Category: Innovation

  • Future Manufacturing Workshop 2012

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    Future Manufacturing Workshop Last week I joined the AMTIL Future Manufacturing Workshop where I had the privilige to join with 80 other thought leaders in looking at how Australia was going to progress its manufacturing sector. This post is my summary of the presentation and discussions.   Manufacturing Minister The opening address was by Hon…

  • Visualisation: Part 1

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    Positioning As an Engineer, I have been educated to think in Engineering Concepts. One of the old jokes about education is that it narrows the number of people you can have an intelligent conversation with.   Today’s blog post image was provided courtesy of Dr Marc Dussault, The Exponential Growth Strategist who is always on…

  • SEMIP Innovation Showcase 2012

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    SEMIP Today I was at the SEMIP Innovation Showcase 2012. If you aren’t aware, SEMIP is the South East Melbourne Innovation Precinct and aims to improve collaboration between manufacturers in Melbourne’s South East and Research and Innovation providers, principally the CSIRO and the Tertiary Institutes and Universities.   I took some notes and thought I’d…

  • Innovation

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    What is Innovation The problem with innovation is that it is a word used all the time with the expectation that using the word somehow makes things better. A definition for innovation is a bit harder to nail down. Here are some examples.   Something new or different introduced – dictionary.com   Change that adds…

  • Prototypes Blunt Innovation

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    Prototyping Prototypes are very useful. We use them all the time when developing new products. They let us try out new ideas explore how well a particular technology will work for a specific application.   One danger of a prototype, is that there is the temptation to think that you can then just fix it…