Innovating Cosmos Podcast

Neville Christie loves seeing businesses succeed. And he loves seeing innovative products, technologies, systems and practices being brought to market and given a chance to thrive. But what so often lies between a good idea and success in the marketplace? Funding! So Neville has put his business acumen to work to provide some assistance. With business partner Tim Bos, Neville has created a venture bank, called New Enterprise Services, which works collaboratively with innovators to get ideas up and running, with overwhelming response.

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The process to innovation must be continual, and this is where the 'Three Horizons' concept comes in. It's from a global study by management consultants at McKinsey & Company. The partners from Toronto, Chicago and Sydney drew from case studies of great growth companies and worked out how companies could sustain long term growth into the future. Andrew Hutchinson of Alchimie uncovers the research published in their book, ‘The Alchemy of Growth’.

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Now that you’re on board and understand the importance of innovation, how do you do it? It’s not easy to introduce an innovation agenda, particularly as other weighty business issues demand attention. Andrew Hutchison of Alchimie has seven practical steps to help create long-term innovation in a business.

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A business without soul is a business facing the precipice now as disillusioned consumers turn their backs on an era of corporate greed. Innovating Cosmos founder, Neville Christie, keeps a close eye on the trends that will dictate success or failure into the future. Which is why, he says, all innovators or would-be innovators need to ensure that they have “soul”. And that includes current business operators with innovation on their minds.

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Adam Centorrino is a perfect example of an entrepreneur who’s innovative ideas have brought success. He’s founder of Centorrino Technologies, a company that provides technology solutions to businesses. The company’s grown 30 percent year-on-year since it opened its doors 9 years ago, gaining BRW Fast 100 status along the way. Adam’s success lies not only in the technologies he’s developed, but in the innovative systems he’s introduced, particularly his focus on customer service and care of his staff.

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How should business leaders view their own role in this urgent drive towards innovation? Andrew Hutchinson of Alchimie returns with a broad view as he asks CEOs to look beyond the board and shareholder level. We’re experiencing a paradigm shift, he says, and that’s bringing significant changes to the responsibilities of company CEOs. Andrew examines innovation and the role of a CEO in a bigger societal context.

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We’re told that we must be more innovative if our businesses are to survive. But what does that really mean - and what’s to be done to encourage greater levels of innovation in Australia? Neville Christie assesses those questions two ways: first, by looking at the external factors that could help encourage innovation; and second, by looking inside the entrepreneurial endeavour. Neville offers both advice and cautionary warnings on how to bring new ideas to market – without going broke in the process.

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If you don’t innovate and keep innovating then your business will be left behind as other more spritely companies overtake you. You probably won’t survive. But how you innovate – now that’s the harder part. Andrew Hutchinson of Alchimie discusses what’s needed to lift your innovation game.

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The conversation between Innovating Cosmos founder Neville Christie and innovation economist Conan Young continues on the issue of embracing innovation in this increasingly disruptive world. They talk about the importance of the new spirit of collaboration and the idea of turning big problems into big opportunities.

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A discussion about the future can't be complete without the bright minds and technologically savvy members of the Millennial generation. This episode we hear from Conan Young, an innovation economist and founding member of Innovating Cosmos. Conan joins Innovating Cosmos founder, Neville Christie, to discuss the seven reasons why any organisation needs to innovate right now.

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