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Hello. We are Think & Act Differently

The welcoming face of BHP innovation.
https://www.thinkactdifferently.com/

Who we are

Think & Act Differently (TAD), BHP’s innovation team builds partnerships with people who have the best technology solutions to support BHP’s ambition to deliver the future facing commodities the world needs in new ways. We work with our partners to help them accelerate the development of their ideas. 

How we innovate

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Collaborate

Connect with BHP leaders and technical experts to gain exposure for your idea within our business and the broader ecosystem.

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Support

We support innovators with mentors, access to data, resources and people with valuable expertise.

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Accelerate

We provide a welcoming environment and industry expertise to help innovators rapidly learn and accelerate their ideas

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Meet the Think & Act Differently team

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Our ecosystem

The ecosystem is our superpower. The ecosystem is a diverse group of people who want to collaborate with us and each other to accelerate ideas. It is a way for innovators, both small and large, to keep in touch and to hear about opportunities.

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We're fostering a new generation of innovation

We work with broad innovator segments, including startups, research institutions, OEM’s, engineering companies and other mining companies.

We invite you to share your innovative ideas, solutions, and seek our support and funding to trial untested ideas in a supportive environment and through our Open House. We run the Open House in partnership with Unearthed.

Explore the Open House

Our Recent Engagement at MinExpo

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Deep Mining Pitch Event
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Think & Act Differently Deep Mining Pitch Event

The TAD team had 13 innovators to share their ideas for the Deep Mining Challenge, an open innovation opportunity launched by TAD in collaboration with their open innovation partner, Unearthed.

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Ecosystem event
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Think & Act Differently Ecosystem event

The TAD team organised an Ecosystem collaboration event at the Wynn Las Vegas, featuring a panel discussion on "Unlocking Collaborative Ways to Effectively Partner with Innovators." This panel discussion included panellists Katie Hulmes, Head of Ecosystem at TAD, Jane Castles, Head of Technology Procurement at BHP, Holly Bridgwater, Cofounder at Unearthed, and Marteen Van Koppen, Vice President of Product Management at MacLean Engineering and was facilitated by Andrea Culligan, Partner at Greenspace by Deloitte.