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Why this Woolworths executive no longer brings a laptop to meetings
In our Summer Breakfast with the BOSS series, Andrew Cooper, head of transformation at Woolworths Metro, says ditching his laptop for an old-fashioned paper notebook has helped him become more productive in meetings.
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- Lois Maskiell
Cardboard drone maker used in Ukraine is Australia’s top innovator
Sypaq has won the 2023 AFR Boss Most Innovative Companies Award, for its flat packed cardboard drones, which have been serving on the front line in Ukraine.
- Paul Smith
This fintech lets you pay for fuel with bitcoin
A small, but growing, cohort of consumers is tapping their crypto wallets to pay for fuel, powered by a local payments innovation.
- Tess Bennett
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Old hands can be disruptors too
Some of the finalists in the 2023 AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies awards are not start-ups, but companies that have been around for a few decades or more.
- Sally Patten
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- AFR Reports
We need to turn invention into innovation
Australian innovation has come a long way over the past decade, but innovation never sleeps, writes Larry Marshall.
- Larry Marshall
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September 2023
Financial services elephants need the little guys
Innovation is hard for banks because of their size and scale. But it hasn’t eliminated the need to be agile, if anything it’s made it more necessary.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Portable brain imaging company wins healthcare award
EM Vision named the top innovator in the health category in the 2023 AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies list.
- Sally Patten
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How the judges assessed 700 nominees
The top companies on the 2023 Most Innovative list cultivate cultures enabling innovation to flourish because it doesn’t happen by accident
- Amantha Imber
For used cars, travel or a game of bowls, the solution is digital
How would you like to shop online for a second-hand car – that has been inspected by a number of experts and can be delivered to your door.
- Fiona Carruthers
Charter Hall halves the retail leasing pain
The ASX-listed landlord and developer identified 93 steps across 11 different systems to manage a retail lease. AI and automation changed that.
- Michael Bleby
Robots open a path to sustainable construction
This university building used a world-first technological innovation involving the use of a robot to install screw fixings during construction.
- Prashant Mehra
Ad agency builds a new therapeutic system for psychologists
whiteGREY’s Hope Narratives won the AFR’s Most Innovative Companies award in the media and marketing category.
- Mark Di Stefano
‘Protect your dream’, says LittleOak infant formula founder
A goat’s milk infant formula business sprang from a mum’s frustration, but optimism and enthusiasm is now the driving force.
- Simon Evans
How Guide Dogs caters for all walks of life
The not-for-profit’s new Sydney flagship office is a template for the disability-inclusive future workplace.
- Sian Powell
How mine safety became a winning strategy for Orica
Automation is helping to keep miners safe, boost productivity and explore risky shafts.
- Christopher Niesche
This online tool cuts contract red tape to less than an hour
A law firm has created an innovative tool that creates a customised construction contract in a fraction of the time.
- Prashant Mehra
Using AI to help save wildlife after bushfires
Ecologists know that far more data is needed to help species to survive catastrophic bushfires. That is where AI comes in.
- Sian Powell
These five items drive your electricity bill
Retailer AGL has designed an app to help homeowners figure out how to electrify their homes.
- Christopher Niesche
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Innovation is change that adds value
A panel of industry experts evaluates the innovation based on the problem it solves, and the impact it had, among other assessment criteria.
- Amantha Imber
Mirvac has created a park that’s always full
Mirvac took four times longer to build a community park, but its success changed the way its development team works.
- Michael Bleby
SBS has a new content plan to speak to all Australians
More than 5 million Australians speak a language other than English at home and SBS can now switch seamlessly into more than 60 languages.
- Mark Di Stefano
V8 Supercars gives Ryco extra drive in 4WD owners pursuit
Owned by $1.7 billion GUD Holdings, Ryco tests products in the V8 Supercars races under high-speed conditions.
- Simon Evans
CSL cracks the genetic code of haemophilia B treatment
When CSL launched its innovative haemophilia B treatment Hemgenix, patients cried.
- Yolanda Redrup
May 2023
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Investors accuse fast-growing venture fund Lakeba of inflating revenue
The technology and software start-up incubator was opaque in the material it provided prospective shareholders, according to filings with a Sydney court.
- Max Mason
October 2022
Sales data process innovation takes Charter Hall to the top
Charter Hall is the top innovator in the property, construction and transport category in the 2022 AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies list.
- Robert Harley
