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How Inventium designs its team offsites. A behind-the-scenes look.
The last few months of 2023 were rocky for my team at Inventium. We had numerous team changes (including our wonderful CEO Mish Le Poidevin leaving after a decade with Inventium), we were navigating a tough economic environment, and we had restructured ourselves (self-inflicted, but still challenging).
Amantha Imber • 26 February 2024
Signs Your Company Isn’t Ready for a Four-Day Work Week
Medibank is the latest (and one of the largest) organisation to commit to a four-day week trial. With each organisation that puts their hand up to experiment with this new way of work, I give a little cheer…
Charlotte Rush • 1 February 2024
4 Lessons to Elevate Teams from Meh to Marvellous
It is bittersweet to be writing my first and final contribution to ‘Rise and Thrive’ as my Inventium journey comes to an end this calendar year. It has felt like a lifetime – filled with fond memories, incredible people and countless learnings. I’ve managed to do literally every…
Michelle Le Poidevin • 6 December 2023
Spotlight on Disruptive Innovation at SA Water
When we think disruptive innovation, we often think about start-ups sticking close to customers and taking over from their much larger competitors. Nimble, adaptable, lean, hedge fund investors, all spring to mind. What doesn’t come to mind, is government organisations. The world of disruption has often talked about how disruption…
Sasha D'Arcy • 28 November 2023
In the spotlight with Inclusee
Imagine it’s your usual Saturday evening. Except you live on an isolated property in Toowoomba and you’re 72 years old. Your kids moved to the UK and Canada many years ago chasing their hopes and dreams. You’re happy for them but you wished they called more often. Especially…
Evelina Bereni • 1 October 2023
How to find your ultimate dream job in 5 easy steps
A dream job isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. We need a level of stress to perform under pressure, sharpen our focus and give us a sense of meaning. So if you think your dream job is a cooshy one, think again.
Evelina Bereni • 27 September 2023
Overcome fear of experimentation to unleash your innovation.
Experimentation was originally a tool used by start-ups and large tech companies to test their ideas quickly and leanly. But it hasn’t taken long for others to see the benefits, and it is now being used by all sorts of companies to test ideas in high levels of…
Zoe Aitken • 3 August 2023
Psychosocial Hazards in the Workplace
Understanding and Tackling Psychosocial Hazards at Work We are entering a new era of workplace safety. We’re not just talking about hard hats and safety boots, but also about addressing psychosocial hazards at work. But what are psychosocial hazards and why should you, as a business, care? What…
Inventium Team • 31 May 2023
Maximising customer engagement with innovation: the essential Do’s and Don’ts
One of my friends had a new business idea. So, they leveraged their friendship network (including me) to learn more about their customers. I was eager to help. Why? They were my friend (tick), they were speaking to customers (tick), and they were keeping things lean by leveraging…
Zoe Aitken • 17 May 2023