INNOVATION IN AUSTRALIA
This book should be compulsory reading for anyone interested (and concerned) about what the future holds for our children and grandchildren.
Euan Murdoch, Founder and Managing Director Herron Pharmaceu
INNOVATION IN AUSTRALIA
About Innovation in Australia
Australia is a country committed to lifestyle and recreation.
We have a great record of innovation, but much of it is commercialised overseas.
We need a vision for our future. Can business leaders can play a bigger role? Business is the major platform for wealth creation (and therefore prosperity) in Australia. But based on global indices, our performance is average.
What can we do to improve it?
In Innovation in Australia: Creating Prosperity for Future Generations, Ben Kehoe discusses how Australian businesses can improve their rates of collaboration, commercialising our innovative Australian ideas here, rather than shipping them offshore, and how this can increase the prosperity of our nation.
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WE MUST ASK...
Is Australia:
Or Is Australia?
Or Is Australia?
• an intellectual property hub (where our intellectual property is generally licensed or sold offshore)?
• a business incubator (where any business of substance is sold to the highest bidder)?
Or Is Australia?
Or Is Australia?
Or Is Australia?
• a business leader in some value-added industries, capitalising on the billions we have spent on R&D over so many years?
• a nation that has transformed itself from a service economy to a serious, high- technology industry hub for Asia and the world?
I read it in two hours, and believe that those two hours would be well spent for any person, whether politician, board member, university vice-chancellor, trade union leader, employee or high school graduate, who aspires to shape the future of this country in the global village positively in the 21s
Ian Frazer AC
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Sandra Harding AO
Sandra Harding AO
Sandra Harding AO
… a view from the Australian business trenches, with a focus on what we can and should do to enhance business and elevate national prosperity.
Ian Frazer AC
Sandra Harding AO
Sandra Harding AO
The argument is put that one day, when the bubble bursts, we’ll be hungry enough, but likely it will be too late.
John Wagner
Sandra Harding AO
Euan Murdoch
He has in simple terms named many of the challenges and problems with the Australian business culture.
Euan Murdoch
Phil Ruthven AM
Euan Murdoch
We owe it to the future generations to embrace the learnings from Ben's Book.
Phil Ruthven AM
Phil Ruthven AM
Phil Ruthven AM
Ben has written a superb book – Innovation in Australia – that I recommend we all read. It is thoroughly researched- full of interesting facts and trends. It is a wake-up call; with, sensible and doable solutions in his closing chapter Good on you Ben. A great achievement. And done with passion.
Mel Bridges
Phil Ruthven AM
Phil Ruthven AM
This is the first book I have read that really nails the shortfalls in how Australia has managed, or better still, mismanaged our ability to successfully commercialise Australian innovation and particularly technology. Ben’s book should be mandatory for all politicians (starting with the Prime Minister), industry leaders, entrepreneurs, inventors and the wider public.
Simon Mordant
Michael Powell
Simon Mordant
The issue which resonates with me most is the total lack of vision in Australia.
David Fagan
Michael Powell
Simon Mordant
… offers major insight for readers. innovation is important but how we innovate now is derivative of how we’ve innovated in the past
Michael Powell
Michael Powell
Michael Powell
Australia urgently needs to get back on the innovation journey, develop a vision of what it wants to be in 20,30 or 50 years and develop the strategies and big ideas needed to get there.
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'Innovation in Australia' by Ben Kehoe explores big questions which ultimately land us with a view that we really need a better vision for our future. Can business leaders can play a bigger role? In Innovation in Australia: Creating Prosperity for Future Generations, Ben Kehoe discusses how Australian businesses can improve their rates of collaboration, commercialising our innovative Australian ideas here, rather than shipping them offshore, and how this can increase the prosperity of our nati
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Tim Samway
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Compulsory reading for innovators who dare to dream big.
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Rupert McCall OAM
John Buchanan
Ben has a naturally inquisitive approach, and so it is little wonder that at almost every turn of this fascinating read he poses questions for us to ponder.
Rupert McCall OAM
Rupert McCall OAM
Rupert McCall OAM
I think when one’s first instinct is to place the book he has just read in front of his 20-year-old daughter and 18-year-old son; then it has to be a good thing.
Linda Ginger
Geoffrey N De Lacey
Rupert McCall OAM
I have enjoyed Ben’s book I could not put it down. He poses that our humble beginnings as a nation has shaped our business culture today. It is a compelling read. I love his direct language.
Ian White
Geoffrey N De Lacey
Geoffrey N De Lacey
This book is a compelling read for business, government, or anyone interested in innovation and business prosperity.
Geoffrey N De Lacey
Geoffrey N De Lacey
Geoffrey N De Lacey
A very practical approach to a hugely diverse subject area. It is both an enjoyable read and a decent user-friendly resource with long legs. It is what is needed and not often available.
Simon Horne
Neil Hatherly
Neil Hatherly
“Innovation in Australia by Ben Kehoe captures the spirit of The Lucky Country by Donald Horne….In my view, it is the best read since the Lucky Country!!
Neil Hatherly
Neil Hatherly
Neil Hatherly
This book is about harvesting the rewards of the IP developments made in Australia for Australians.
Ian Rhodes
Neil Hatherly
Ian Rhodes
A fast paced and easy read, full of facts to engage and challenge us all.