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An Introduction to NVIDIA BioNeMo - our story behind the webinar
Apr 17, 2025 · 3 min read
Innate Innovation is strategically accelerating Australia's omics research community by connecting them with NVIDIA's pioneering AI for drug discovery, BioNeMo. As part of our 'entrain to catch up' initiative, we successfully brought NVIDIA's hardware and software approach to scale AI computation for biomedical breakthroughs directly to local innovators. This engagement empowers organisations to navigate the complexities of digital-era innovation, fostering critical capabilities and future opportunities. Don't miss the upcoming webinar to understand how this partnership is revolutionizing our understanding of DNA, RNA, and proteins.
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Bioplatforms Australia's Landscape Analysis of AI - generative AI's impact on biology research infrastructure
Feb 25, 2026 · 5 min read
Innate Innovation consulted Bioplatforms Australia on the profound impact of Generative AI on biology research infrastructure. We provided a strategic framework and recommendations for future investment, highlighting how AI will decipher the 'language of biology' and transform it into a predictive discipline. Our insights address challenges like small data integration and skill gaps, empowering Australia's research and industry to leverage AI for drug discovery, personalised medicine, and sustained value.
thought leadership
Mastering the AI era - perhaps the process is the same as mastering the Iliad
Feb 6, 2025 · 3 min read
AI, cyber, data, and sustainability can feel unintelligible. Like understanding Homer's Iliad, mastering these complex topics requires the right guidance. Innate Innovation helps C-suite leaders and tech professionals cut through the hype and bias of the AI era. We provide clear, actionable strategies, ensuring you gain confidence and navigate technological disruption effectively. Discover how to transform complexity into clarity with trusted expertise.
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2025 - make-or-break for AI?
Jan 30, 2025 · 4 min read
DeepSeek's release signals a potential game-changer for generative AI in 2025, democratizing access and shifting investment beyond the 'big seven'. This analysis highlights four critical points: the rapid advancement of open-source AI algorithms, the imperative for robust IT/AI strategy to leverage early adoption, the paramount importance of data ownership and partnerships, and the impending Jevon's paradox driving massive AI demand. Executives must strategically adapt to this evolving landscape, balancing short-term gains with long-term competitive advantage to harness AI's full potential.
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Steve & the Goannas win the Hockey Masters Over45s World Cup
Nov 18, 2024 · 1 min read
Innate Innovation proudly announces CEO Steve Quenette's co-captaincy of the Australian Over45s Hockey Masters World Cup winning team. This remarkable triumph powerfully illustrates our core advisory principles: strategic clarity, resilient leadership, and empowering teams to excel under pressure. Steve's insights on effective coaching, building trust, and executing sophisticated strategies mirror the transformative impact we deliver for organizations navigating complex technology and data governance challenges. Discover how Innate Innovation helps leaders cultivate a winning culture and drive innovation to achieve unparalleled success.
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Learnings from a landscape analysis of AI/ML infrastructure opportunities and challenges
Oct 28, 2024 · 3 min read
Join Innate Innovation at eResearch Australasia 2024 for a deep dive into AI/ML infrastructure. Our Birds of a Feather session, 'Learnings from a landscape analysis of AI/ML infrastructure opportunities and challenges,' brings together experts from diverse research domains like omics, structural biology, and geoscience. We'll explore how Australia can accelerate safe and sustainable generative AI adoption, navigate evolving industry ecosystems, address workforce and data needs, and redefine the future of research infrastructure. This session offers strategic insights for leaders shaping digital research capabilities and fostering innovation.
thought leadership
Digitally savvy executive teams are rare
Oct 2, 2024 · 2 min read
Is your C-suite digitally savvy enough to thrive? An MIT Sloan study reveals only 7% of executive teams are, despite driving 48% higher revenue growth. In today's complex digital landscape, leaders must master AI, data science, and cybersecurity to innovate and exploit technology safely. Innate Innovation helps executives assess and enhance their digital savviness, enabling robust strategies, increased profitability, and successful digital transformation.
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AI driving sentiment change: biology has changed from hypothesis-oriented to engineering-oriented
Sep 12, 2024 · 3 min read
Innate Innovation's strategic analysis for Bioplatforms Australia reveals a pivotal shift in biomolecular sciences: generative AI, exemplified by AlphaFold, is transforming biology from hypothesis-driven to engineering-oriented. Our extensive consultations with leading researchers across omics communities confirm this paradigm shift, yet expose significant challenges in skills, data access, and computing infrastructure. This insight is crucial for national research funders and industry leaders to strategically navigate the generative AI era, ensuring Australia's continued leadership in scientific innovation and scaled-out translation. We provide the clarity and pathway needed to leverage this disruption effectively.
thought leadership
Gotta love a good (data) scarcity
Aug 29, 2024 · 2 min read
As conversations around AI investment and a potential 'AI bubble' intensify, a critical factor often overlooked is data scarcity. With Large Language Models (LLMs) rapidly consuming vast datasets, projections indicate public human text data may be depleted between 2026 and 2032. This looming scarcity won't burst the AI bubble; rather, it will fundamentally redefine value, making proprietary organizational data the most valuable asset in the AI ecosystem. Leaders must strategically prepare for this shift to ensure their data becomes a core competitive advantage and avoid missing out on significant long-term growth.
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Authenticity as a guiding principle
Jun 24, 2024 · 3 min read
The surge in Generative AI is dramatically increasing data centre energy use, raising critical sustainability concerns beyond Web 2.0 cloud models. Traditional efficiency metrics like PUE are proving insufficient for this new era. This piece highlights the urgent need for verifiable sustainability and celebrates pioneering efforts, such as Sustainable Metal Cloud's validated 50% energy savings for AI factories, demonstrated through rigorous MLPerf benchmarking. It underscores a global shift towards transparent, impactful solutions in sustainable technology infrastructure.
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AI in the workforce - does it take jobs?
Jun 24, 2024 · 2 min read
Executives often fear AI takes jobs, but historical evidence and recent studies by James Besson demonstrate the opposite. Technology, including AI, consistently drives employment growth, creates new roles, and enhances human capabilities. Investing in AI leads to greater efficiency, improved quality, and increased demand, ultimately fostering job creation. Don't let misconceptions deter strategic AI adoption; the data points towards growth, not displacement.
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AI applied to research - what 1,600 researchers think
May 27, 2024 · 2 min read
Innate Innovation, with BioPlatforms Australia, pioneers research into AI's impact on the #omics community. Our findings, mirroring global insights, highlight rising AI mentions in research, a dominant skill gap, and the significant resource demands of advanced AI. We reveal the critical need for academic-commercial partnerships to drive scientific discovery. Specializing in AI infrastructure and enablement strategies, we are uniquely positioned to navigate these complexities, offering deep technical consultation and facilitating crucial technology collaborations to empower the future of science.
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Coaching comes in all forms - helping over 1000 computer science students grow
May 16, 2024 · 2 min read
Innate Innovation is at the forefront of technology strategy, guiding leaders through the intricate dance of innovation, operations, and social responsibility. Our unique approach empowers organizations to rediscover their innate potential, balancing leadership, culture, and technology to simplify complexity. Following a successful 2023 establishing sustainability, cloud, and AI capabilities, we're now launching a dedicated coaching profile. This initiative addresses a critical gap, equipping technology and science innovators with essential personal leadership skills, ensuring they can effectively lead, influence, and drive impact in the digital era.
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Are privacy protections applied to technology platforms enough to enable AI?
Feb 13, 2024 · 3 min read
For executives investing in AI, current privacy protections might not fully balance innovation with individual liberties. We explore if focusing solely on data sharing empowers individuals enough, or if new models, like data cooperatives or collectives (proven in research), offer more robust governance for ethical AI growth. This ensures strategic AI futures are built on sustainable, trustworthy data frameworks, beyond mere compliance.
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We now know - digitisation boosts the demand for physical books
Feb 7, 2024 · 2 min read
Executives often face complex decisions where digital perceptions clash with potential realities. A groundbreaking study on Google Books reveals how digitisation unexpectedly boosted physical book sales by up to 8%, defying predictions of dematerialisation. This powerful counter-example highlights the critical need to question prevailing digital sentiments – from AI's job impact to its environmental footprint – as future evidence may dramatically alter our strategic landscape. Innate Innovation guides leaders through such asymmetrical risk management.
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Discussing our report at SC Asia
Feb 25, 2026 · 2 min read
Innate Innovation invites executive leaders to a critical BoF at SC Asia on February 22nd. Following our impactful 2023 workshop report on AI-scale Digital Research Infrastructure sustainability, we're unveiling and prioritizing four targeted workshops for 2024. These sessions will tackle vital areas from data centre efficiency and AI integration for national research infrastructure and industrial platforms, to fostering commercial sustainability with academic institutions. This is a prime opportunity to collaboratively shape the strategic direction and ensure the long-term viability of essential digital infrastructure. Engage with us to drive impactful solutions.
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Report: Sustainability of AI-scale Digital Research Infrastructure
Feb 25, 2026 · 2 min read
Navigate the complexities of AI-scale Digital Research Infrastructure sustainability with Innate Innovation's latest workshop report. This crucial document, born from broad community collaboration, provides a baseline understanding of challenges across the technology stack. It uniquely highlights the dominant role of software efficiency—often overlooked—in driving overall sustainability. For executives and leaders, these findings offer an essential framework for strategic planning and ecosystem-wide co-design, ensuring responsible and efficient innovation in the digital era.
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Introduction to Sustainability and AI mini-documentary
Nov 20, 2023 · 2 min read
In a compelling mini-documentary by Digital Nation Australia, Innate Innovation delves into the complex relationship between AI and sustainability. We explore how AI can significantly contribute to ESG goals while addressing its environmental footprint. Discover our optimistic perspective on algorithmic advancements driving a thousand-fold efficiency improvement, contributing directly to decarbonisation at the application level. Learn how we help executives map, measure, and project their role in harnessing AI for a greener future, unlocking its potential $115 billion economic contribution effectively.
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Announcing the sustainability of AI-scale digital research infrastructure workshop
Feb 25, 2026 · 1 min read
The rapid scaling of AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) presents significant challenges, from explosive electricity demand and compute intensity to critical skills gaps, environmental impact, governance, and cost. This pre-conference workshop at eResearch Australasia 2023 convenes leaders from research-centric data centers, AI technology vendors, platforms, and research organizations. Coordinated by Innate Innovation, the event will explore what's needed to develop a sustainable, sovereign AI-scale digital research infrastructure ecosystem, ensuring readiness for the future while balancing innovation with social responsibility and operational realities. Essential for executives navigating the complex AI landscape.
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UK commissioner reprimands NHS Lanarkshire for sharing patient data via WhatsApp
Aug 23, 2023 · 2 min read
The NHS Lanarkshire WhatsApp incident starkly illustrates the innovator's dilemma, where the push for speed and agility during a crisis led to severe data governance breaches. This case reveals critical failures in balancing technology adoption with social responsibility and robust risk management. It underscores how cultural shifts can outpace strategic oversight, resulting in a public trust breakdown. Innate Innovation helps leaders navigate these complexities, ensuring secure and compliant innovation by addressing cultural, technological, and leadership challenges to build sustainable digital strategies.
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Announcing the Techtify & Innate Innovation collaborative venture
Aug 14, 2023 · 2 min read
Innate Innovation, a boutique technology strategy firm specializing in innovation and data governance, has partnered with Techtify to broaden its reach to local industries. This strategic collaboration allows Innate Innovation's world-class executive leadership, go-to-market, and digital-era strategies to become accessible to SMEs through Techtify's one-stop-shop approach. This synergy brings human-centric, paradigm-changing advisory and implementation to complex technology challenges, making expert insights available to a wider audience to navigate innovation, operations, and social responsibility effectively.
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Investing in technology efficiency - why offsets can't save us
Jul 31, 2023 · 2 min read
As humankind adds 33 billion tonnes of CO2 annually, the pressure for sustainable practices is immense, but the core question remains: ROI. While a proactive 'green' posture can boost margins and brand perception, the viability of carbon offsetting is under scrutiny. Genuine decarbonization requires deep technological shifts. We explore why offsets fall short and present critical questions for executives on achieving tangible short- and long-term financial outcomes through innovation in cloud, HPC, AI, LLM, and data. Discover how to guarantee ROI in your sustainability investments.
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1 year to go to Paris
Jul 8, 2023 · 1 min read
Innate Innovation, a leading technology strategy consultancy, empowers organizations to navigate the complexities of digital transformation. We specialize in technology adoption, data governance, and crafting executive-level strategies that harmoniously blend innovation, operations, and social responsibility. Our unique approach helps you rediscover internal innovation, providing evidence-based insights and incubation support. Led by founder Steve Quenette, we apply deep technical and market understanding to drive digital-era business models. Explore how we foster innovation and leadership, exemplified by our recent visit to the inspiring Victorian Institute of Sport, a reminder of peak performance.
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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres and Firmus Technologies Forge Partnership to Build a Global Network
Jun 26, 2023 · 1 min read
Innate Innovation proudly supported Firmus in achieving a global, sustainability-driven technology breakthrough. Through strategic advisory, we helped Firmus and ST Telemedia Global Data Centres forge a landmark joint venture. This partnership introduces the HyperCube, an ultra-sustainable AI computing platform leveraging modular DCs, immersion cooling, and NVIDIA DGX/OVX. The resulting Sustainable Metal Cloud offers the fastest, cleanest GPU cloud resources for generative AI at scale, showcasing our expertise in guiding innovative, responsible technology adoption and go-to-market strategies for significant global impact.
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A different type of startup unicorn!
Jun 5, 2023 · 1 min read
Innate Innovation empowers executive leaders to navigate the complexities of technology adoption and data governance, fostering innovation while ensuring operational integrity and social responsibility. Our unique approach builds strategies that balance growth with purpose. Witness our team's dedication to making a tangible impact, exemplified by Emily's participation in the Very Special Kids 24-hour Treadmill Challenge, demonstrating our commitment extends beyond advisory services to meaningful community engagement. This embodies our holistic philosophy of leadership, culture, and technology.
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Taming the Climate Is Far Harder Than Getting People to the Moon
Aug 14, 2023 · 2 min read
Decarbonisation presents an unparalleled global economic challenge, demanding an estimated $275 trillion investment by 2050 – a scale fifty times greater than the Apollo program. Organisations face immense pressure to address climate change, making strategic responses imperative. Innate Innovation empowers digital innovators to play a vital, upfront role in navigating this complexity. We help leaders develop robust strategies, foster stakeholder engagement, and leverage technology and data governance to meet these critical sustainability goals, transforming monumental challenges into actionable opportunities for innovation and responsible growth.
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Cloud Provider Sustainability: the Need for a Workload Carbon Footprint Standard
May 30, 2023 · 1 min read
Understanding your organization's cloud carbon footprint, spanning Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, is a critical challenge in today's digital landscape. This article by Adrian Cockcroft provides essential clarity. Innate Innovation offers bespoke strategy and advisory services to help executives navigate this complexity, empowering leaders to precisely measure their environmental impact, foster internal social license for sustainable computing, and successfully lead their digital platforms through the ongoing energy transition. We bridge the gap between technological innovation and social responsibility for a truly sustainable future.
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DarkMode podcast : the microcosm of future digital societies
May 22, 2023 · 1 min read
Innate Innovation's founder, Steve Quenette, unveils a compelling vision for future digital societies in a recent podcast. He expertly navigates the intricate confluence of critical themes: decarbonisation, innovation culture, AI, large language models, quantum computing, and cybersecurity. For executive leaders grappling with strategic technology adoption and digital transformation, this episode offers invaluable insights into the emerging landscape. Steve, a renowned cloud builder, provides a pragmatic perspective on balancing exploration and exploitation to future-proof your organisation's strategy and leadership in the digital era.
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TSMC brags of 20TWh solar scheme
Aug 1, 2023 · 1 min read
This analysis of TSMC's 20-year clean energy scheme uncovers the complexities of corporate decarbonization strategies, particularly in the critical semiconductor supply chain. While raising questions of greenwashing, TSMC's innovative 'energy as a service' model, allocating solar power to suppliers, exemplifies a forward-thinking approach to achieving net-zero targets. For executives, it highlights the strategic imperative of integrating social responsibility with operational realities, driving behavior change across entire ecosystems, and demonstrating how genuine innovation can address both public perception and material carbon reduction. It's a prime example of navigating the tensions between explore, exploit, and social responsibility.
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Python foundation slams pending EU cyber security rules
Apr 17, 2023 · 2 min read
Proposed EU Cyber Resilience and Product Liability Acts threaten to upend the open-source ecosystem by potentially holding foundations and individual contributors liable for code defects. This legislative shift highlights a fundamental tension in modern organizations: balancing the imperative for innovation with robust cybersecurity and governance. Unintended consequences could stifle the very open-source advancements underpinning our digital world. Leaders must proactively navigate this complexity to ensure innovation thrives responsibly without unfairly burdening its creators.
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Concerns Over Potential Harm From AI Prompt Apple to Block Update of ChatGPT-Powered App
Mar 14, 2023 · 1 min read
Apple's delay of an AI email app update over content safety highlights a critical technology governance challenge for executives. The onus to mitigate AI-generated content risk falls on app providers, not solely on AI developers. Navigating these complexities, from implementing robust content filtering to strategizing age restrictions or custom AI models, is non-trivial. Innate Innovation guides leaders through balancing innovation with social responsibility, ensuring digital-era strategies effectively manage emerging risks and build sustainable solutions in AI adoption.
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HPC Forecast: Cloudy and Uncertain
Mar 4, 2023 · 1 min read
The landscape of technology leadership has shifted dramatically, with private sector investment in cloud, AI, and smartphones now dwarfing traditional government funding for HPC. This signals a critical juncture for the HPC community. Daniel Reed, Dennis Gannon, and Jack Dongarra propose a powerful roadmap: sustained leadership through active partnerships and co-design with research, vendors, and the innovative private sector, both domestically and internationally. Innate Innovation wholeheartedly supports this vision for evolving technology strategy and collaborative innovation.
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A living laboratory for sovereign smart energy
Feb 15, 2023 · 1 min read
Innate Innovation partnered with Monash University on its Smart Energy City, a pioneering project tackling climate change through innovative digital technologies like advanced grid management and peer-to-peer energy trading. We provided crucial strategy, fostering a culture of data governance and collaboration. Our advice transformed data capture into strategic warehousing, enabling quantifiable measures for data protection and value. This empowered Monash to make informed investment decisions, ultimately de-risking future decarbonisation innovation within their cutting-edge living laboratory.
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Modernising an eResearch service provider
Feb 15, 2023 · 2 min read
Innate Innovation partnered with the Monash eResearch Centre (MeRC) to tackle complex modernization challenges, from evolving research technologies to corporate risk and talent retention. Our strategic intervention, focusing on go-to-market and cultural alignment, led to a systemic uplift in data governance for hundreds of researchers and empowered the workforce to deliver digital capabilities at scale. We introduced FinOps for transparency and enabled higher-value innovation, cybersecurity, and cost efficiencies. This transformation not only supported customers scaling to advanced compute resources but also significantly improved workforce sentiment, attracting and retaining crucial talent within a vital research infrastructure.
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Role DPUs play in cybersecurity
Apr 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Executives face the escalating challenge of bolstering cybersecurity and data protection without impeding workforce productivity or overconsuming precious compute resources, especially with AI at scale. Innate Innovation, in partnership with Nvidia, strategically deployed and rigorously tested Data Processing Units (DPUs) to address this critical tension. We demonstrated how DPUs effectively mitigate these risks, offering leaders a holistic framework to implement novel security technologies. This vital work provides a clear path to robust, efficient, and socially responsible data governance in the complex digital era.
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Launching Innate Innovation
Aug 1, 2023 · 1 min read
Welcome to Innate Innovation, where we believe digital innovation is fundamental to a sustainable, equitable, and inclusive world. We empower technology-driven organizations to integrate social consciousness and ESG priorities into their core strategies. Founded by thought leader Steve Quenette, our advisory services balance leadership, culture, and technology to effectively dismantle complexity. Discover how we help you unlock inherent innovation, find evidence, and incubate ideas, enabling you to craft your own future-proof strategy.