Disruption does not always drive the most monumental or ingenious innovation. The stress of running from wolves is hardly conducive to good planning.
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Necessity and desperation are portrayed as the prime motivators of innovative behaviour, but in reality, stability and holistic incentives go a long way to freeing up creative energy.
Malcolm Turnbull launching his 2015 Innovation Statement.
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Health care relies on increasingly sophisticated devices for implanting into the body or monitoring it. Yet most med school graduates are not versed in engineering. That needs to change.
Every flush by a typical toilet sends about 6 to 16 litres of fresh water to wastewater treatment centres.
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As fictional inventors make terrible choices on the big screen, real-world tech innovators can learn from their example how not to make the same kinds of ethical mistakes.
The 2018 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science were awarded at Canberra’s Parliament House on October 17. Along with the top prize, life science, physics, innovation and teaching were recognised.
A street art mural representing the innovative scientist Marie Curie, by French graffiti mural artist C215 (Christian Guemy) in Vitry-sur-Seine, France, on 24 Dec 2015.
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To become a successful innovator, follow Marie Curie, Mahatma Gandhi and today’s female social entrepreneurs – focus on ideas and social value, not money.
The management of green spaces in Valldaura.
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Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego and Munseob Lee, University of California, San Diego
New research shows recruiting high-skilled immigrants leads to a ‘meaningful’ increase in innovation – and even more than spending money on research and development.
French President Emmanuel Macron (C- bottom) poses with participants of the “Tech for Planet” event in Paris, on December 12, 2017, ahead of the One Planet Summit.
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The 2018 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winners include astrophysicist and science communicator Alan Duffy and the citizen science app QuestaGame.
An example of how routines can limit innovation is classes and terms that run for a set time, which limits the flexibility of educators and students.
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Everyday routines help individuals and organisations work efficiently, but can also be one of the biggest obstacles to innovation. Here’s a five-point plan for implementing innovations.
It takes time to see which finding might be a golden egg.
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Basic research can be easy to mock as pointless and wasteful of resources. But it’s very often the foundation for future innovation – even in ways the original scientists couldn’t have imagined.