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07 Jul 2008NEW RESEARCH MANAGER FOR THE FOUNDATION
Chief Executive of the Australian Business Foundation, Narelle Kennedy, today welcomed Mr Phillip Allen as the new Research Manager for the Foundation. -
03 Jun 2008INNOVATION BEYOND NEW INVENTIONS: A PRESENTATION BY DR JAMES BRADFIELD MOODY
The Australian Business Foundation and Deloitte today hosted another event in the New Angles on Innovation series featuring one of the new generation of innovation thinkers, Dr James Bradfield Moody.
Dr Moody spoke on the subject of Innovation Beyond New Inventions. Not just the conventional view of taking inventions from mind to market. But appreciating the more chaotic path of innovation - one characterised by forging new connections, experimenting and improvising and using and rearranging knowledge from diverse sources to create novel solutions.
Following the Presentation Narelle Kennedy, Chief Executive of the Australian Business Foundation and member of Australia’s National Innovation Review; participated in a podcast discussion with Gerhard Vorster, Managing Partner of Deloitte’s Consulting team and Dr James Bradfield Moody, General Manager, International Development for the CSIRO.
To hear the podcast, click on the link http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,cid%253D211871,00.html or continue to read the summary below.
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01 May 2008AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS FOUNDATION'S SUBMISSION TO NATIONAL INNOVATION REVIEW
For more than a decade the Australian Business Foundation has been a leader in the innovation debate. As part of the Review of the National Innovation System, the Australian Business Foundation was pleased to make an initial submission to the review panel on April 30, 2008.
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21 Apr 2008REFLECTIONS ON THE AUSTRALIA 2020 SUMMIT
Narelle Kennedy, Chief Executive of the Australian Business Foundation, was one of the one thousand participants in the Australia 2020 Summit held at Parliament House in Canberra on 19 and 20 April 2008. Narelle contributed to the stream focusing on Future Directions for the Australian Economy.
Narelle shares her reflections on the Australia 2020 Summit.
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31 Mar 2008FOUNDATION CEO SELECTED FOR 2020 SUMMIT
Chairman of the Australian Business Foundation Stephen Mills today congratulated the Foundation’s CEO, Narelle Kennedy on her selection to participate in the Federal Government’s 2020 Summit. -
22 Jan 2008GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES REVIEW OF NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM
Chairman of the Australian Business Foundation Stephen Mills today welcomed the announcement by the Federal Government of a review of Australia's national innovation system with the Foundation's CEO, Ms Narelle Kennedy appointed to the select review panel.
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14 Nov 2007LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AFTER A DECADE OF DISCOVERY
At a gala dinner to celebrate the first decade of the Australian Business Foundation, Chairman of the Foundation Mr Peter Janssen tonight congratulated the eclectic group of people who shared the foresight to see the advantages of such an organisation to Australia, including the founding sponsor, then Australian Business Limited but now known as the NSW Business Chamber
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25 Oct 2007FAST TALKING- THE BRW FAST 100 EXPERIENCE
The Business Review Weekly team of Tony Blackie and Jane Searle have conferred with a select group to discuss the best approaches to getting - and staying - in the fast lane.
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01 Oct 2007AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH - FORTHCOMING RESEARCH FROM THE AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS FOUNDATION
Commissioned by the Australian Business Foundation, research to be released on 28 November 2007 will examine the composition of productivity growth in Australia since 1995.
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25 Sep 2007A DECADE OF DISCOVERY - LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
The Australian Business Foundation has launched official celebrations to mark a decade of discovery since its inception in 1997 as an independent organisation created to undertake evidence based research on topics key to the prosperity of Australia and the global competitiveness of Australian businesses.
