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.
The Agent That Asks Before It Answers
Agents now act for us and clones can sound like anyone. The most useful agent may be the one that slows you down. From my RTHK Radio 3 segment.
Reputation Was the Currency. Now It Can Be Forged.
In 2017 I said reputation would become the ultimate personal currency. ASIC has now published a list of Australians whose reputations were spent by somebody else. What breaks isn’t the money, it’s every interaction that went right a little slower afterwards.
The Map in Your Head Is Out of Date
The UN voted 164 to 1 for a world map showing countries at their true size. The harder question for leaders is which picture they are still deciding from.
Same Data, Three Directions
The Reserve Bank held. CBA and ANZ read the same data toward different conclusions, and so did the Fed, the ECB, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England. Morris Misel on what happens to a decision when the institutions you’ve delegated judgement to stop agreeing.
Robots Are Already Working in Australian Aged Care. The Argument We Skipped Is the One That Matters.
Companion robots are already in Australian aged care and the national AI plan names them. Monitoring supports care. Companionship substitutes for it.
