Business Design News

since the 1990s, innovation in australia has dropped significantly; with the bureau of statistics revealing this year that less than half of australian businesses are “engaged in ‘innovative activity’”. australia is also faring badly on an international scale, with bloomberg ranking us 13th overall in their annual “global innovation index”, coming 41st in patent activity, and 23rd in tertiary efficiency. bd news is a media website that aims to revitalise creativity and innovation in australian businesses by providing business students and small to medium business people with a resource where they may explore global research, connect with interesting ideas and discover emerging innovation in order to successfully innovate themselves. the site challenges the notion of the “left-brained” businessperson, inspiring creative confidence and introducing design thinking as an approach to innovation, while also connecting them to the unfamiliar world of creatives and innovators to improve the cu