Since the dawn of our nomadic ancestors, farming has continued to rapidly evolve. Due to industrialisation, technological advances and the continuous rise of our global population, we are constantly looking for innovative ways to increase productivity. Our local farmers are being put under constant ...

The drive to reduce our Carbon Footprint and protect our environment has been heavily documented in recent times. Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 is one of the more renowned figures in promoting environmental awareness. “Change ...

“We are putting the equivalent of 4 Hiroshima atomic bombs of pollution into the atmosphere every second” – Eddie O’Connor, founder and CEO of Mainstream Renewable Power.

Does it seem logical to dress a child in adult clothes or to expect a child to walk in adult sized shoes? No? Well why not? Because we understand that children are not small adults, they require clothing and shoes depending on their size. These are just two of the simplest things in life that ...

This year marks the 5th year of our Sustainability Launchpad in collaboration with UCD Engineering and the Energy Institute. We have more teams than ever this year thanks to the massive uptake of the programme. Over 60 engineering masters students are working together, to challenge the ordinary and ...

This autumn marks the fifth anniversary of our Sustainability Launchpad. We created the first programme in 2013 with UCD’s Professor Tom Brazil who was a curious, highly regarded and respected academic. Our aim is to not only to educate but to create change, set seeds and to innovate. Sadly, Tom ...

You see a problem in the world, so you set out to find a solution.

UpThink in association with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ would like to invite you to a briefing session about the 2019 Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards.

Here we are, standing on the edge of the fourth industrial revolution and we’re all trying to figure this out. Never before has an industrial revolution had the potential to disrupt the global economy like this one.

Avocado toast, renting vs buying and a daily flat white: everyone loves to talk about Millennials and what they’re spending their money on. But, Millennials are growing up and becoming old news. Who is the future customer?

“Get used to feeling comfortable with ambiguity.” — CONOR HANLEY, CEO OF FIRE1 A simple message. But, can we sit with it? Can we play with it? How comfortable do you really feel not knowing, not being in control? All sensible people keep things in control, don’t they? I ask myself this while ...

WITH SUSTAINABILITY COMES CIRCULARITY Our ‘take, make and dispose’ economic model is breaking our planet – bad for us and bad for business. Climate change is now a part of life. Permanent migration and food shortages are upon us…unless we embrace the opportunities the circular economy offers us.

To create change, we need to learn how to develop a growth mind-set. It’s a skill! At UpThink we believe that to survive, engineering firms must embrace innovation and mind-set change as a fundamental part of their corporate growth strategy.

Many organisations are combining marketing, sustainability, corporate social responsibility and communications under one function.

Last Wednesday, The Grow Dome and O’Cualann Co-Housing Alliance were named two of the seven of the 2017 Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) awardees. It was an inspiring awards night at the Mansion House, Dublin.

Ongoing transformation of the energy industry, changes in climate plus societal trends have put energy front and centre in global thinking.

The jobs-to-be-done framework is a helpful way to look at customer motivations in business settings. It helps uncover consumer attitudes and behaviour by framing purchasing decisions as a choice to “hire” a product or service to do a job.

This is week two of our 12-week Sustainability Launchpad with UCD Engineering and the Energy Institute. This week our focus is on creating the value propositions which need to have environmental, commercial and social sustainability impacts.