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Ben Kehoe
Innovation
in Australia
Creating prosperity for future generations
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 21st century. Read More ...
About the Book
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.
Some IMPORTANT questions
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
• 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?
About Ben Kehoe
AUTHOR, STORYTELLER, BUSINESS THOUGHT LEADER
HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER
Ben Kehoe has worked for four decades at the coal face of Australian business as a social pioneer, storyteller, change agent, management consultant and business owner. His real work is working with business leaders to “make stuff happen”. Working with the chairman, CEOs, and leadership teams, he focuses on the core questions an organisation must answer to address their potential with integrity. He works with them to address the real issues that stand in their way-prioritisation, accountability, resistance and fear.
His work supports leadership teams in creating the future: creating new markets, toppling big players, securing competitive advantage, managing high growth and boosting profitability. In all of this, the issue of innovation is paramount.
Ben is a husband, father and grandfather, a student of business and life, a jogger, skier, art collector and ballroom dancer. Over the last decade, he has been exploring social media and its impact on business and the world at large.
Book Reviews
David Fagan
… offers major insight for readers. innovation is important but how we innovate now is derivative of how we’ve innovated in the past
Simon Mordant AM
The issue which resonates with me most is the total lack of vision in Australia.
Ian White
This book is a compelling read for business, government, or anyone interested in innovation and business prosperity.
Neil Hatherly
This book is about harvesting the rewards of the IP developments made in Australia for Australians.
Ian Frazer AC
The argument is put that one day, when the bubble bursts, we’ll be hungry enough, but likely it will be too late.
Euan Murdoch
We owe it to future generations of Australians to embrace the learnings from Ben’s book.
John Wagner
He has in simple terms named many of the challenges and problems with the Australian business culture.
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compulsory reading
This book should be compulsory reading for anyone interested (and concerned) about what the future holds for our children and grandchildren.
