!nnovation: How Innovators Think, Act and Change Our World

297 Pages·2013·2.01 MB·English

by  Kim Chandler McDonald

For Michael
Most.
We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see
more than they….
Bernard of Chartres [12th century]
There’s a way of playing safe, there’s a way of using tricks and
there’s the way I like to play, which is dangerously, where you’re
going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create
something you haven’t created before.
Dave Brubeck
The theory of relativity occurred to me by intuition, and music is the
driving force behind this intuition… My new discovery is the result
of musical perception.
Albert Einstein
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
About the Author

The orchestration of innovation
01 The me-conomics of the GDE
Innovating from the e-conomy to the me-conomy
02 The state of the nation addressed
Taking stock of how things stack up
03 Flat world navigators connecting the dots
04 Me-health
Resolute and committed stakeholders at the heart of the healthcare industry
05 Innovating educating
06 The power of the me-dia
Demanding what you want delivered when, where and how you want it
07 Being grounded when the sky’s the limit
Summary
Biographies
Disclaimer: The interviews in this book have been edited for print. All the opinions expressed herein
are strictly those of the respective interviewees and interviewer (myself); they do not represent the
views of any companies or company affiliates.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to:
Michael – for everything.
The McDonalds for sharing their farm and their family with me.
Marco Del Vecchio who was the first to suggest that not only should this book
be written, but that I should be the one to write it.
Andy Rotman-Zaod and Julian Keith Loren for the introductions they made and
their faith that I would live up to their effusiveness.
Donna DuCarme, Diane Macey, Jason Revere, Russell Watson, Tracey Gibson
and Agnes Benjamin for being bothered to stay close, even while far away – and
Carl Lewis who knows he doesn’t have to.
Linda Tolbert and Simon Kearns for their energy, enthusiasm and
extraordinariness.
Shelby Piton for knowing where it’s all buried and guarding the shovel.
Liz Gooster for taking a chance.
All the !nnovators, and their teams, for their inspiration, their insight, their
generosity of spirit and their graciousness in putting up with a pestering author
such as myself.
To all of these wonderful people I owe at least a glass of wine (though a few
may have to wait a couple of years before they’re legally old enough to drink it).
Some of them I owe a winery… I’ll see what I can do!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kim Chandler McDonald is Executive Vice President of KimmiC, a company
she co-founded with her husband Michael, which specializes in adaptive
approaches, robust technologies and leading edge innovations. A thought leader,
sought after speaker and advisory board member, Kim is an advocate for
disruptive approaches and transformational trends such as Flat World
Navigation, meHealth and empowered endusers.
Kim has built and maintains a far-reaching network of global thought leaders. As
the world’s first, branded, Flat World Navigator, Kim was included in the
inaugural ‘LinkedIn Power Profiles – Australia’ list of 2012. Formerly, Kim was
immersed in media as a writer and editor for national and international
newspapers and magazines as well as being one of the host/producers of the
award winning English Breakfast radio show. Kim specializes in interviewing
international thought leaders and influencers – in particular those who she’d like
to share a bottle of bubbles with.
She loves chocolate, champagne and beer – but not together – usually…