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November 20, 2012

Markets Ripe For Disruption

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Four Ways To Spot Markets Ripe For Disruption

People often say, “Apple doesn’t do consumer research.” This usually precedes an argument against the need for market research of any kind. But the designers at Apple do conduct research--it’s just not the traditional kind found in consumer-behavior textbooks. It’s informal, impr...

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November 16, 2012

Sparka Design Thinking

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You may have seen it buzzing around the net but we haven't had a chance to post it on Spark's yet - Sparka has an awesome video infographic!!!

Please have a look below:

</div> <div class="clearfix"></div><a href="http://sparka.com.au/2012/11/16/sparka-design-thinking/" title="Sparka Design Thinking" class="readmore" style="color: #fff; position: relative; right: -23px;"><span>View</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1278 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-design-2 category-design_thinking tag-brisbane-design-thinking tag-brisbane-innovation tag-business-innovation tag-business-model tag-business-model-design tag-business_strategy tag-design-thinking tag-design-thinking-brisbane tag-innovation tag-punching-bag tag-strategic-design tag-strategic-innovation tag-ten-count tag-user-experience"> <p class="blog-post-date">November 16, 2012</p> <h3 class="blog-post-title" style="font-size: 24px; margin-bottom: -6px;"><a href="http://sparka.com.au/2012/11/16/designing-to-pack-a-punch/" style="text-decoration: none;">Designing to pack a punch</a></h3> <div class="blog-line" style="margin-top: 10px;"></div> <div class="blog-details"> <ul> <li><span>341</span> Views</li> <li>/</li> <li><span>0</span> Comments </li> <li>/</li> <li><span>in <a href="#"><a href="http://sparka.com.au/category/design-2/" title="View all posts in Design" rel="category tag">Design</a>, <a href="http://sparka.com.au/category/design_thinking/" title="View all posts in Design Thinking" rel="category tag">Design Thinking</a></a></span></li> <li>/</li> <li><span>by Sparka Team</span></li> </ul> </div> <div class="blog-line" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"></div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="entry" style="margin-top:10px;"> <div class="one-third-search fl" style="margin-top:-10px;"><a href="http://sparka.com.au/2012/11/16/designing-to-pack-a-punch/" class="lightbox-image"><img src="http://sparka.com.au/wp-content/themes/in-motion/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://sparka.com.au/wp-content/uploads//2012/11/Boxing-product1.jpg&h=129&w=208&zc=1" alt="" title="Designing to pack a punch" /></a></div> <div class="two-third-search last-column fl" style="margin-top:-15px;"><p><h4>Its a phrase that we say to many people when we're talking about Sparka... "The design thinking process can be applied to anything". The usual response is one of "Oh yea, really... What is design again?"</h4> <h4>We understand that (in Australia at least) this is a new innovation process and it's certainly not in the mainstream - but we're OK ...</p></div> <div class="clearfix"></div><a href="http://sparka.com.au/2012/11/16/designing-to-pack-a-punch/" title="Designing to pack a punch" class="readmore" style="color: #fff; position: relative; right: -23px;"><span>View</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1252 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business_strategy tag-brand-strategy tag-brisbane-design-thinking tag-brisbane-innovation tag-business_strategy tag-cannibalisation tag-cannibalization tag-competitive-advantage tag-design tag-design-thinking-marketing tag-disruptive-innovation tag-strategic-design tag-strategic-innovation"> <p class="blog-post-date">November 5, 2012</p> <h3 class="blog-post-title" style="font-size: 24px; margin-bottom: -6px;"><a href="http://sparka.com.au/2012/11/05/cannibalisation/" style="text-decoration: none;">Cannibalisation</a></h3> <div class="blog-line" style="margin-top: 10px;"></div> <div class="blog-details"> <ul> <li><span>206</span> Views</li> <li>/</li> <li><span>0</span> Comments </li> <li>/</li> <li><span>in <a href="#"><a href="http://sparka.com.au/category/business_strategy/" title="View all posts in Business Strategy" rel="category tag">Business Strategy</a></a></span></li> <li>/</li> <li><span>by Sparka Team</span></li> </ul> </div> <div class="blog-line" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"></div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="entry" style="margin-top:10px;"> <div class="one-third-search fl" style="margin-top:-10px;"><a href="http://sparka.com.au/2012/11/05/cannibalisation/" class="lightbox-image"><img src="http://sparka.com.au/wp-content/themes/in-motion/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://sparka.com.au/wp-content/uploads//2012/11/cannibalize.jpg&h=129&w=208&zc=1" alt="" title="Cannibalisation" /></a></div> <div class="two-third-search last-column fl" style="margin-top:-15px;"><p><h4>No - don't worry... we're not talking about the traditional meaning of the term. Many companies these days are full of great ideas. The all to often problem is that when these ideas are raised internally the senior managers look disapprovingly upon the idea because "that has the potential to replace our existing venture stream!!". I can remembe...</p></div> <div class="clearfix"></div><a href="http://sparka.com.au/2012/11/05/cannibalisation/" title="Cannibalisation" class="readmore" style="color: #fff; position: relative; right: -23px;"><span>View</span></a> </div> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="next-posts"></div> <div class="prev-posts"></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar-right" class="fl" style="margin-top: -30px;"> <aside> <div id="search-2" class="widget widget_search"><h3 class="sidebar-style">Search</h3><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" action="http://sparka.com.au/" > <div><label class="screen-reader-text" for="s">Search for:</label> <input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" /> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" /> </div> </form></div></div><div id="categories-2" class="widget widget_categories"><h3 class="sidebar-style">Categories</h3><div style="line-height: 1.5;"> <ul> <li class="cat-item cat-item-16"><a 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