Innovation blockers

What stops innovation?

Many organisations harbour systemic cultural problems which act as innovation blockers, these may include :

• Pervasive risk aversion
  
• ill‑designed and non‑inclusive workplaces
  
• focus on the short‑term at the expense of the longer term development of capabilities
  
• lack of continuing investment in people

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http://www.innovation.gov.au/innovationreview/Pages/home.aspx

Five Words from Obama

Obama has an amazing gift of language, here are 5 words that he has used in various speeches.


cohere
syncretic
endemic
abrogate
sui generis

The Impossible University

Some people like to do 6 impossible things before breakfast, this might be the place for them to study.

http://www.hss.adelaide.edu.au/philosophy/inconsistent-images/impossible-uni/

Gov 2.0

The incoming Obama administration has an interactive website that lets users post their ideas. Ideas can be rated up or down by other site visitors so that popular ideas float to the top of the list.

Seems like a great way for improving democracy in the true sense of the word.

Human Factors

Human Factors is generally associated with aviation but many of the principles can be applied to other areas of work and life.