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Innovation Station
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Welcome to your go-to destination for the latest news, trends, and insights in innovation. We share expertise on the best practices for innovation in your organisation and interesting reads. Join the conversation on creating a better future together.


Why Innovation Starts With Mindset, Not Ideas
Everyone wants to be more innovative. But most people are looking in the wrong place. They run brainstorming sessions. They set up idea boxes. They hire consultants to run workshops that generate colourful sticky notes and ambitious flip-chart diagrams. And then... not much happens. The ideas were fine. So why didn't anything change? Because innovation doesn't fail at the idea stage. It fails long before that. The Idea Myth There's a stubborn belief in business that the hard
Mar 254 min read


Innovation Skills Gap in 2026: Why Organisations Are Investing in Training Before Technology
The Race to Adopt New Technology Is Accelerating, But Capability Is Not Across industries, organisations are investing heavily in artificial intelligence, automation and digital transformation. Boards are approving new technology budgets. Governments are funding innovation programmes. Investors are backing companies that promise to scale through advanced tools and platforms. Yet despite this surge in spending, many organisations are discovering a difficult reality. Technology
Mar 184 min read


Business Model Innovation in the Age of AI: Why AI Strategy Must Go Beyond Technology
Learn about why AI strategy must go beyond technology to improve business model innovation in the new age of AI.
Feb 253 min read


What Is an Assumptions Map and How It Prevents Costly Mistakes
Learn about what assumptions maps are and how businesses can utilise them to prevent costly mistakes...
Feb 113 min read


What Is a Problem Statement: What It Is and How to Use It
Learn about what a problem statement is and how to use it.
Feb 43 min read


Social Value Evidence: A Simple Framework for Capturing Outcomes as You Deliver
Social value is often written up at the end of a project—usually when a tender deadline is looming or a partner asks for an update. But when evidence is gathered retrospectively, it’s easy to rely on broad statements rather than clear proof of what changed.
Social value evidence links what you delivered to the outcomes it created for people, place, and the wider economy. Done well, it strengthens bids, builds trust, and supports better decisions.
Jan 274 min read


How Borrowing from Emerging Markets Can Inspire Your Next Big Idea
Learn how borrowing from emerging markets can inspire your next big idea for your business.
Jun 4, 20253 min read


How to Turn Everyday Challenges into Innovation Opportunities
Learn how to turn everyday challenges into innovation opportunities in this quick read blog!
May 28, 20252 min read


Micro-Innovation: Why Small Steps Lead to Big Shifts
Learn how micro-innovation can lead small steps into big shifts
May 21, 20252 min read


The 4S Toolkit: Spot, Shape, Share, Scale – A Simple Innovation Framework for Entrepreneurs
Learn about how to use the 4S Toolkit within your business.
May 1, 20252 min read


Co-Creating Inclusion: Yohlar and the IBD Conference 2025
Learn about how Yohlar is collaborating with ABC to bring the 'one year on' IBD Conference in May 2025.
Apr 23, 20252 min read


From Survival to Scale: Rethinking Strategy in Uncertain Times
Learn how to take survival during economic crisis into strategic scaling for your business.
Apr 16, 20252 min read


The Three Horizons Model: Balancing Today's Success with Future Growth
Learn about the Three Horizons Model to balance today's success with future growth.
Apr 2, 20252 min read
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