Colin Iles on the world of Innovation

Innovation is everything in a world of fast constant change. To get a better handle on this we sat down with Colin Iles, whose is a bit of a rockstar in the innovation space.

Fear The Future

Colin shares why you need to fear the future. Given that you do not know what’s coming, you cannot afford to be complacent. What we can say with certainly is that things are moving incredibly fast. And the most powerful way to manage the disruption is to create it rather than ignoring or reacting to it.

This conversation got Brett all excited about his old days at Google, where he shares his Google experience. He talks to us about why they are so petrified of the 2 person business. They worry about what it can do to their business model. Which makes sense when you consider that Google was a 2 man business at some stage.

What this means is that you need to keep innovating. Or as Colin says, lets forget about innovation and just call it what it is: Problem solving.

How To Win In The world of Innovation

We recorded this conversation at The Equinox in Sandton. Its an ABSA initiative to help clients innovate and help them b grow. Colin is the CEO and spend s a lot of him time advising the C-Suite on Innovation.

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You can also follow Colin on LinkedIn. He shares a lot of thinking around innovation and why you have to a Massive Transformational Purpose as an organisation.

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