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Spotlight: Inventing Remarkable technology
“The way to drive innovation
is to to to talk to to to your your customers listen to to to your your customers engage with your customers!
They live the issues day day in and day day out ”
Peter Horseley Founder of Remarkable Over the the the the past few years no other space has been disrupted in in in the the the the Australian Not-For-Profit sector as as as as much as as as as those working in in in the the the the the disability disability space The changes to to to the the the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) literally turned the the the disability disability disability sector upside down Now every single disability disability service organisation needs to to to start the the journey of digital transformation in in in in order to to remain sustainable Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) has been operating for over 70 years and and provides family-centred therapies life skills programs equipment and and and and support for people and and and their families living with cerebral palsy and and and other neurological and and and physical disabilities Seven years ago CPA could see the the the the impact that technology
was having across the the the the globe on some
of the the the the world’s most significant business problems and challenges The organisation knew there was an an an an opportunity to to use that same technology
to to to solve some
some
of the the the the greater problems facing those living with a a a a a a a a a a a a a a disability CPA knew there was was an opportunity to to do something remarkable - the the the question was was how?
This This is is is is the the story of o how a a a a a a traditional Not-For-Profit set up a a a a a a a a thriving technology
accelerator This This is is is is the the story of Remarkable In 2012 CPA began running a a a a a a a a a number of of global open innovation
challenges and and hackathons with with a a a a a a a a a a a a a mix of of of technology
gurus people with with lived experience of of cerebral palsy clinicians and and and startups entrepreneurs to to try and and solve key problems in in in the disability sector using digital technologies 16 CASE STUDY: