One Million Acts of Innovation (Australia) is a not for profit innovation incubator and 5 year campaign for social and economic prosperity.

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Mission Overview

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Welcome to One
Million Acts of
Innovation
Mission: to make Australia a world leader in innovation.
Australia is falling behind in innovation. Since 2004, we have
dropped 10 places on the UN’s Global Innovation Index (GII),
from #9 to #19, despite avoiding a recession. Our strong
economy has not produced a culture of creativity and risk. The
proportion of innovation-active businesses in Australia has
hovered around 41% since 2006. Large Australian businesses
rank almost last in the OECD statistics on innovation.
OMAoI is a not-for-profit innovation incubator
and 5 year campaign dedicated to fostering social
and economic development in Australia.

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“To create a high performing
innovation system, Australia
needs to engender a culture of
creativity, innovation, and
resilience in all participants”
Australian Innovation System Report 2013

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Culture is the key
Innovation culture is collaborative, inclusive, and
oriented toward action. It thrives where people feel safe
and empowered to take risks.
OMAoI’s innovation platform and workshop offerings will
catalyse a national culture of innovation by popularising
principles of safety, inclusion, experimentation, and risk.
We are preparing Australia to innovatively engage the future.
We need a new approach to create an innovative
Australia, one based on innovation culture.

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Innovation culture
is the answer
An integrated systems-based approach to innovation:
• Leadership: A 21st century approach that democratises this
critical element of innovation
• Engagement: Enabling purpose-driven participation by
actively engaging people’s sense of intrinsic value
• Execution: Access to tools, resources and people that enable
rapid prototyping and acts of innovation
Our model, proven in previous ventures, is a
catalyst for enabling organic innovation

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A campaign that
drives innovation
The OMAoI launch will be marked by the start of a 5 year
clock that counts down to the end of the decade.
The launch event will highlight the beta projects that we have
rolled out through 2014. It will showcase our Innovation
Ambassadors and community leaders, our educational
resources and an online Workshop Development Toolkit.
The OMAoI campaign launches on NewYears’ Eve,
2014, in multiple states and regional areas.

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A national
community of
innovators
The OMAoI community is inclusive.We embrace all
organisations that are inspired by the OMAoI mission.
We’re speaking first to ‘peer progressives’ – people who
believe that collaboration, participation, and democratisation
are the most effective ways of getting things done.
Digital natives feature heavily in this group. Thought leaders,
innovators, and entrepreneurs from earlier generations will be
critical partners as we expand the OMAoI community.
OMAoI is co-creating a national ecosystem of
passionate people committed to innovation.

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Services

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Open innovation
journeys
Open Innovation Journeys employ three key resources:
• Open Innovation Readiness Assessments: Qualitative and
quantitative analyses to assist organisations in identifying
gaps and addressing needs to create an innovation culture.
• Open Innovation Framework: Educational tools and
resources for creating an innovation culture.
• Open Innovation Platform: An online platform that
enables organisations to engage staff, customers,
stakeholders and supporters in open innovation challenges.
OMAoI takes people on Open Innovation Journeys,
involving online and offline innovation
challenges, workshops and events.

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Open innovation
workshops
Huddles and Scrums: open innovation workshops.
• Innovation Huddles: These are in person full-day events
designed to teach innovation culture through design
thinking, open space innovation and OI frameworks.
• Innovation Scrums: These are in person half-day
engagements designed to teach rapid problem solving and
enable small groups to tackle short term challenges.
OMAoI’s workshops are a dynamic introduction to
creativity and collaborative innovation.

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Partnerships

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Partnership
opportunities
Partnership opportunities with OMAoI include:
• Business: Innovation training, facilitation, and prototyping
• Start-ups: Leadership, high performance culture,
ecosystem support for new ventures
• Investors: Establishing paths to innovative funding sources
• Community: Social inclusion initiatives and open
innovation workshops
• Aged and disabled: Social engagement programs
• Education: Workshops, Teenpreneur programs, vocation
videos
• Media: TV shows, online interactive live casts, Innov8
interview series, podcasts
OMAoI is exploring shared value exchanges.
We look forward to deep discussion about how,
together, we can bring our mission to life.

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Partnership
benefits
Partnership benefits with OMAoI include:
• Engagement: Tap into Australia’s innovation community
• Co-creation: Contribute to developing new economic
models for Australia’s future
• Capacity building: Build capability around innovation to
drive competitive advantage
• Talent retention: Inspire your team to be part of the
future of your organisation
• Risk reduction: Reduce the risk of innovation projects and
increase their chance of success
• Promotion and publicity: Join our community and
associate your brand with innovation
OMAoI is exploring shared value exchanges.
We look forward to deep discussion about how,
together, we can bring our mission to life.

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Get in touch with us
Con Georgiou,CEO
Phone: + 61 402 792 079
Email: con.georgiou@onemillionactsofinnovation.org.au
FrankCuiuli
Phone: + 61 423 781 411
Email: frank.cuiuli@onemillionactsofinnovation.org.au
Suzie Graham
Phone: + 61 418 683 166
Email: suzie.graham@onemillionactsofinnovation.org.au
DrTim Rayner
Phone: + 61 425 217 030
Email: tim.rayner@onemillionactsofinnovation.org.au
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