In the marketplace of ideas, for an app or product to be considered successful, it must be widely adopted for it to represent an innovation.
Giving innovators the right tools and guidance can set a new path for responsible health innovation for products from concept to disposal.
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New health technologies raise complex economic, social, environmental and safety concerns. Just as greenwashing tarnished sustainability efforts, ‘responsibility washing’ threatens health innovation.
In a business context, ‘open innovation’ means going beyond a company’s internal knowledge and capabilities.
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Innovators and businesses can use social media in different ways to drive learning across spheres and interest groups, and ultimately to foster innovation.
Without innovation in all five building phases, the industry won’t have the capacity to meet market demands or to deliver the social and affordable housing the government is promising.
Entrepreneurship flourishes when individuals in a society possess higher levels of well-being, adaptability, self-control and sociability.
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A recent study found that offering workers a choice of what type of reward they would like for offering good suggestions increased the volume of submissions and their creativity too.
Some Luddites simply want to press ‘pause’ on the uninhibited march of technological progress.
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Despite the association of ‘Luddite’ with a naïve rejection of technology, the term and its origins are far richer and more complex than you might think.
Countries around the world are racing to develop quantum technologies for computing, sensing and communication. Australia is trying not to get left behind.
Prince William presented the Earthshot Prize in 2022.
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To ensure the ‘complete transparency’ promised by Anthony Albanese, the new National Reconstruction Fund can learn from the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Over the past decade, a number of companies, think tanks and institutions have developed responsible innovation initiatives to forecast and mitigate the negative consequences of tech development. But how successful have they been?
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When OpenAI claims to be “developing technologies that empower everyone,” who is included in the term “everyone?” And in what context will this “power” be wielded?
The UK government is keen to “maximise the potential” of AI.
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Strong values and principles are key traits in effective business leaders – but they can come with tendencies to take fewer risks and be less proactive or innovative.
To improve its ranking and return on innovation investment, Canada needs to update its outdated research and development model to attract more social scientists.
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Canada’s innovation problem stems from an outdated research and development model. It is time to redesign the research department to include more social scientists and fewer technocrats.
But if students misrepresent or omit sources, including generative AI, that’s a problem.
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Research about both social and technical aspects of work can guide critical thinking about when and how business leaders and MBA students might use generative AI.
An innovation strategy is a requirement for companies that want to be successful in the dynamic post-pandemic market.
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