 2015 Humanomics & Quote So if I’m looking to be ‘more innovative’ maybe I’m looking in the wrong place. Innovation is a by-product of the process of collaborative Why Innovation Starts With Empathy - Gary Hamel Jun 25, 2015 Humanomics & Quote There was a wicked commotion in the hall, and two security officers suddenly found themselves facing a husband in complete emotional melt down. He One of the World’s Greatest Inventors Dies in Debt Jun 24, 2015 Humanomics This is the story of Tesla(inside the story of Larry Page). Great minds, good intentions are not enough. This is the exact reason I write about How Google Uses Empathy to Design for Disabled People Jun 23, 2015 Humanomics Understanding users, building empathy and creating apps. More from FastCompany. It’s common in many apps for the most important interface elements Who Do You Trust? Jun 20, 2015 Humanomics Ben Horowitz on their new investment to enable skilled craftsmen starting with hairstylists to improve their customers life and earn a better Patagonia’s Anti-Growth Strategy Jun 20, 2015 Humanomics & Quote A balanced story on the challenges of stopping growth in a business that appeals to customers. “Their growth now is only positive in my eyes. The Why Startups Are More Successful Than Ever at Unbundling Incumbents Jun 19, 2015 Humanomics Hemant Taneja: Still, the lessons for businesses are relatively simple. For incumbents: you can’t count on scale like you used to. For What Is the Business of Business? Jun 14, 2015 Humanomics I believe that business has the power to do good; to create better lives for people. Benioff talks about what CEOs need to do in this video. The HootSuits Goes B-Corp Jun 10, 2015 Humanomics From HuffPost: As someone who has championed open book management, employee ownership, and the Benefit Corporation Movement for the past several Kurzweil on the Law of Accelerating Returns May 28, 2015 Humanomics From Business Insider: To him, we’re somewhere in the middle of that chess board. “It should be pointed out that as the emperor and the inventor The 9 Box Challenge May 22, 2015 Humanomics Visual thinking is a key part of being a designer and in effect being an innovator. There is immense value in communicating through a visual Asking “Who’s the Customer” May 9, 2015 Humanomics This is fundamentally the most important question you can ask for your business. Kottke: Read that whole Quora answer again…there’s nothing in Learning From an Oak Tree of Wisdom May 2, 2015 Humanomics Make no mistake, Mrs Rickert is one of a kind: smart as a whip, hilarious, and one of the wisest people I’ve had the privilege of interviewing. Case The Last Thing We Need Right Now Is a Vision Statement May 1, 2015 Humanomics In this excerpt from “Why Elephants can’t dance? Louis V. Gerstner Jr says something very few companies say. Part of what I focus on helping Recipe to Solve a Crisis May 1, 2015 Humanomics In 2012, Italy was hit with a earthquake causing 26 deaths and widespread damage according to Wikipedia. “Parmigiano reggiano factory”. Licensed Oops! I Dropped the Lemon Tart Apr 30, 2015 Humanomics Everybody says we need to learn from failure. But how does it look like in real life? I was watching the new Netflix documentary called Chef’s Saaf Pioneers Design Thinking for a Cleaner India Apr 22, 2015 Humanomics Design Thinking provides great new ways of solving problems and creating new solutions. SAAF India tackles this with starting to prototype the Mark Payne on Insights Apr 20, 2015 Humanomics From Forbes: In describing how innovation can be more effective — and so perhaps better satisfy those managers identified by Klein who fear the Five Reasons Why Google+ Died Apr 18, 2015 Humanomics Steve Denning pens a brilliant blog post on the management methods of the new world. Misstep #5: Failure to offer something genuinely new InBlue How to Disrupt the Coffee Industry Apr 17, 2015 Humanomics Fascinating to see a new coffee wave. I have yet to experience it but would love to see where this goes. We have grown a special business because Learning From Jeff Bezos WaPo Investment Apr 15, 2015 Humanomics If you need to change your funding sources, change your business focus, facing new policy changes like NDIS or CDC, this is the way. Amanda Setili: Six Strategy Traps Apr 12, 2015 Humanomics Roger Martin and A G Lafley’s Playing to Win: There is no perfect strategy—no algorithm that can guarantee sustainable competitive advantage in a The Obama Doctrine - Manage Risk, Maintain Capability and Test New Policies Apr 11, 2015 Humanomics Tom Friedman has a great interview with Obama on how he views the new nuclear deal with Iran and his views on engaging countries that the United Death of the Private — Public Space Apr 9, 2015 Humanomics Indy Johar in a thought provoking post. This is the space where social value is going to be created. The time may have arrived where the prevalent Etsy and Mission-Based Capitalism 2015-04-09 | Espresso Apr 8, 2015 Humanomics An important event in the growth of social mission organisations. But Etsy’s offering may have a deeper significance: it is only the second (and by Value of Ethnography Work Apr 7, 2015 Humanomics From Open Policy blog in the UK the value of ethnography is not simply that it’s a method for understanding people in the context of their own The Water Opportunity in India Apr 7, 2015 Humanomics From Bloomberg The World Resources Institute estimates more than half of India faces high water stress, and Rousseau sees an expanding local South Australian Food Industry #jtbd = Safe Food Apr 1, 2015 Humanomics The Job-to-be-done is about safety of food and not just quality. Australian Olive Oil means safe which means a premium price. Atleast one of the The Creative Economy? Mar 21, 2015 Humanomics From Steve Denning. An old one but a good one. Instead the needed transition is from a_factory economy _to the Creative Economy. The Creative The Idea Person Is Here, Where Is the Follow Through Person Mar 20, 2015 Humanomics We need more follow through than more ideas. Ideas are overrated. What is a Follow-Through Person (FTP)? Someone who knows that good execution is Dieter Rams: Good Design Principles Mar 20, 2015 Humanomics Good design is innovative. Good design must be useful. Good design is aesthetic design. Good design makes a product understandable. Good design is The 10 Year Projections Always Come Close Mar 19, 2015 Humanomics From the TV series, West Wing. Sir, we want you to look at the ten year figures… I don’t want to, says the president. He asks, have they every Competition Causes Organisations to Learn Mar 13, 2015 Humanomics Bill Barnett on what he calls the Red Queen effect of competition. Very relevant in the changing nature in some industries like digital, Saul Kaplan: Our Obsession With Scalability Must End Mar 9, 2015 Humanomics Saul writes about the need to think about customer value creation first and scale later. Nail the business model before you execute on scale. Simple Young People As Job Creators Mar 9, 2015 Humanomics Jan Owen, the CEO of Foundation of Young Australians writes about the need to focus (subs req) on the young people and their challenges and Transparency of the Government and the Informed Citizenary Mar 7, 2015 Humanomics Atanu Dey writes about the need and importance of transparency of government: Firstly, what is great leadership: It seems to me that great Dr Deming on Purpose of an Organisation Mar 4, 2015 Humanomics Deming is well known to think about the whole, the system in which organisations create value. His purpose definition aligns to that. The aim Andrew Forrest Plans for the Sea Beneath Our Feet Mar 3, 2015 Humanomics Water is a key constraint and any new ways to do solve that will be beneficial. Great ambition. He is convinced 5000 giga­litres of water a year — Design: Breathing in & Breathing Out Mar 3, 2015 Humanomics Design thinking feels different than the traditional waterfall process. It encourages the breathing-in and breathing-out, of going broad and then I’m Sorry Mar 2, 2015 Humanomics From Godin: The other kind of sorry is an expression of humanity. It says, “I see you and I see your pain.” This is the sorry we utter at a How Gillette Learned Design-Led Consumer Research From P&G? Mar 1, 2015 Humanomics The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself - Peter Drucker Gillette is Family by Family in the News Feb 23, 2015 Humanomics Our flagship program at TACSI, Family by Family’s Sydney program is in the news: “Mount Druitt has some great strengths — Family by Family were Lean Startup in the Government Feb 22, 2015 Humanomics Government — not businesses or nonprofits — is going to be the most important area of entrepreneurship and innovation over the next 25 years. - Organisations As Communities - Which Require Communityship Feb 20, 2015 Humanomics A while back I wrote about Organisations as Organisms & asked this question. What if he looked at organisations as organisms? Rather than talking University Ecosystems Feb 20, 2015 Humanomics Marc Andreessen on one of the ways to increase US Entrepreneurship. So , what does this model entail is the question? Digital Government Strategy of the Us Feb 20, 2015 Humanomics “The way I think about the strategy is that you’re really talking about three elements,” said Park, in our interview. “First, it’s going mobile, Software Eats –> Helps the World Feb 19, 2015 Humanomics Around the firm we use “software eats the world” as a guide for how technology will impact every industry and every person — from education to Copy-Transform-Combine Feb 19, 2015 Humanomics The most dramatic results can happen when ideas are combined. By connecting ideas together, creative leaps can be made, producing some of history’s Less Is More Feb 19, 2015 Humanomics Great summary of Vaclac Smil’s work in the HBR: As efficiency rises, so does affordability, putting ever more products within reach of ever more Entrepreneurship in Schools Feb 19, 2015 Humanomics What if schools start teaching entrepreneurship to students? This is exactly what Steve Blank did working with the Hawken School. For Adelaide to be Unlocking the Family Home Asset for Older Australians Feb 19, 2015 Humanomics In the new aged-care rules of co-payments this suggestion from Derek McMillan is chief executive of Australian Unity Retirement Living in The Learning From the Swifter About Creating New Products Feb 16, 2015 Humanomics How the Swifter was made: Craig Wynett at Procter and Gamble got it started,” he says. “He came to us and asked if we could build a team and come Amplify Feb 16, 2015 Humanomics In 2015, the big opportunity and the realisation I have had is this. My focus is on helping create world class organisations that have clarity of Addiction vs Human Connection Feb 16, 2015 Humanomics Compelling piece by Johann Hari, author of a new book on the war against drugs. This changes the way we think of addiction but more importantly the That Person Feb 14, 2015 Humanomics When I work in large organisations, I am looking for people who are committed, people who have figured out that they want to make a difference and Adelaide - From City of Churches to City of Entrepreneurs Feb 12, 2015 Humanomics It’s heartening to see the city I call home, Adelaide, taking big steps into becoming a city for entrepreneurs. In so many ways, Adelaide is What Is Social Innovation? Feb 12, 2015 Humanomics As the Director of Business Innovation at The Australian Centre for Social Innovation I can tell you that there are no easy definitions. An Hugo Barra on the Value of Talking to Customers Feb 11, 2015 Humanomics Ben Thompson’s interview with Hugo Barra (only for paid members), the guy who heads the international expansion of Xaiomi, a fast growing tech Organisations As Organisms Feb 10, 2015 Humanomics One of the challenges of doing innovation work is having a way to talk about a “thing” which makes sense to most people and it provides a way for a Public Traded Companies As B-Corps Feb 10, 2015 Humanomics From the Guardian: The movement to put purpose at the heart of business strategy has received a major boost with news that several multinationals, Funding the Problem Is Funding Innovation Feb 4, 2015 Humanomics For a long time in social change, we are used to fund solutions, programs or projects that are supposed to create change. In cases, where we know Forest Will Live Forever, Plants Will Die Every Day Jan 30, 2015 Humanomics Zhang Ruimin, the chairman of Haier group. Zhang wants to destroy the traditional corporate structure, though this means more than simply getting A Critique of Impact Investing : Where Does It Work? Jan 29, 2015 Humanomics “Leading social entrepreneurs are people who are single-mindedly passionate about solving a social problem, but how they get there is influenced by AusGov New Digital Transformation Office Jan 28, 2015 Humanomics Malcom Turbull: Modelled on the UK’s hugely successful Government Digital Services, Australia’s DTO will transform service delivery, operating more The Hummingbird Effect Jan 8, 2015 Humanomics Steven Johnson’s new book, How we got to now is a must read: Insects can stabilize themselves mid-flight because they have fundamental flexibility Multidimensional Metrics Matter Jan 7, 2015 Humanomics Ev Williams on metrics in media: Advertisers don’t really want your time — they want to make an impression on your mind, consciously or In the Ideas Business, Australia Is in the Centre of the World Jan 5, 2015 Humanomics Seth Godin visualises a paradigm shift. Living in Australia this is a powerful metaphor for me. For a long time, Australians thought of themselves Rumelt: Separate Strategic Planning From Annual Budget Planning Dec 29, 2014 Humanomics In the Economist: Rumelt argued that strategic planning should be separated from annual resource budgets. “Changes don’t come along in nice annual Christensen Ideas Are More Useful for Entrepreneurs Dec 22, 2014 Humanomics “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong,” H.L. Mencken wrote. The hedgehog who knows just one big thing Steve Jobs: To Wait for the Next Big Thing Dec 21, 2014 Humanomics Jobs did not enunciate some simple-minded growth or market share goal. He did not pretend that pushing on various levers would somehow magically Daniel Dennett on Mistakes and Learning From Evolution Dec 20, 2014 Humanomics Mistakes and learning from them is key to innovation. So, the more we can understand how to make them, how to enable them, learn from them; the Technology Innovation Is More Than Technology Dec 19, 2014 Humanomics While others will often suggest the best thing you can do as a founder is learn to code, this is in fact one of the worst uses of your time (unless Heterogamy Strategy for Innovation Dec 16, 2014 Humanomics Steven Johnson writing in Where good ideas come from: The water flea Daphnia lives in most freshwater ponds and swamps. Its spasmodic movements in Why It’s Illegal to Braid Hair Without a License Dec 8, 2014 Humanomics The cost of regulation from NPR A few years ago, Jestina Clayton started a hair braiding business in her home in Centerville, Utah. The business The Long Nose of Innovation Dec 6, 2014 Humanomics The Idea.org blog explaining the work of Bill Buxton. Innovation takes years, if not decades. An essay by Bill Buxton, principal scientist at Safety Can’t Be Built Right at the Start Nov 28, 2014 Humanomics ‘I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed The Counterintuitive Thing About Counterintuitive Things Nov 9, 2014 Humanomics Great post on starting something new by StartupLJackson. Totally relevant to intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs. If your goal is to build a startup, Apple Pay vs Google Wallet - Innovation vs Invention Oct 24, 2014 Humanomics From a discussion on Quora: I have already answered a similar question on Quora. As a summary: Google has been great on the technical part with the Floodlights and Spotlights Oct 14, 2014 Humanomics From The Economic Times After marrying Mukesh Ambani, Nita picked up another trait to support her quest for perfection — attention to detail. She Beyond Design Thinking Oct 12, 2014 Humanomics Payne from Farenheit 212: Payne realized ideas that design solutions for the user are still as unlikely to reach market as those created through Kogan: We Interrogate Our Business Model Every Day Oct 9, 2014 Humanomics We interrogate our business model every day, which is why it is completely different from a year ago. We view retail evolution as similar to Charles The Women Tech Forgot and the Value of Collaboration Oct 6, 2014 Humanomics Walter Isaacson’s new book focusses on the digital age and how it was formed. Review by Nick Bilton. Part of the problem, Mr. Isaacson writesin Learning From the Invention Machine Sep 28, 2014 Humanomics Forbes has a great story about Nottingham and Spirk, two prolific inventors we have never heard of. The spark for this work came from this: small Listening to Customers Sep 28, 2014 Humanomics & Quote Seth Godin if you’re about to lose a $10,000 customer, put the cell phone number of the regional manager on the receipt. That’s what you and I Positively Reframing Nonprofits As ‘Mission-Based Companies’ Sep 21, 2014 Humanomics Evan on Medium: What good are we doing for the mission we say we’re so dedicated to if our organization no longer exists, can’t scale impact, and Daniel Dennett on Mistakes Sep 20, 2014 Humanomics & Quote Mistakes are not just opportunities for learning; they are, in an important sense, the only opportunity for learning or making something truly new. The Metaphor of Lego for Creativity Sep 18, 2014 Humanomics I frequently use LEGO as a metaphor for combinatorial creativity — if we only have bricks of one shape, size, and color, what we build with them The Humanities Are the Why Sep 17, 2014 Humanomics In the quest for social change and innovation, it is the “why” that is more powerful than the how. Why of individuals, the why of organisations and Rilke on Embracing Uncertainty and Living the Questions Sep 16, 2014 Humanomics Fundamental to innovation is living with ambiguity. I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the Humbleness to Create Change: 7 Ideas to Start the Journey Sep 16, 2014 Humanomics I have been part of lot of change management efforts where leaders suggest that there is an urgency to create change and they provide the answers or The Need for Diverse Experiences Sep 16, 2014 Humanomics A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. They don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear How Original Are You? Use This Framework to Understand and Develop It Sep 16, 2014 Humanomics This classification from Marty Neumeier totally makes sense in the context of innovation. Depending on the quality of your knowledge and the level Biz Stone: The Future of Marketing Is Philanthropy. Sep 15, 2014 Humanomics Biz Stone: The philanthropic activities of Coca-Cola are impressive and commendable. However, it should be noted that they are separate from the Impact Investing Carves New Path in Matching Positive Social Outcomes With Financial Returns Sep 15, 2014 Humanomics Rosemary Addis on this emerging new financial instrument and the thinking behind it that can transform social innovation. Impact investing is a Jobs: Innovation Is Saying No to 1,000 Things Sep 14, 2014 Humanomics People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred De-Clutter the Complexity Sep 13, 2014 Humanomics From the economist Some clutter is inevitable. The point of companies is to get people to achieve collectively what they cannot do individually, so Re-Authoring the Narrative of an Organisation Sep 12, 2014 Humanomics In my work there is a fundamental belief to integrate multiple disciplines to enrich the quality of the work I do. In this endeavour, I have What Is the Job to Be Done for Apple Watch? Sep 12, 2014 Humanomics What does the customer value? That is the most important question in any new product or service. Apple has been a master at this. I find it Joy and Creativity Sep 12, 2014 Humanomics When your work contains an element of joy, you learn faster. This is called ludic learning, or learning by playing. What makes it so effective is In Creativity, Mistakes Aren’t Mistakes—They’re Clues Sep 11, 2014 Humanomics & Linkblog Marty Neumeier has a good way of talking about failure. If you are serious about innovation we understand the need for failure. I am trying The Problem Solution Context Sep 11, 2014 Humanomics You want to use design thinking, innovative ways of doing business? You want to use Six Sigma. Which consultants to bring in? How will you answer Hidden in Plain Sight: How Solutions Journalism Can Help Unearth Buried Social Sector Knowledge Sep 9, 2014 Humanomics Great idea to disseminate what works. As SJN co-founder David Bornstein put it in his New York Times column Why ‘Solutions Journalism’ Matters, The Change Paradox Sep 8, 2014 Humanomics Do we change the easy things or the hard ones? So here is the rub. When the next leader comes along after you, what will she try to change? Odds Fail Better Sep 8, 2014 Humanomics “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” - Samuel Beckett Failure is a key ingredient for innovation. Failure is a Learning Without Logic Sep 7, 2014 Humanomics Bill Barnett The result? We often “learn” without logic, and so we often walk away from great ideas. The Apple Newton failed, leading many to say How to Create a Culture of Change Aug 31, 2014 Humanomics Understanding culture and purpose by Digital Tonto Yet despite what some may believe, corporations are not people. They are a means to an end and Bromley Aug 31, 2014 Humanomics looks genuinely mystified when asked where he sees bundled in the landscape of the Australian art. “I don’t think about art like that. I With Citizens at the Helm, Design and Business Models Matters a Lot Aug 31, 2014 Humanomics Who is your customer and what do they value? These are the two most important questions you can ask for your business. How you answer these Business Models Trump New Technology Aug 29, 2014 Humanomics Barnett explains the need for business model innovation. The lesson for leaders? Disruption is not just about technology changing; it is about Norway : Trust and Economic Growth Aug 27, 2014 Humanomics Why Norway does not have the oil curse. We trust the government. We believe our tax money will be spent wisely. once you start trusting that others Drucker on Entrepreneurship As a Discipline Aug 27, 2014 Humanomics “But entrepreneurship is not “natural” it is not “creative.” It is work. Hence, the correct conclusion from the evidence is the opposite of the one Michael Bloomberg’s Harder Sell Aug 26, 2014 Humanomics Amazing, the ambition and the will give away all his fortune. Mr. Bloomberg, 72, has vowed to give away his $32.8 billion fortune before he dies. Vermont Quits War on Drugs to Try New Something New Aug 26, 2014 Humanomics Wow. We need this openness in experimentation and trying new things to solve social problems. The people who pushed Vermont’s new drug policies are Making Systems-Level Thinking Sexy: Saul Kaplan Aug 25, 2014 Humanomics Normative interview: It starts by changing your lens. No one will ever transform anything by seeing a challenge through their current lens. The Creative People Say No Aug 24, 2014 Humanomics No is something I need to get a lot better at. Kevin Ashton : Saying “no” has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined. No How Wells Fargo Learned to Innovate Around the Customer Aug 24, 2014 Humanomics Learning from Wells Fargo from | Digital Tonto : Ellis immersed himself in Internet culture and eventually hit on ethnography techniques, which had India Needs Tech, Social Innovations Aug 19, 2014 Humanomics S Ramadorai We need technological and social innovations that can show the way to a new developmental model, a model where cutting-edge This Week, Let’s Dump a Few Ice Buckets to Wipe Out Malaria Too Aug 18, 2014 Humanomics Interesting perspective and a good discussion on measuring effectiveness of charities. The ice bucket challenge is a symbol for much that’s wrong To Create More Value Than We Capture for Ourselves Aug 18, 2014 Humanomics “The thing we should all be looking for are people who want to make a difference,” he said. “I’m a big believer in the Silicon Valley religion of Only the Paranoid Survive Aug 18, 2014 Humanomics From Asymco The underlying implication is axiomatic as far as investments are concerned.: Being under threat all the time is undesirable. But is The Surprising Evolution of the Term “Innovation” Aug 17, 2014 Humanomics Schumpeter does it. Apparently innovation slowly began to ride the coattails of “invention,” which became popularized with the Industrial MIndfulness in Innovation and Human Services Aug 17, 2014 Humanomics Over the beautiful Adelaide sun I had lunch with a old friend of mine. She participated in a recent workshop on Risk & Innovation I conducted in U-Lab: Prototyping the 21st-Century University Aug 15, 2014 Humanomics The ability to see ourselves and our systems and our communities and what needs to change and why — could be the most powerful. Fascinating : Maybe Reforming Leviathan: Mandarin Lessons Aug 13, 2014 Humanomics From The economist The reform of the public sector is a huge project, but people are at the centre of it. Government is a service industry, and Page on Long Term Thinking Aug 10, 2014 Humanomics From Brian S Hall Page states most companies are “short term focused” and clearly is pleased that Google thinks bigger, longer. At 6:50, Page notes If We Can Question the Knowledge Aug 7, 2014 Humanomics if we can question the knowledge we have learnt in institutions, we can look at our lived experience, our culture and our life as a knowledge worthy Drucker on Public Service Institutions Jul 31, 2014 Humanomics “Every citizen in the developed, industrialized, urbanized societies depends for survival on the performance of the public-service institutions,” Disruption - Is It Possible for the Public or Social Sector? Jul 15, 2014 Humanomics [View the story “Disruption - is it possible for the public or social sector?” on Storify] Innovation: Where It Matters Most Jul 15, 2014 Humanomics It makes sense to think about innovation and not just disruption as a definition. The real game changing need is in social innovation. The whole The Centrelink System Assumptions Jul 15, 2014 Humanomics Amy Corderoy in the Canberra Times: Our “welfare” system is not about welfare, it is about punishment. Years of demonisation of the unemployed by Apps for Good Jul 9, 2014 Humanomics & Social Issues & Technology Technology is important and apps are the way of the future. 74billion apps were downloaded in the last 7 years on the iOS platform. That is What Is Iatrogenics, Why Its Important and How to Avoid It for Social Change Jul 6, 2014 Humanomics & Policy & Systems Ethics and integrity should be measured primarily by the oath of the Greek physician Hippocrates. Primum Non Noncera — First, do no harm ~ Drucker Hey Ma, Look, There Is No Problem Jul 2, 2014 Humanomics Still today in our industry, if you go to a trade show, you walk around and you will find a lot of technology for which there is not problem that The Adaptive Loop: Working With Wicked Problems Jul 1, 2014 Humanomics What is the strategy of your organisation? What is the right policy for homelessness? What is the service to support children who are disabled in Veterans Are Customers Jul 1, 2014 Humanomics From NPR (h/t Ryan Hubbard) McDonald said in his previous life, he concentrated on the customers. At the VA, he said the customers would be The Entrepreneurial State Jun 27, 2014 Humanomics & Social Issues Fascinating book. Review from the economist. Economists have long recognised that the state has a role in promoting innovation. It can correct How Open Data Creates Citizen Outcomes and Markets Worth Billions Jun 24, 2014 Humanomics & Technology Courtesy notbrucelee from Flickr Richard Thaler on the value of open data for citizens and the ability to create new markets. No brainer to do more Optimism and Empathy: Bill and Melinda Gates’ 2014 Stanford Commencement Address Jun 22, 2014 Humanomics & Video How do you go about solving the biggest social challenges? The Gates couple talk about optimism and empathy as a way to do it. When you have 25 min, What Apple Competes On Jun 18, 2014 Humanomics Horace Dediu: 5. The iPhone is the most expensive smartphone on the market right now. In Romania, it certainly is. But where does Apple gains it’s What Will You Do Differently on Monday? Jun 17, 2014 Humanomics Drucker famously said to his consulting clients - “Don’t tell me you had a wonderful meeting with me. “Tell me what you’re going to do on Monday Worldview and Stories Jun 15, 2014 Humanomics & Linkblog Understanding the context of the customer and their beliefs and values are key first step of innovation. To get to this kind of deep understanding Quantity for Quality Jun 4, 2014 Humanomics & Linkblog A great story about a ceramics teacher from the book Art & Fear which is very apt to understand experimenting and prototyping for innovation. Two Step Process to Making Effective Decisions Jun 3, 2014 Humanomics From Charlie Munger (Via Farnam Street) Personally, I’ve gotten so that I now use a kind of two-track analysis. First, what are the factors that Roger Martin on Learning From Aristotle Jun 3, 2014 Humanomics & Linkblog Roger Martin on tradeoffs and learning from Aristotle. The same applies to corporations. If they make it their purpose to maximize shareholder On Ideas Jun 2, 2014 Humanomics & Quote From Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World (Walter Kiechel): What these four thinkers [Oliver Wendell Building Empathy Through The “Empathy Map” Jun 2, 2014 Humanomics One of the things I’ve always found is that you’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology - Steve Jobs Arenas Jun 1, 2014 Humanomics If you are thinking of strategy, where do you start? In the “C” of Strategy I wrote about the many different options that we have when starting on Permission Needed to Create Junk May 31, 2014 Humanomics From James Clear on the permission to create junk: Creative work is no different than training in the gym. You can’t selectively choose your best The Strategic Philanthropist May 29, 2014 Finance & Humanomics “Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community” - Andrew Carnegie Image The Blind Men and the Elephant May 29, 2014 Humanomics “To the man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” - Charlie Munger An old Indian fable from 2500 years ago tells the story of six Respect, Love & Belief May 28, 2014 Humanomics The work of creating social change is not about solving social problems. It is about respecting, caring and believing in the power of being a human Three Quick Ways to Improve Your Strategy-Making May 25, 2014 Humanomics Roger Martin nails it as always. Focussing on SWOT as a starting point is never useful. A strength is a strength only in the context of a Not All Innovation Is Created Equal May 22, 2014 Humanomics Vijay Govindarajn in the HBR: What kind of Innovation are you doing? Not all innovation is created equal. I put all innovations into two broad Survival May 20, 2014 Humanomics “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” ― Seneca Image Courtesy James Lee on Flickr As individuals we are all wired for survival. The things Bezos’s Washington Post Strategy May 19, 2014 Humanomics & Linkblog It’s been a while but worth remembering: “There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will Haiti Is Open for Business May 18, 2014 entrepreneurship & Humanomics & Indigenous & Social Issues Listening to the podcast Entrepreneur from Monocle is entertaining and informative all the time. This time it was the mother/daughter duo who An Equation for Innovation May 18, 2014 Humanomics Matt Rodhe from the Stanford d.school helps the analytical brain to understand innovation. This is an equation where, In = Innovative capacity The Job-to-Be-Done for Art May 14, 2014 featured & Humanomics Why do people buy art? What is the “job to be done” here? Recently I had an opportunity to run an innovation workshop for the Arts sector in Defining Uncertainity May 13, 2014 featured & Humanomics Uncertainty is a key part of innovation, of being entrepreneurial in your work. Image by Nicu in Flickr Shane Parrish provides a good definition of Prototype > (Pitch + Projection + Plan) May 12, 2014 Humanomics & Value Delivery SK nails the idea. Great pic Cause vs Purpose May 11, 2014 Humanomics Merry Carole Powers: A cause is based on a desire to stop something. A purpose is rooted in a desire to start something. Cause is charity. Purpose The Purpose Economy May 11, 2014 Humanomics An excerpt from the new book “The Purpose Economy”. Lots of explore here. Little of this is truly new, of course. Farmers’ markets existed long China’s Carnegie May 2, 2014 Humanomics From the economist: THE problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth,” wrote Andrew Carnegie in 1889. More than a century later, the Global Ageing Apr 27, 2014 Ageing & Humanomics & Social Issues One of the big trends is the ageing of the world. It will effect everything that we do and there are both opportunities and challenges. This 5 min Home Team/Away Team Apr 23, 2014 Humanomics The home team/away team idea is the key to thinking about how to fast track innovation through framing assumptions and testing assumptions. In many What Is Innovation? Apr 21, 2014 Humanomics “Different and new is relatively easy. Doing something that’s genuinely better is very hard.” —Jony Ive Horace Dedium of Asymco has coined a new The Clients Apr 15, 2014 Humanomics The best part of my work is the opportunity to work with passionate, talented and committed individuals in social enterprises, not for profits, in Learning From Gillette’s Experience in India Apr 12, 2014 Humanomics From Business today: Until 2010, Gillette India had been following a strategy of marketing cheaper-end US-developed razors. However, low-income Lessons From Pixar: Focus on Positive Outcomes and Not Risk Apr 10, 2014 Humanomics From HBR: One thing I don’t believe in is the notion of a perfect process. Our goal isn’t to prevent all the problems; our goal is making good Left or Right Apr 7, 2014 Humanomics & Quote UPS engineers found that left-hand turns were a major drag on efficiency. Turning against traffic resulted in long waits in left-hand turn lanes Cracking the Pottery Apr 7, 2014 Humanomics & Quote From Seth Godin: I find that it’s almost essential to fall in love with an idea to invest the time it takes to make it good and worth sharing. And Innovation: The Difference Between Search and Discovery Apr 6, 2014 Humanomics Seth Godin writes about Search vs Discovery: Search is what we call the action of knowing what you want and questing until you ultimately find it. Elon Musk’s Determination Apr 6, 2014 Humanomics & Quote After failing putting the rocket to orbit 3 times, this is his reply. Musk: Optimism, pessimism, fuck that; we’re going to make it happen. As God The Innovators Dna: The Five Characteristics and How You Can Develop Them? Mar 31, 2014 featured & Humanomics What are the characteristics of an Innovator? Jorge Barba points to this “six-year study surveying 3,000 creative executives and conducting an Why Businesses Fail to Experiment (Hint: Because They Are Made up of People!) Mar 30, 2014 Humanomics Dan Ariely on the irrational behaviour and the reasons behind it (H/T Jorge Barba): Companies pay amazing amounts of money to get answers from Linda Mar 29, 2014 Humanomics Assumptions are one of the main reasons we trip in our work. We have biases and that leads us to assign significance to the wrong things. This is What’s Next? Mar 27, 2014 featured & Humanomics Fred Wilson: It isn’t clear if the next thing is virtual reality, the internet of things, drones, machine learning, or something else. Larry Lets Stop the Glorification of Busy Mar 24, 2014 Humanomics The social sector is ripe with people who are busy, tired and stressed. In the goal of changing the world we forget the need to thrive in our corner “Tactics, Tactics, Tactics” Mar 24, 2014 Humanomics & Quote Sasha Dichter Changing you intentions, changing your mental model, these are the things that alter how you process information, the opportunities Truthiness Mar 19, 2014 featured & Humanomics & Social Issues Merriam-Webster’s #1 Word of the Year for 2006: 1. truthiness (noun) 1 : “truth that comes from the gut, not books” (Stephen Colbert, Comedy The Business of Social Change Mar 11, 2014 Humanomics A few days back I had the opportunity to present (with my colleague Chris Vanstone) to senior leaders in the not for profit sector in Adelaide Can More Money Solve Poverty? Mar 10, 2014 Humanomics & Social Issues & Systems Image Courtesy - Franco Folini on Flickr Bill Gates wrote in his latest annual letter about the value of aid to developing countries. Bill Easterly, Designing for Impact Mar 7, 2014 Humanomics John Cary writes about the design of philanthropy. It’s music to my ears. In my work I see a lot of value for using design in conjunction with other Keeping the Dna (Or Not Forgetting Who You Are) Mar 4, 2014 Humanomics & Systems Horace Dediu and Ben Thompson discuss the challenge for organisations like Apple and Nokia to remember the reasons of their original success, the Innovation Time for Microsoft Feb 24, 2014 Humanomics & Quote The new CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, in is his maiden interview: Culturally, I think we have operated as if we had the formula figured out, and Worth Waiting Feb 24, 2014 Humanomics Tim Cook honouring Steve Jobs on his birthday. Remembering Steve on his birthday: "Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right." — Tim Cook Mythbusters - Bill and Melinda Gates 2014 Annual Letter Jan 29, 2014 Humanomics & Social Issues The Annual Letter from Bill and Melinda Gates every year is something to look forward to. This year they tackle the myths regarding foreign aid. The The Element in Crime Jan 28, 2014 aboriginal people & child protection & crime & Humanomics & juvenile justice & Social Issues Kevin Drum writes a fascinating study in Mother Jones of how he use of lead, especially in gasoline is the real cause of crime in the world. This is Why Design Thinking Won’t Save You (Or Any Other Discipline) Jan 27, 2014 featured & Humanomics & Systems Coming from a investment banking background, an MBA degree and a focus on social change, I easily saw the value of business thinking to create value The Abandonment Question Jan 8, 2014 Humanomics & Systems & Value Creation In a series of questions that every organisation needs to ask itself, we looked at the purpose question. Now we look at Abandonment. The Purpose Question Jan 7, 2014 featured & Humanomics If questions are powerful and in fact a prerequisite for innovation, then the biggest question we can ask is the “purpose question”. Keith Yamashita Is the Age of Efficiency Over? Jan 4, 2014 Humanomics & People & Systems & Value Creation & Value Delivery The new year always brings in new thoughts and new plans for me. What about you? What are you thinking about changing in this new year? And, Happy Costing the Benefits Dec 19, 2013 Humanomics Social Innovation is important however, we need to be pragmatic about what works and what does not. Two important questions need to be asked in this Latticework of Models for Social Innovation Dec 19, 2013 Humanomics & Systems For social change or for creating social impact we need to solve problems. In these scenarios, most problems are like the multi headed hydra. You Public Good Privately Provided Dec 19, 2013 Humanomics & Video Nicholas Gruen, Chairman of TACSI, gave a wonderful presentation recently in Adelaide about the nature of “public goods” (listen to talk if you want Design for the Market Nov 27, 2013 Humanomics & Value Creation Paul Polak writing at the Unreasonable Institute. It bears repeating: the appropriate technology movement died because it was led by Paul Polak on Profits and Poor People Nov 27, 2013 Humanomics The microfinance movement and the work of iDE combined have probably helped about 50 million extremely poor people move out of poverty. Even if we Innovation Office Is Hard Oct 1, 2013 Humanomics & Systems Ben at Governing writes about the challenging of creating Innovation in large government organisations: The second model, creating an office of Theory of the Business. Sep 26, 2013 Humanomics & Value Creation Drucker suggested that every organisation has a theory of its business. It consists of its understanding of the environment including customers and Empathy As a Starting Point for Innovation Sep 11, 2013 Humanomics & People & Value Creation Dana Silvers writing on design thinking and empathy. This matches up exactly with what we do at TACSI. I discussed how Strategy and Innovation in Creativity in a Context Sep 10, 2013 Humanomics & Quote Dan Pallotta in HBR: The unspoken assumption is that our goal is to gain competitive advantage, to crush the competition, to win. But I believe An Idea Is Not Aug 24, 2013 Humanomics & Quote An idea is not a design A design is not a prototype A prototype is not a program A program is not a product A product is not a business A business The Only Overnight Success Is a Good Night’s Sleep Aug 22, 2013 Humanomics The title comes from a comment from Adam Creeger from Chris Dixon’s post: Angry Birds was Rovio’s 52nd game. They spent eight years and almost went The Difference Incubator Aug 21, 2013 Humanomics & Value Creation I had a great chat with Bessi Graham, the CEO of the Difference Incubator in Melbourne about their incubator program for social enterprises. The Xvcd: Correlation Aug 19, 2013 Humanomics & Image from here Product Market Fit in the Social Sector Aug 12, 2013 Humanomics I believe that the life of any startup can be divided into two parts: before product/market fit (call this “BPMF”) and after product/market Jeff Bezos and the Great Project Aug 6, 2013 Humanomics & Value Creation Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com bought the Washington Post yesterday for $250 million. This is an interesting development, far more Start Slow When Launching Aug 4, 2013 Humanomics This is context of the minimum viable product when using the lean start up context. All of this is to say: Don’t rush. Instead of racing for the Dan Pallota: The Way We Think About Charity Is Wrong Aug 1, 2013 Humanomics This is an inspiring and action oriented talk. [ted id=1688] Some good quotes: 10% of people’s needs where market measures does not work Community Contribution Company Jul 31, 2013 Humanomics & Quote The province of British Columbia has legislated a new type of organisation. Companies now can register to become a Community Contribution Company Data Scientists Wanted for Solving “Wicked Problems” Jul 31, 2013 Humanomics From Paris Cowan in IT News Victoria’s chief technology advocate is on the lookout for ‘data scientists’ willing to embed themselves inside his Saving Lives With Soap Jul 31, 2013 Humanomics Samir Singh from UniLever on Forbes, Firstly, I must say I don’t like the term CSR — the ‘corporate social responsibility’ concept is something to Good Strategy/Bad Strategy Jul 28, 2013 Humanomics Strategy is interesting. In some sense we all know strategy is important but its hard to define, we all don’t agree on the same thing, we use it Economics in One Lesson and Why Its Not Easy to Implement It Jul 24, 2013 Humanomics “[T]he whole of economics can be reduced to a single lesson, and that lesson can be reduced to a single sentence. The art of economics consists in Big Problems, Anti-Problems and Big Problems - the Need for Social Innovation Jul 24, 2013 Humanomics C Z Nnaemeka in MIT Entrepreneurship Review. Image courtesy: Portland Mike On one side stand those who believe that entrepreneurs have stopped Business Models for Social Change Jul 22, 2013 Humanomics & Value Creation In 2006 I was doing my MBA and as part of my marketing course I came across the work of Henry Chesbrough in his book Open Innovation. He introduced B Corp - Is This the Organisation of Change? Jul 18, 2013 Humanomics & Value Creation So what is a business? It is about making money? Is it about serving customers? Is it about serving owners or in this current world, shareholders? Is Facebook an Innovative Organisation? Jul 17, 2013 Humanomics Clayton Christensen (the innovation guru) talks about how Facebook has executed well on an idea but he suggests why its not an innovative The Crunch Jul 17, 2013 Humanomics If you are planning to start a social enterprise, check this program out by Social Traders David Brookes, the managing director of Social Traders, Pfizer’s Focus on Business Model Innovation Jul 13, 2013 Humanomics & Value Creation As I am talking to businesses and people who work with businesses, it is getting clear that business model innovation is the clear focus for many Product Design to Innovation Jul 2, 2013 Humanomics Blast from the past. Bruce Nussbaum in BusinessWeek in 2004. photo credit: Alex Osterwalder via photopin cc Designers are teaching CEOs and Customer Satisfaction or Creating Change Jul 2, 2013 Humanomics photo credit: roland via photopin cc The business world puts a lot of effort in understanding customer satisfaction. Not only their own customers Strategy Is All About Practice Jul 1, 2013 Humanomics photo credit: Double–M via photopin cc Roger Martin in HBR. Bottom line: If you believe that you can succeed more often than not in dealing with The 5 Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organisation? by Peter Drucker Jul 1, 2013 Humanomics Drucker is a real hero for me. Apart from his monumental work in Management he has devoted more than 30 years of his life in the social sector. One Prototyping Businesses: Plan vs. Play Jun 29, 2013 Humanomics If somebody asks me what can you learn from design thinking from a business strategy point of view. I would point to this, from the design thinkers