Professor Roy Green, Dean and Professor of Management at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, led the post-break discussion on the topic ‘Innovation Economies’
Professor Green set the scene by posing the question, 'Australia. What lies beyond the resources boom? Let’s enjoy, but also prepare for the future'
He suggested that there is much potential to to learn and adapt
from successful overseas models of innovation.
Joined by Terry Polkinghorn, Executive Director of REDcentre and Gus Balbontin, Production Manager of the Lonely Planet, a lively conversation ensued around a number of case studies
on the development of an innovation base in the countries studied
Listen to a recording of Professor Green's presentation here
For a written summary of Roy Green's points, please click here
For a sound file of Terry Polkinghorn's comments please click here
Click here for a sound file of Gus Balbontin's contribution
A written summary of Gus Balbontin's comments is here
1 comment:
I think it is interesting to compare Roy Green and Gus Balbontin's presentations. It was: as INXS once said:
"two world collide"
Gus was looking at innovation from an organisation point of view. He was about encouraging innovation throughout the organisation and that included talking to customers and incorporating their ideas. He said that customers generated enough new ideas to keep the company going for years. He was all about the culture of creativity and how that be sustained in a formal and efficient process.
Roy was about setting up a national Innovation Agency with local delivery arms and channels to access funding and build a national consensus.
in reality any national framework will not function unless there is a culture inside organisations to do more than grab the money.
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