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Colombia – We could learn a lot from these people!

Thursday, December 15th, 2016

We could learn a lot from these people!
By Roger La Salle
www.innovationtraining.com.au
Colombia
The publicity we hear about distant places like Colombia always seems to send a negative, a message that is far from accurate.

I have worked in Colombia on many occasions. It’s a place where I could live and to be honest, I see far more people begging in the streets of Melbourne than I have ever seen in the streets of Colombia.

I recently returned from work with the Chamber of Commerce in Bogota and a major university in Cali. The Chamber in Bogota and much the same in Cali runs innovation programs that would be the envy of the world. These people are knowledgeable, well-resourced and committed. The universities, the buildings and the facilities are to be admired. I have seldom seen better anywhere in the world. For example computer labs with wall to wall 60cm Mac computers, room after room.

UK and Poland
I will be working in the UK, Belfast and then for a week in Poland in January.

Again, much like Colombia, they do things properly. Indeed in January in Poland we have “Matrix Thinking Week”. A week committed to innovation, technology, training and meetings. Even their promotional material is to be admired, clean, crisp and to the point. See www.matrixthinkingweek.com

Coming soon
I’ll report back in late January with the outcomes and news of an exciting new development in Matrix Thinking being done at a university in Cali and expected to be available in January 2017.

These are indeed busy but exciting times and with innovation at the forefront of Government policy in Australia, perhaps the timing is ideal.

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Roger La Salle, trains people in innovation, marketing and the new emerging art of Opportunity Capture. “Matrix Thinking”™ is now used in organizations in more than 29 countries. He is sought after as a speaker on Innovation, Opportunity and business development and is the author of four books and a Director and former CEO of the Innovation Centre of Victoria (INNOVIC) as well as a number of companies both in Australia and overseas. He has been responsible for a number of successful technology start-ups and in 2004 was a regular panelist on the ABC New Inventors TV program. In 2005 he was appointed to the “Chair of Innovation” at “The Queens University” in Belfast. www.innovationtraining.com.au

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