Category: Business, Commercialisation & IP

  • 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 you could make anything in…

  • 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 room at the start of…

  • 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 them to succeed at doing…

  • 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 Innovation in Australia.    …

  • 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 whip companies went out of…