Series 5, episode 6: How we can stimulate new thinking amongst SMEs

06/14/21 • 37 min

In this episode, our hosts, Barbara Wilkinson & Richard Busby, talk to Yumiwork Founder, Marc Gerard about business innovation and how we can design an ecosystem to help local businesses, entrepreneurs and startups discover new ideas!

Previous Episode

Series 5, Episode 5: The PNG Small to Medium Enterprise Corporation and the future of business in PNG

John Pora, Chairman of the PNG Small to Medium Enterprise Corporation (SMEC), talks to the BLP team about the future of business in PNG and how technology is powering that future.
The role of SMEC.
How does SMEC support new business ideas?
PNG's sector bodies and why they are essential for economic growth.
Critical points to develop new business ideas.
Synergies between SMEC and Business Link Pacific.
SMEC's incubator model for SMEs in PNG.

Next Episode

Series 5, Episode 7: Reinventing during Covid-19 - a chat with MiBank CEO Tony Westaway

Desperate times call for desperate measures - something that has certainly been obvious during Covid-19 lockdowns, where a range of PNG companies have been reinventing themselves quickly in order to keep operating.
While it's true that some new businesses have risen like a phoenix from the ashes to capitalise on new opportunities and some existing businesses completely changed their business models, there is a lesson that all businesses can take away from this period of forced innovation.
Reinventing can be used to describe a wholesale change of direction to a business but it can also be applied across a business unit, a process or other aspects of a business that makes sense right now.
In Episode 7 of Series 5 of the #BLPpodcast, we talk to MiBank CEO, Tony Westaway about reinventing during a crisis and how MiBank is supporting MSMEs throughout Papua New Guinea.