2017 Australian Innovation System Report out now

The Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) has just released the annual Australian Innovation System Report. You can download a copy here. The OCE has published a complete set of innovation indicators on its website, relating to activity, outcomes, entrepreneurship,...

Leaders as innovation coaches

Only 20% of R&D has any value, because most big firms lack a coherent approach to innovation, according to Curt Carlson, former CEO of SRI. SRI is the company that has generated a continuous flow of high-value innovations, like Apple’s Siri, using an “innovation...

Impact Innovation takes Nexgen Plants to Israel

Nexgen Plants, the University of Queensland startup developing a rapid response to improve crop production and save the world’s value-rich crops from devastating diseases, will join an official delegation visiting Israel between 5-14 August, funded by the $420 million...

Impact Innovation Named Telstra Business Awards Finalist

Impact Innovation Group has been named a Queensland Finalist in the 2017 Telstra Business Awards. Telstra’s annual national showcase of Australia’s high performing smaller enterprises celebrates their achievements and entrepreneurial spirit. Impact Innovation Group’s...

Conexu Wins National Award

Congratulations to the Conexu Foundation (one of Impact Innovation Group’s not-for-profit clients) for winning the ACOMM community contribution award for 2016! The award was for its Braille CapTel trial. This technology pairs a captioned telephone handset with a...

Congratulations to Leximancer

Congratulations to Leximancer on its new software release – Leximancer v4.5. This is a great text analytics software program that is being used around the world. The Impact Innovation Group is proud to be providing the interim CEO services of Ilona Caruana to...