Tag: innovation

Industry politics just got weirder

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Things just got significantly weirder for the new economy. And whatever perceived good that had been extended to the startup end of the innovation sector has now been reigned...

Winners & losers in a tough game

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Innovation politics has paid out some harsh lessons for the Coalition on the wild ride of the Australian electorate during July 2’s double dissolution poll. With the final vote...

Malcolm winning the early tech love

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Labor party will need to dramatically reforge its rhetoric around fostering innovation if it wants to snag votes from the tech sector at the July 2 double dissolution...

On whistleblowing and innovation

Posted on   |  by Brian Martin
Whistleblowing can sometimes be a tool for fostering innovation – at least when that innovation is in the public interest. Whistleblowing is speaking out in the public interest, most...

Building IP: the innovation game

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If intellectual property is the measure of a nation’s innovation abilities, Patricia Kelly wields the yardstick. Ms Kelly, a long time public servant, started her career in social and...

Hail the chief: The PM in America

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is a certain order of things that need to happen on the international front when a new Prime Minister takes charge in Australia. When Mr Turnbull took over...

Open door policy for Avi Hasson

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Office of the Chief Scientist inside Israel’s Ministry for the Economy is responsible for the execution of government policy in support of industrial research and development. Given Israel’s...

Hanauer on the sharing economy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Nick Hanauer is that zillionaire guy from Seattle who upset a bunch of people at his local zillionaire’s club a couple of years ago by running a campaign to...

Research funding gets a makeover

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Whatever the government has planned for its Innovation Statement – expected before Christmas – it will almost certainly contain some long-term thinking around research funding and how it is...