wayne munro at the 2015 innovation forum
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A Personal View on InnovationWayne Munro
In the Beginning
Civil Engineering
Yarn Engineering
Textile Scientist
GlobalBrain
“put the things that people click on to the top”
GlobalBrain and NBCi
Search Suggestions
SUCCESSFUL COMPANY
MORE WORK
DEAL
INVESTMENT
WORK
IDEA
Learning Web Search
SUCCESSFUL COMPANY
MORE WORK
DEAL
INVESTMENT
WORK
IDEA
Collapse – Internet Crash
RESULT
LUCK
WORK
IDEA
SLI Systems – the Early Days
RESULT
LUCK
WORK
IDEA
SITE CHAMPION
LEARNING NAVIGATION
SEARCH SUGGESTIONS
LEARNING SEARCH
SLI Systems
SITE CHAMPION
LEARNING NAVIGATION
SEARCH SUGGESTIONS
LEARNING SEARCH
Social Networking Learning Search
Modern SLI
Quake Response
Other Parts of My Personal Story
Innovation Summary
Fun
Comes from being within a system
Competition and pressure can lead to innovation
Only looks easy in hindsight
Ideas are not enough
Processes need innovation too
Innovations are often layered
You can make space for innovation
Implications for NZ
The world is being increasingly dominated by IT
IP will be the currency of the future
Only new innovation creates new IP
Currently innovators are rare - but they shouldn’t be
Management practices need to allow innovation to happen
Innovation Skills
Independent thinking
Ability to understand systems
Desire to understand
Communication
Observation
