Category: Business, Commercialisation & IP

  • Casey Tech School

    Tech Schools Project In Schools of the Future I wrote about the Victorian Government Tech School initiative which is intended to augment existing High Schools with a High Technology facility that is a shards asset for the all the schools in the area. The intent is to improve Australia’s digital readiness,…

  • SEBN Business Breakfast 2016 – Game Changing Growth

    Good Marketing Generates Growth This is Part 2 of the SEBN (South East Business Networks) business breakfast held just before Christmas 2016. Here we have John Berenyi of Bergent Research sharing with us on how big a game changer good marketing can be. John is a registered psychologist with degrees in commerce…

  • SEBN Business Breakfast 2016 – Industry 4.0

    Industry 4.0 and Bosch Australia This is the first of a two part post covering the SEBN (South East Business Network) business breakfast just before Christmas 2016. The first speaker was Gavin Smith of Bosch Australia. His talk was title “Life After Auto” and here is my summary.   In the 1960s…

  • Embracing the Digital Future

    Digital Tomorrow is Today The most recent Casey Cardinia Business Group breakfast heard from Chris Riddell, futurist. This is a summary of what he said.     The future is already here. The digital revolution has happened. So what about tomorrow?   This is the question Chris posed to the…

  • Success Follows Pursuit of Passion

    Passion Matters Because we design other people’s products for them, we get to meet a lot of people who want success. There is nothing wrong with that. Some want to Make a Difference and are pursuing a cause they are passionate about. And I get the most satisfaction from helping…

  • CEDA – Meeting the Innovation Challenge

    CEDA and Australia’s Innovation Challenge CEDA, or the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, run regular industry sessions to discuss topics of national economic importance. The latest was a lunchtime session covering the benefits of Innovation and also some of the challenges we need to overcome to take advantage of…

  • Modern Business

    SEBN Session on Modern Business   Modern business structures and minimum sustainable business essential components   Richard Caro presented this session to a SEBN audience.     What if the world changed and yesterday’s game plan no longer applied?   Buggy whips – the market shifted to automobiles and most buggy…

  • SEBN – South East Business Networks

    SEBN   One of the key statistics about the Australian business landscape is that we are last in the world for collaboration. All sorts of collaboration.  If you doubt this, just think about how much political collaboration you see here compared to overseas.   The video above is a series of…

  • Branding – what’s the big deal?

    Branding So what is Branding? Well, it is one of the most important concepts in business. Simply put, your Brand encapsulates your promise to your customers. As an engineer who was running an Electronics Design business, I was your typical eMyth technician, or in my case, Engineer. I didn’t understand…

  • Coolest Tech and Top Manufacturers in Australia

    Coolest Tech Companies in Australia Smart Company have revealed the Top 10 Coolest Tech Companies in Australia for 2015. At the top of the list is Canva.   And the rest of the list is also mostly digital companies. Quite a difference to the next list which is for making…