The past in the mirror, the future ahead: my chat with Hilton Barbour
Hilton Barbour asked me about scenario planning and culture for his LinkedIn series. Their dream, PTFA, misstep and wisdom, and where to read the whole interview.
Will AI Take Your Job? What I Told Karan Bahri
On Karan Bahri’s Big Decisions podcast we asked whether AI will take your job. My answer: a job is becoming a set of tasks, so know which ones only you can do, pick a direction and start three small things now.
Twenty Years, 1,700 Interviews and a Few Calls I’d Like Back
I went back and listened to twenty years of me on the radio: about 1,700 interviews on forty-odd stations, from Bourke to Hong Kong. Here are the calls I got right, the ones I’d like back, and the new podcast, Then and Now, that plays them one year at a time.
You Won’t Make It by Six. Ring Mum.
Karan Bahri asked me how I think about the future, and I sent him to his mum’s for dinner. The last of my pieces before the year turns: your three immediate futures.
Data Centres Are Being Built Because We Asked for Them
Every photo you’ve never deleted sits in a data centre somewhere. Australia’s data centres use about 3% of the main grid’s electricity now and could reach 13% within a decade. On RTHK Radio 3 I said they’re being built because we asked for them, and some regional towns might want to put their hand up.
Most of Us Stop at the First Ripple
Most of us stop at the first ripple. Here’s second-order thinking in plain words, and a free worksheet to follow one change three ripples out.
