Helping engineers speak the language of business.

The Oslo peace process of innovation

Counterintuitively, small steps taken by people who trust each other can achieve the impossible. The relevance to innovation is uncanny.
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Make December your professional killing season

Put everyone in a room, be transparent about the unresolved issues, and don’t leave until you’re done fixing them. And document the new design with clarity and care.
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Yes, Prime Minister, collaborative innovation is a two-way street

On my reading of the collaboration component of the National Innovation and Science Agenda, I see incentives for academics but hardly a thing to change business.
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Is open innovation Australia’s only hope?

Andrew Botros gave the keynote speech to The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering's Governors Program luncheon, 17 June 2015.
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Another reason why most HR data are bad data

Organisations should actively concern themselves with network-centric questions. Here is a simple primer on organizational network analysis.
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Why Sydney’s transport apps took years, not days

This month’s Australian Journal of Public Administration publishes research by Andrew Botros on digital government, open data, and open innovation.
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How Einstein persuaded the world: a masterclass

You may not know that it took Einstein 14 years to become known the world over. If you’re involved in the communication of science or engineering, here are key lessons to be learnt.
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In defence of development, not cost

Increasing output—better and more products and services—is one of the big stories of modernity. Cost-cutting won’t ever hang in a museum. Your learning and development are always critical to a business.
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2015: A critical year for social change

Andrew Botros is an ambassador for Link Festival 2015, combining Design + Technology + Social Change, taking place on 16 & 17 February at Federation Square, Melbourne.
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Design, democracy, and anti-democracy

Communication is power, and providing access to communication is one of the key design problems of human development. Technology increases that power; without open access to technology, immense power imbalances emerge.
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