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Sketchnotes from the Hargraves Institute’s Conference2013

Last week I was fortunate enough to attend Conference2013, a day of presentations, case studies and inspiration related to innovation. The conference is an annual event organised by the Hargraves Institute, held at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.

The institute itself is an interesting concept:

…a unique and exclusive community of major enterprises to share knowledge, wisdom and experience in a non-competitive environment for the purpose of growth and development.

I love the idea of leadership teams sharing, collaborating with and learning from other industries. My favourite talk of the day was that from Deloitte’s Maureen Thurstone, who is not only championing design thinking within the halls of Deloitte, but is seeing huge success as a result, despite the friction that such a dramatic change in problem solving was causing.

Naturally, I took my sketchbook and captured some of the presentations.

Innovation: A Global Perspective
Phil Kwok: Innovation: The Future Inspired By Our Past
Natalie Pavuk: Innovation in Action
Munib Karavdic: Reinvent Today With The Crowd
Avi Ratnanesan: New Age of Inspiration
Andrew Stoner: Opening Keynote
Maureen Thurstone: How A Billion Dollar Accounting Firm Invested In Design Thinking
Marise Hannaford: The Recipe For Innovation Success


A huge thank you to the folks from the Hargraves Institute for the opportunity to attend some inspirational presentations.

If you like these sketches, you may be interested in attending my sketching workshop at Intranets2013 in Sydney in May. Also, be sure to check out Sketchnoting 101: How To Create Awesome Visual Notes.