Projects

  • Transform with Design – Book project including ten cases studies of design-led innovation initiatives (2019-2021)
  • Design innovation Mindset – Development of an online short course for UTS Open (2021)
  • Innovation and Design Thinking Mindset – A study of behaviours and attitudes that underlie human centred innovation (2015-ongoing)
  • ATN Frontiers: Thinking, Testing, Solving like an Entrepreneur – Development of entrepreneurial short course for HDR students for the Australian Technology Network of Universities (2020)
  • UTS Executive MBA – redevelopment of the UTS EMBA and integration of the MBA in Entrepreneurship (2019-2021)
  • Corporate design innovation initiatives – A case study of an ASX listed company and its innovation journey (2017-2021)
  • Sydney School of Entrepreneurship – Academic guidance for a new statewide initiative. Development of courses in collaboration with other partner institutions (2017-2019)
  • Bachelor of Entrepreneurship (Hons) – Re-imagination of the Honours degree as a pan-university pathway to student entrepreneurship (2017-2019)
  • Creating customer-centric organisations: The value of design artefacts – Thesis supervision and research support (2014-2019)
  • Engaging SMEs in sustainable urban strategies to build their innovation capacity: comparing two cities (CBSI) – A study and exchange between Sydney and Rotterdam supported by a European Union ERSAMUS+ Mobility grant (2018-2021)
  • Organisations in times of disruption: Towards a data-driven framework for sustained competitive advantage – A study of how emerging technologies like AI, blockchain and big data affect strategic decision making and organisational governance (2016-2018)
  • MBA in Entrepreneurship – Development and management of an innovative and immersive study experience for budding entrepreneurs and change makers (2015-)
  • Social Entrepreneurship and Financing Strategy Interventions – A study of the Indo pacific start-up support system and new tools and methods to support aid and development in the region (2016-2017)
  • Climate Adapted People Shelter – A design competition and smart open city innovation experiment using an open and human centered approach (2015-2016)
  • CityLife UDIA – A study of urban connectivity (2016)
  • Innovation Report – A study of Australian boards and executive teams (2015-2016)
  • Design Leadership – A global study of design thinking mindset and leadership capabilities (2014-2017)
  • Entrepreneurial work spaces – A study of co-working and creative spaces for innovation (2012-2017)
  • U.lab – An innovation space and design thinking education and research program  (2011-2014)
  • Groundbreaker – A study of open innovation and collaborative creativity in partnership with the Australian Design Centre (2012)
  • NFC Futures – An industry enabled student project to imagine and prototype new future applications for NFC (2012)
  • BikeTank – A series of 13 public workshops for urban design thinking and entrepreneurship (2011-2013)
  • Soft Lines – An exhibition of serendipity in spaces of innovation and creativity (2012)
  • Creative Minds – A design thinking teaching program for undergraduate students and a video case study (2011-2012)
  • Skateistan – A real case teaching student project and case study of a non-for profit skateboarding school in Afghanistan (2010-2011)
  • Powerhouse Museum –  A real case teaching student project and case study of a major Australian museum (2010)
  • Sydney Cove Oyster Bar – A real case teaching student project and case study of am iconic Sydney restaurant (2009)
  • Dynamic Innovation Capabilities – An empirical study of service innovation capabilities in Australia (2009)
  • StrategyTube – A collection of 13 video case studies of leading Australian corporate strategy managers (2008)
  • Modulbox – A real case teaching student project and case study of a innovative German design company (2008)
  • Collaboration for New Product Development – An empirical study of new product development capabilities in strategic business alliances (2009)
  • Alliance Governance & Leadership – A study of governance and leadership and their performance implications in strategic alliances (2006-2008)
  • Transdisciplinary Innovation – A conceptual study of innovation capabilities in Australia (2007)