September 28, 2026

She Is Not the Person She Is Before She Walks In

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Record crowds filled the MCG while malls fill with people who will not buy. Same instinct, opposite outcomes, and small retailers are the ones paying for it.

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November 17, 2020

{Radio} Imagine the Future

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A picture paints a thousand words and in this weeks on air chat Hong Kong Radio 3’s Phil Whelan and I continue to imagine the future by exploring some of my newly released Imagine the Possibilities – 52 Inspirational Foresight Postcards each a provocative “what might happen if…” designed to highlight a future possibility and […]

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June 10, 2020

5G made simple

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The ability for machines to talk to each other, buildings to share information, cars to drive around independently

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