Monthly Archives: October 2016

Regional Innovation is a Thing

We are accustomed to thinking about innovation as an idea that finds its way into the world either as a new business or a new technology.  When we think about new ideas we often think about it as an idea coming from an individual.  While this is often the case, it is increasingly not the […]

Masters student required for industry project

The Centre for Transdisciplinary Research and Innovation has a project in industry suitable for a Masters candidate with a background in the built environment. The Project Idea: To create an electronic (or other) positioning system for building sites and other industries to help find accurate on-site grid-lines, heights, datum’s, and plans. We are looking for […]

Innovating Innovation

The Global Innovation Index (GII) report for 2016 has recently been released, and can be downloaded.  Its release coincided with the start of my annual trip to the countries doing well in the GII and have similar or at least comparable size as New Zealand where I live and work. The GII report highlights that […]