PhD reflections – What worked, what I would do differently
I hunkered down to complete my PhD around the time that COVID-19 hit in Australia. My initial thought was that lockdown would be a perfect… Read more
Entrepreneurship research in focus – Reflections on the 2020 Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ACERE)
Entrepreneurship research matters. Entrepreneurship helps individual, organisations, and regions. Personal lives can be transformed through building self-belief and providing financial freedom. Entrepreneurs in organisations can… Read more
Innovation definitions – language is important
Language is important. Our words contain meaning beyond what a dictionary will describe. Research disciplines operate on a lexicon, a shared understanding of terms and… Read more
Innovation and Science Australia’s 2016 Performance Review of the Australian Innovation, Science and Research System
There are a handful of sources that provide an overview of the current state of Australia’s innovation system. One that provides a comprehensive and easy… Read more
Using data for a narrative of the Australian innovation system
I continue to examine the current state of the Australian innovation system. The system is complex with many perspectives. Developing a single narrative can be… Read more
Exploring the Australian context: Regional business density and Australian R&D investment
I continue to review the current context of the Australian innovation system to community the current economic profile and am finding getting the context into… Read more
Network analysis of an entrepreneur ecosystem – PhD in progress
As the data from interviews begins to form interesting pictures, I share insights into the process and perspectives of a personal and collective journey. An… Read more
Connecting practitioners with entrepreneur research – reflections on the 2019 Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ACERE)
Entrepreneur research is needed now more than ever. The impact of innovation policy may not be seen for years, long after short term election cycles…. Read more
Reflections from a tour of regional Queensland innovation ecosystems
I recently toured regional innovation ecosystems in Queensland to better understand how entrepreneurs can be supported in regions. As we pause for the end of… Read more
Innovation Tour – Reflections four weeks in, with video
3,500km, 75 interviews, 2 terabytes of video footage. I’m four weeks into a national tour, exploring who supports entrepreneurs in regional Australia. I spent a… Read more
Pretty lights and what’s important
I realised this week that my version of the Microsoft Surface Pro would not allow me to edit video as fast as I need for my… Read more
Drone tracking test, and considering the publishing process
So I published my tour Saturday on LinkedIn. Within about 12 hours, the post had 428 views, 10 reshares, 116 likes, and 41 comments mostly of… Read more