“You can always spot the pioneers by the arrows in their backs,” is an adage often uttered when all the best laid plans around a new, new thing don’t pan out. For decades, Australia’s tepid approach to new-to-the-world innovation, enterprise and policy has personified this kind of cultural aversion to risk.
One advantage of being a follower rather than an innovation pioneer is the relative safety of the backseat (or …
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