The Thinking.school Podcast

This is the third episode of the six episode series looking at the attributes of leading innovation in large organisations.

This is the second episode of the six episode series looking at the attributes of leading innovation in large organisations. This is the time-enabling metaphor: horizons of innovation. We use this metaphor to understand the transitions between short and long term innovation in organisations.

This week we start a series of six episodes looking at the attributes of leading innovation in large organisations. The first idea we explore is a useful metaphor: circles vs lines. We use this metaphor to support the shift in thinking from delivering a service or product to creating one.

This week we get to see the extra footage from an interview I did with David Whitfield, CEO of IOL Technologies. Riffing about mental models.

Jamie Anderson from Mastertek talks intelligent remuneration benchmarking and how using data the wrong way can hurt you.

Craig and I discuss the disrupted future of accounting - from how clients are being invoiced, to the services they value, and the landscape the accounting students at Universities today will face when they graduate.

How global anti-terrorism laws created an opportunity to transform financial institutions with machine learning.

This week we meet  Angus Sedgwick, CEO of  The Invoice Market. Discover how peer to peer financing works and how it gave The Invoice Market a better product and a bigger addressable market with a lower risk profile at the same time! This is the Fintech Innovation Leaders interview series. This series of interviews gives you a chance to get firsthand experience from the world leaders in fintech, who are right here in Australia. For more information on The Invoice Market,  get in contact here.

This week I'm taking a moment to go back at the interviews we have had over the last six weeks and look a little deeper. What are some of the strategies these successful entrepreneurs, managers, and technologists are using that we can seek to replicate? What are their secrets to success? We do some analysis and find out about mental models...  This is the Fintech Innovation Leaders interview series. This series of interviews gives you a chance to get firsthand experience from the world leaders in fintech, who are right here in Australia.

This week we meet  Linda Stanojevic, Chief Product Officer and Chief Marketing Officer of  Sandstone Technology. How are banks in 2016 similar to the telcos in 2006? Linda shares a rich set of insights on the relationship between marketing and product design and the future of banking innovation. This is the Fintech Innovation Leaders interview series. This series of interviews gives you a chance to get firsthand experience from the world leaders in fintech, who are right here in Australia.

This week we meet Matt Tyrrell, CEO of CurrencyVue. Foreign currency exchange volatility is an issue that affects many businesses, however, while other fintech solutions have been focussed on reducing costs or speeding up the process, Matt saw the real challenge was the cumbersome back office processes. The biggest challenge businesses faced was tracking the foreign invoice values and currency hedging. What's amazing is how much interest turned up for CurrencyVue from banks and other forex providers looking to differentiate their commoditised forex services. This is the Fintech Innovation Leaders interview series. This series of interviews gives you a chance to get firsthand experience from the world leaders in fintech, who are right here in Australia.

This week we meet Nick Addison, Co-Founder and CTO at Finhaus Labs. Everyone that has anything to do with fintech seems to be talking about Blockchain, but it's hard to get a clear understanding of what it is or how it can be used in everyday transactions - other than Bitcoin. Nick sheds light on the technology and how he sees it panning out. Hint: it's not Bitcoin! This is the Fintech Innovation Leaders interview series. This series of interviews gives you a chance to get firsthand experience from the world leaders in fintech, who are right here in Australia.

This week we meetTim Alassad, Head of Australian Operations ofAlpha Payments Cloud. We get a chance to find out about how Alpha Payments is disrupting the payments technologies landscape, what PCI compliance is all about and hear what Tim thinks the future holds for the Australian banking sector with so many new payments technologies on the horizon. This is the Fintech Innovation Leaders interview series. This series of interviews gives you a chance to get firsthand experience from the world leaders in fintech, who are right here in Australia. For more information on Alpha Payments Cloud,get in contact with them here. — Credit to Bent Stamnes (Subsquare) for the soundtrack we use in the intro and outro. His music is available fromhttp://music.subsquare.com/

This week I have the pleasure of spending some time with Miles Robinson, CEO of Australian Credit Data, to find out about his business, and the credit reporting and corrections industry. Credit reporting and corrections is a niche finance sector. Miles saw an opportunity as the regulatory landscape changed. In this interview, we get deep insight into the future of this industry and his personal journey in starting a high-risk, high-complexity fintech venture. This is the first in our Fintech Innovation Leaders interview series. This series of interviews gives you a chance to get firsthand experience from the world leaders in fintech, who are right here in Australia. For more information on Australian Credit Data, get in contact with them here. — Credit to Bent Stamnes (Subsquare) for the soundtrack we use in the intro and outro. His music is available fromhttp://music.subsquare.com/

Listen in to Joe riffing on what Thinking School is all about. Hope you like it...  

When I studied fine arts at university – I struggled with the unspoken tension between 'creating art' and being a commercial artist. It was looked on with distain. When does the artist stop expressing themselves and start reflecting the wants and desires of their audience? It seems like doing anything other than art needs the opposite question posed: When do we stop 'expressing ourselves' and start engaging other people on the journey? Guess what? We need to be the opposite of the classic idea of an artist if we want to create value in the world. Inspiration for today's post are: "Made to Stick" a favourite book of mine by the Heath brothers "Taking Notes vs Taking Belief" one of the all time best posts by Seth Godin. Reminder from last week that my friend Nick is going to Kenya with his youngest daughter as part of the "Kids for Kenya" group. He is raising money to build classrooms, fund six teacher salaries for a year, build water filtration systems, construct homes for widows and their children and fun

Ok, so I heard the saying and I fell in love with it. We live in a world where trying to do two (or more) things at once is normal. Can we multitask or is this lovely saying actually true? Let's check the neuroscience… Reference for today's post is "The Brain that Changes Itself" by Norman Doidge MD So it happens that Nick, the wonderful friend that told me the saying that inspired today's post, is going to Kenya with his youngest daughter on a life-changing trip… As part of the "Kids for Kenya" group he is raising money to build classrooms, fund six teacher salaries for a year, build water filtration systems, construct homes for widows and their children and fund a medical clinic for the community. They have paid their own travel expenses so all donations go directly to the villages they are helping. I would really appreciate you donating. Please click on their fundraising link below. Anything you are able to contribute will be impactful and gratefully received. https://www.crowdrise.com/kids-for-kenya

How do you beat a psychological bias that affects how you communicate? With another psychological bias of course! "Anyone who wants to lift the curse of knowledge must first appreciate what a devilish curse it is. Like a drunk who is too impaired to realise that he is too impaired to drive, we do not notice the curse because the curse prevents us from noticing it." – a great article by Steven Pinker. It's close cousin is The Dunning–Kruger effect. The "Expert's Dilemma" is the stage of 'transition' that manifests in the Dunning-Kruger effect between 'unskilled' and 'highly skilled'. Please share your thoughts in the comments below. Take care. PS: Shoutout to Bent Stamnes (Subsquare) for the soundtrack (from Conspiracy/Excess) His music is available from http://music.subsquare.com/

https://thinking.school/blog/environment-is-attitude/   What is the right environment for you to do your best, most meaningful work? In your own quiet space? Should you care about the way things look? Do we need to have play things in our office? Should we be trying to look professional? Can you do great work when you are not given a play space? It all comes from within: it's about your attitude. Some references for today's post: Ideo's Tim Brown on Creativity (TED Talk) Big Innovation Lives on the Edge of Ridiculous How Serious Play leads to Breakthrough Innovation Google Ventures: Why Your Design Team Needs a War Room…   Please share your thoughts in the comments below. Take care. PS: Shoutout to Bent Stamnes (Subsquare) for the soundtrack (from Conspiracy/Excess) His music is available from http://music.subsquare.com/

Do you hold back your ideas? Do you avoid asking questions? This week we are talking about the idea of Psychological Safety. How do we create a workplace where we have that kind of emotional freedom to take risks together? What are some parallels from the playground at school? Anyone who has gone to school can tell you that is not a Psychologically Safe environment! So what is the alternative to Psychological Safety? Resilience. Watch today's video, to understand the dangers of resilience and the concept behind 'Open Resilience" and how it works in environments that might not have a culture of Psychological Safety yet. How can you make a difference? As a leader – or as someone in (or working with) an organisation that is not there yet. References: HBR Article – Leveraging Diversity through Psychological Safety HBR Article – Strategies for Learning From Failure Building a psychologically safe workplace: Amy Edmondson at TEDxHGSE Please share your thoughts in the comments below. Look forward to seeing you