ATC2017 Innovation Lab Sneak Peek (Part 2)

Welcome to part 2 of our sneak peek of the ATC’s Innovation Lab 2017!

This second part completes the tour into each of our presenters and we know they can’t wait to meet you in person at the ATC2017 in less than 2 weeks!

The Innovation Lab brings together all the newest and coolest ideas, tools, and processes in the world of talent in one location for you. It is going to be a celebration of innovation and creativity.

Missed part 1 of this series? Check it out here.

Name: Oliver Spiers
Spirit Animal: Honey Badger
Favourite quote: “Every horse has a stable.”

Name one interesting fact about yourself. 

I’m more likely to remember your phone number than your name!

 In one sentence, what frustration or challenge does your talent innovation solve?

We seek not to replace the human element of talent but to ‘smooth out the curve’ by taking away the transactional elements, leaving people to do what they enjoy and probably do best.

 What’s the secret recipe for true innovation?

It’s about taking a complicated process and making it look, and be easy to engage with. I would also say it’s something that people need, but just don’t know it yet. When it arrives and used, then people cannot do without it!

Outside of the talent space, what’s your favourite gadget or innovative product?

EFTPOS payments. I really, really dislike carrying change in my pockets. 

Who would play you in the movie version of your life and why?

Tom Hardy. He has the ability to play two personality types in one person. And I’d love to be buff and good looking in real life. I was trying to avoid saying, Daniel Craig!

Name: Salih Mujcic
Spirit animal: Merman

 

In one sentence, what frustration or challenge does your talent innovation solve?

We provide the latest in psychometric measurement that is pleasant to experience.

Did you consider yourself an Innovator or Inventor before this?

Yes as a kid I used to really think I was a scientist. Collecting various herbs and leaves to make teas… Building contraptions… Trying to solve the time space continuum…

 What’s the secret recipe for true innovation?

Passion. Shared Vision. Fluidity. Curiosity. Comfort in uncertainty. The sum of all parts plus a little bit of magic.

Outside of the talent space, what’s your favourite gadget or innovative product?

Fiddle cube.

Who would play you in the movie version of your life and why?

Will Ferrell. Similar build.

 

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Name: Rick Maré
Favourite quote: “Done is better than perfect.”

 

Name one interesting fact about yourself. 

I don’t ever get hangovers no matter how much I drink!

In one sentence, what frustration or challenge does your talent innovation solve?

Candidate experience and application conversion.

 What’s the secret recipe for true innovation?

Persistence and endurance.

Outside of the talent space, what’s your favourite gadget or innovative product?

My new iPad, on which I can now draw.

Who would play you in the movie version of your life and why?

Liam Neeson – I like his voice!

 

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Name: Michael Derwin
Favourite quote: “Think you can or think you can’t . Either way you are probably right.”

 Did you consider yourself an inventor or an innovator before this?

I am both an inventor and innovator – I have had a cabinet making business, been an outdoor guide, delivered some industry changing projects and currently run several other businesses.

In one sentence, what frustration or challenge does your talent innovation solve?

Helping organisations achieve more with less.

 What’s the secret recipe for true innovation?

Curiosity + passion + belief x perseverance.

Outside of the talent space, what’s your favourite gadget or innovative product?

Autonomous vehicles.

Who would play you in the movie version of your life and why?

Naturally – it would be Ryan Gosling.

Images: Shutterstock, & Provided by Interviewees

Less than TWO weeks to go! See the results of all this innovation at the Innovation Lab, only at The Australasian Talent Conference. Tickets available here.