{"id":32120,"date":"2023-10-20T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/how-the-abc-is-using-startup-thinking-to-reinvent-itself-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:27:07","slug":"how-the-abc-is-using-startup-thinking-to-reinvent-itself-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/how-the-abc-is-using-startup-thinking-to-reinvent-itself-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"How the ABC is using startup thinking to \u201creinvent\u201d itself – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is experimenting with startup thinking and setting an example for innovation in big business, ABC technology director Ken Gallacher says.<\/p>\n

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Gallacher was a judge at the SE-Corp CIO Summit Shark Tank <\/em>in Melbourne on Thursday and says he has been making an effort to actively immerse himself in the startup ecosystem.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPart of being on this panel of judges and I\u2019ve been on others is to really start to involve myself in the experience and not just read about it,\u201d Gallacher tells StartupSmart<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Like many CIOs at the conference, he says he is interested in learning more about startup culture and different ways of integrating it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs an organisation that\u2019s been around for 80 plus years we\u2019ve got to continue to reinvent ourselves,\u201d Gallacher says.<\/p>\n

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On the night, CIOs represented a range of well-established long-term businesses like Hyundai and AusPost<\/a> and many acknowledged that \u201cstartup thinking\u201d would be useful not just in defending themselves from being disrupted out of the game but also in driving economic gains.<\/p>\n

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Gallacher says he has already started this integration at the ABC by empowering its technology group with startup skills and new approaches to creating better business solutions.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis idea of experimentation and moving to a minimum viable product with a startup means we can really get to that stage a lot quicker,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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Commencing the trial about six months ago, Gallacher is now focusing on partnering with groups, from startups to incubators.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFrom a tax payers point of view, our goal is to make sure every dollar is spent wisely so I would rather find out very quickly experimenting in a few areas that this is something worth considering,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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On finding and harnessing entrepreneurial talent at big companies, Gallacher says it starts at the recruitment process.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re so focused on hiring skills but you\u2019ve got to be more focused on people\u2019s passion,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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Instead of just looking for a system administrator or infrastructure developer with a specific skillset, Gallacher says employers should look for candidates\u2019 deeper motivations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou\u2019ve really got to say: I need somebody that\u2019s going to take me to another level with these sorts of things and is able to be a people person as well as a technician,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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He says it\u2019s important to protect entrepreneurial employees from the organisation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou\u2019ve got to make sure that they don\u2019t get disenfranchised because of their approach being different and you\u2019ve got to keep them as part of the team,\u201d Gallacher says.<\/p>\n

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When things get questioned and new skills, ways of thinking or solutions are presented, Gallacher says it\u2019s important to nurture and support this \u201cdiversity of thought\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf your team starts to see that and be part of that then I think it\u2019s the best of both worlds,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou get these disruptive innovators and you get the teams that are delivering the rock of resilience working hand in hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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