Are Robots tomorrow’s employees or employers is the question in high rotation at the moment and one I get asked almost daily in the media, at conferences and in Board Room discussions. There is a growing belief that robots are set to live up to their Hollywood hype and take over the world and that […]
With current global sales of $110 billion rising to $335 billion in 2025 there’s obviously a growing online marketplace, but referring to is the sharing economy does it no service, in fact it only confuses the debate. The sharing economy / collaborative economy / peer-to-peer or whatever other title you give it, to many people […]
I know this is a tad self-indulgent, but I do love it when something I’ve suggested a few years ago finally finds its time and place… “A few weeks ago, Smithink conducted an interesting workshop in Melbourne on “Outsourcing”. Kane Munro of Deloitte delivered the key-note address “A real world experience of utilising outsourcing”. In […]
published in The New Daily, written by Jackson Stiles A reluctant Apple has been forced by the sheer weight of consumer demand to sell a laptop-tablet hybrid, sounding the death knell of the PC and perhaps the demise of the laptop. Early on Thursday morning (AEST), CEO Tim Cook unveiled the giant new iPad Pro, […]
On the eve of Apple’s annual announcement of all things new and shiny, Phil Whelan of Radio HK3 and I caught up to chat about what might be, why it might be and what won’t be but gee it would be nice if it was. The first safe bet is that the newest iPhone will […]
I was privileged to be asked back again this year to Sholem Aleichem Primary School’s Business Breakfast, this time to chat on stage with Victoria’s Minister for Education James Merlino about the Future of Education. My ambition was to take him to 2030, the year in which his youngest child would finish school, and talk […]
