Innovating Cosmos Podcast

The future holds extraordinary opportunities for those who are ready to seize the innovations that are springing up around us, right now, as the 4thIndustrial Revolution swings into full force. That's according to Neville Christie, entrepreneur, innovator and Chairman of the new CEO Mentor RoundTable, which has been set up to capture those opportunities in a collaborative setting of diverse but like-minded innovators or would-be innovators – just fifteen of them to sign up to the inaurgural RoundTable to start in 2019. Could you be one of them? Neville tells us more about the fourth industrial revolution and the reasons why the CEO Mentor RoundTable presents such special opportunities. innovateourfutures.com ceomentorroundtable.com

There’s a revolution in the way people want to learn - and it’s driving big changes in the way education is delivered in our new digital world. While the old academic institutions have been slow to wake up to change, innovative thinkers are stepping up to offer more diverse, flexible and dynamic models in learning. And that’s where Brendan Maloney of the Darlo Group steps in. innovatingcosmos.com

World-wide, energy is both a massive, and ongoing problem. But it's also a major opportunity fo the likes of solar energy, wind farms, bio-fuel, and storage batteries, and for entrepreneurs like Elon Musk whose goal it is to reduce global warming through sustainable energy production and consumption. As Innovating Cosmos Founder Neville Christie reminds us, Australia used to have some of the cheapest energy in the world. But no longer! What innovations are changing the total energy scene, in Australia and world-wide? What’s the role of coal-fired power stations to our future? And what are a few of the key energy issues crying out for creative solutions? Neville Christie talks with Paddy Dale an economist dedicated to developing sources of energy that can change world. innovatingcosmos.com

Technology around the world of audio has come a long way. Some of you may remember audio cassettes; you may still use CDs - if your car has a CD player. But the big gamechanger in audio these days has been podcasts, which are taking the world by storm. One company that has lived through the audio revolution of recent decades is BE Media Production – and it’s still reinventing itself, as MD Nick Schildberger tells Neville Christie. innovatingcosmos.com

Where are the big opportunities to change the way things are? Start with the big challenges of our age and the opportunities will start to flow – and in this third conversation with Innovating Cosmos founder Neville Christie, Dr Arthur Shelley discusses 10 big opportunities that he believes will create a brighter, fairer, more sustainable future for our millennial generation and beyond Innovating Cosmos http://www.innovatingcosmos.com

Sparks can fly when creative minds get together to resolve the challenges of the world. And Dr Arthur Shelley is at the forefront with three innovative initiatives that will bring about change – in the world of work, in education, and in a global co-creative venture which he’s brought to Australia. Innovating Cosmoshttp://www.innovatingcosmos.com

“The more you can bounce ideas off one another, the more you can accelerate the creation of new ideas”. That’s the firm belief of Dr Arthur Shelley, author, academic, collaborative leader and sought-after international speaker. Arthur Shelley explores with Neville Christie the creative impact of collaboration - what happens when minds collide. Innovating Cosmoshttp://www.innovatingcosmos.com  

If you’re a first-timer to Innovating Cosmos, what’s it all about and why get involved? Co-Founder Neville Christie talks about his biggest hairy audacious plan ever - to change the world for the better. Innovating Cosmos is where it’s happening - and if you’re a passionate innovator with a heartfelt will to improve the world around us, he wants you on board! www.innovatingcosmos.com

Four years ago Australian innovators and entrepreneurs Neville Christie and Tim Bos teamed up to create Keaz, a multi-application platform for the sharing economy. While continuing to grow Keaz, which is now valued at $40 million, Tim and Neville have now turned their attention to an even more ambitious program - creating a global community of innovators. By working collaboratively as a peer-to-peer community, Innovating Cosmos aims to positively transform many of our world’s apparently intractable problems - and make life better, more sustainable and richer for all. innovatingcosmos.com http://www.innovatingcosmos.com

Be aware – but don't be afraid – of the big technological changes which will impact significantly on business, and then determine how to leverage those changes. That advice is from entrepreneur and advisor, Neville Christie, who dissects five of the major trends that will transform our future. They include: Amazon's influence in online retail, the fourth industrial revolution, the sharing economy, the restructuring of the services industry and the crypto-economy. http://www.innovatingcosmos.com

Neville Christie loves seeing businesses succeed. And he loves seeing innovative products, technologies, systems and practices being brought to market and given a chance to thrive. But what so often lies between a good idea and success in the marketplace? Funding! So Neville has put his business acumen to work to provide some assistance. With business partner Tim Bos, Neville has created a venture bank, called New Enterprise Services, which works collaboratively with innovators to get ideas up and running, with overwhelming response. innovatingcosmos.com

The process to innovation must be continual, and this is where the 'Three Horizons' concept comes in. It's from a global study by management consultants at McKinsey & Company. The partners from Toronto, Chicago and Sydney drew from case studies of great growth companies and worked out how companies could sustain long term growth into the future. Andrew Hutchinson of Alchimie uncovers the research published in their book, ‘The Alchemy of Growth’. innovatingcosmos.com

Now that you’re on board and understand the importance of innovation, how do you do it? It’s not easy to introduce an innovation agenda, particularly as other weighty business issues demand attention. Andrew Hutchison of Alchimie has seven practical steps to help create long-term innovation in a business. innovatingcosmos.com

A business without soul is a business facing the precipice now as disillusioned consumers turn their backs on an era of corporate greed. Innovating Cosmos founder, Neville Christie, keeps a close eye on the trends that will dictate success or failure into the future. Which is why, he says, all innovators or would-be innovators need to ensure that they have “soul”. And that includes current business operators with innovation on their minds. innovatingcosmos.com 

Adam Centorrino is a perfect example of an entrepreneur who’s innovative ideas have brought success. He’s founder of Centorrino Technologies, a company that provides technology solutions to businesses. The company’s grown 30 percent year-on-year since it opened its doors 9 years ago, gaining BRW Fast 100 status along the way. Adam’s success lies not only in the technologies he’s developed, but in the innovative systems he’s introduced, particularly his focus on customer service and care of his staff.

How should business leaders view their own role in this urgent drive towards innovation? Andrew Hutchinson of Alchimie returns with a broad view as he asks CEOs to look beyond the board and shareholder level. We’re experiencing a paradigm shift, he says, and that’s bringing significant changes to the responsibilities of company CEOs. Andrew examines innovation and the role of a CEO in a bigger societal context.

We’re told that we must be more innovative if our businesses are to survive. But what does that really mean - and what’s to be done to encourage greater levels of innovation in Australia? Neville Christie assesses those questions two ways: first, by looking at the external factors that could help encourage innovation; and second, by looking inside the entrepreneurial endeavour. Neville offers both advice and cautionary warnings on how to bring new ideas to market – without going broke in the process.

If you don’t innovate and keep innovating then your business will be left behind as other more spritely companies overtake you. You probably won’t survive. But how you innovate – now that’s the harder part. Andrew Hutchinson of Alchimie discusses what’s needed to lift your innovation game.

The conversation between Innovating Cosmos founder Neville Christie and innovation economist Conan Young continues on the issue of embracing innovation in this increasingly disruptive world. They talk about the importance of the new spirit of collaboration and the idea of turning big problems into big opportunities.

A discussion about the future can't be complete without the bright minds and technologically savvy members of the Millennial generation. This episode we hear from Conan Young, an innovation economist and founding member of Innovating Cosmos. Conan joins Innovating Cosmos founder, Neville Christie, to discuss the seven reasons why any organisation needs to innovate right now.