What is An on stage conversation about #Education2030, with? 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 [...]
The death of the 1/4 acre block / 4BC
What is The death of the 1/4 acre block / 4BC? Farewell to the great Australian dream of the quarter acre block, we will miss you - you served us well, sheltered us wonderfully, helped bring our family and loved one together and sent a message to the world that we had succeeded in life [...]
The greater of two evils – The Ashley Madison saga / Hong Kong Radio 3
What is The greater of two evils The Ashley Madison saga /? I rally hard against technology being made the scapegoat of evil deeds and the Ashley Madison saga and the release of 33 million members details is a perfect example. It isn't technology that's to blame, it's the sanctimonious people who did it that [...]
Work is going to hell in a futurist’s hand basket / ABC Sydney Afternoons with James Valentine
What is Work is going to hell in a futurist's hand basket /? The decline in people working a traditional 9-5 work week, the rise of people working on weekends and non traditional hours and the 5.00 p.m. closing of ABC Sydney's afternoon broadcaster James Valentine's local bakery was enough to spark an on-air conversation [...]
How will we shop in 2020? / 4BC
The wailing and crying over the supposed death of physical retail stores seems to have been raging forever, but really it’s a recent conversation and one that is way overhyped. Obviously there is a relatively new retail player that lives inside the digital world and starting from a zero base only a decade or so […]
Sharing is the Future of Everything / ABC Local Nightlife
What is Sharing is the Future of Everything / ABC Local? Everything old is new again and in my regular segment on ABC 's Nightlife with Tony Delroy we continued our look at the Future of Work by exploring what impact living a dynamic life may have and how the sharing economy and casualised work [...]