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The state of digital on The Future, This Week

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer | Simon Kemp
27 Sep 2019

This week: part one of a special with Simon Kemp on the State of Digital. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Disruption Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week.

Our guest: Simon Kemp, CEO of Kepios

The stories this week

The State of Digital: April 2019 report

Other stories we bring up

Simon’s articles on We Are Social

Wall Street Journal article on voice search in emerging markets

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Our theme music was composed and played by Linsey Pollak.

Send us your news ideas to sbi@sydney.edu.au.

Dr Sandra Peter leads the Sydney Business Insights strategic initiative to deliver on the University of Sydney Business School’s commitment to being an engaged, relevant and influential voice on major issues and trends.

Kai is Professor of Information Technology and Organisation in the Discipline of Business Information Systems at The University of Sydney Business School. Kai's research interest is in Disruptive Technologies, Enterprise Social Media, Virtual Work, Collaborative Technologies and the Philosophy of Technology.

Simon is an author and analyst. As CEO of Kepios, he helps organisations all over the world to understand how digital can help them achieve greater success

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Understand | Economic power shift | Empowering individuals

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Behavioural economist Keith Chen investigates what will humans do for how much money.

Sydney Business Insights
12 Jul 2019

Sydney Business Insights podcast

<img width="800" height="450" alt="Sydney Business Insights podcast" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sbi-podcast-image-generic4-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sbi-podcast-image-generic4-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sbi-podcast-image-generic4-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="Sydney Business Insights podcast" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sbi-podcast-image-generic4-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sbi-podcast-image-generic4-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sbi-podcast-image-generic4-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sbi-podcast-image-generic4-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Sydney Business Insights podcast" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sbi-podcast-image-generic4-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sbi-podcast-image-generic4-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Imagine | Impactful technology

Why the ‘molecular scissors’ metaphor for understanding CRISPR is misleading

The idea of CRISPR as scissors ignores an entire ecosystem of moving parts that are crucial for understanding the awe-inspiring, crazy thing scientists are trying to do when they attempt gene editing.

Elinor Hortle
08 Jul 2019

Illustration of a person using tweezers to modify a DNA string

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/the-conversation-crispr-dna-800x450.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Illustration of a person using tweezers to modify a DNA string" />

Understand | Rapid urbanisation

The Future, This Week 14 Jun 19: #FlyingCars, #Mobility, #EVs

This week: Flying cars, China pushes electric vehicles, and the future of the automobile.

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer
14 Jun 2019

Sydney Business Insights, The Future This Week – #FlyingCars, #Mobility, #EVs

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TFTW_06Jun2019_FlyingCars_800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Sydney Business Insights, The Future This Week – #FlyingCars, #Mobility, #EVs" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TFTW_06Jun2019_FlyingCars_800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TFTW_06Jun2019_FlyingCars_800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Impactful technology

The Future, This Week 7 Jun 19: #DigitalMarketing, #Apple, #TheNorthFace

This week: Apple’s privacy push cuts out marketers, marketing to the algorithm and robot furniture

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer | Andrew Baxter
07 Jun 2019

Sydney Business Insights, The Future This Week, #DigitalMarketing, #Apple, #TheNorthFace

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TFTW_DigitalMarketing_800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Sydney Business Insights, The Future This Week, #DigitalMarketing, #Apple, #TheNorthFace" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TFTW_DigitalMarketing_800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TFTW_DigitalMarketing_800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Impactful technology

The Future, This Week 31 May 19: #MonaLisa, #Platforms, #Competition

This week: Mona Lisa’s fake smile, more Digital Humans, and missing platform competition.

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer
31 May 2019

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TFTW_MonaLisa450-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TFTW_MonaLisa450-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TFTW_MonaLisa450-1024x576.png 1024w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TFTW_MonaLisa450-768x432.png 768w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TFTW_MonaLisa450.png 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Impactful technology

Should Facebook be broken up?

One of Facebook’s founders says the company is too big and powerful. Kai Riemer speaks with Kia Handley on ABC Radio Newcastle.

Kai Riemer
16 May 2019

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Facebook.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Facebook.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Facebook-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Empowering individuals | Impactful technology

Vivid Sydney: Love/Machine

AI is creating digital people – will they (be) like us?

Sydney Business Insights | Digital Disruption Research Group (DDRG)
15 May 2019

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Vivid_800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Vivid_800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Vivid_800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Empowering individuals | Impactful technology | Resource security

The Future, This Week 3 May 19: #OldTownRoad and #Microbiome disruption

This week: wonderful country-trap, weird bacteria innovation, and Elon’s leaf-blower.

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer
14 May 2019

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Economic power shift | Impactful technology

Future Fintech: Who will the odds favour?

“From a customer point of view consolidation is not actually such a bad thing.”

Sydney Business Insights
08 May 2019

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Panel_2.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Panel_2.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Panel_2-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Economic power shift | Evolving communities | Impactful technology

The Future, This Week 19 Apr 19: #996, #futureofwork, #GOT

This week: #996 working long hours, predicting work and who dies on Game of Thrones.

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer
23 Apr 2019

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sbi-ftw2-easter-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sbi-ftw2-easter-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sbi-ftw2-easter-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Evolving communities | Impactful technology

The Future, This Week 12 Apr 19: #TechLash

This week: the #TechLash bandwagon: companies, people and governments

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer
12 Apr 2019

<img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Impactful technology

The Future, This Week 5 Apr 19: #ChinaTech: chatbots and #TikTok

This week: A special on #ChinaTech, with chatbots and the TikTok phenomenon

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer | Barney Tan
05 Apr 2019

The Future, This Week (TFTW)

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data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This 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Understand | Impactful technology

The Future, This Week 29 Mar 19: It’s all #AppleNews

This week: a lot of #AppleNews, platforms and piracy.

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer
01 Apr 2019

The Future, This Week (TFTW)

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data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" 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data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

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The Future, This Week 22 Mar 19: More #BreakUpBigTech

This week: the five conversations at the heart of #BreakUpBigTech

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer
26 Mar 2019

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Understand | Evolving communities | Impactful technology

The Future, This Week 15 Mar 19: #BreakUpBigTech

This week: big tech breakup, Amazon power and a Facebook rethink.

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer
15 Mar 2019

<img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Empowering individuals

The future of you

Your future is not yet written. Here are some ideas currently being tested that aim to put people at the centre of discussions about a better AI future.

Sydney Business Insights
09 Mar 2019

Image of pointing fingers painted on a wall. Image by Marcy Leigh (marcyleigh) from Flickr

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/You-yes-you-800x450.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Image of pointing fingers painted on a wall. Image by Marcy Leigh (marcyleigh) from Flickr" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/You-yes-you-800x450.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/You-yes-you-800x450-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Imagine | Impactful technology

Giving the world a better face

What happens when technology has a human face? In the future digital assistants will not just be disembodied voices: soon we will be gazing into an emotionally rich, apparently human, 3D digital face.

Sydney Business Insights
09 Mar 2019

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Mike-website-7.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Mike-website-7.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Mike-website-7-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Empowering individuals | Evolving communities | Impactful technology

The Future, This Week IWD edition: women, automation and work

This week: women, more automation and the future of work.

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer | Rae Cooper
08 Mar 2019

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IWD_PodcastThumbnail_v03-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IWD_PodcastThumbnail_v03-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IWD_PodcastThumbnail_v03-1024x576.png 1024w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IWD_PodcastThumbnail_v03-768x432.png 768w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IWD_PodcastThumbnail_v03-1920x1080.png 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Impactful technology

The Future, This Week 1 Mar 19: data is not oil, dangerous AI, and robo-monk

This week: why data is not like oil, dangerous AI, and a robot that gives sermons.

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer
01 Mar 2019

<img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Evolving communities | Impactful technology

The Future, This Week 22 Feb 19: predictions, predictions and more predictions

This week: looking ahead, looking back and looking to see what looking means.

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer
22 Feb 2019

The Future, This Week (TFTW)

<img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Impactful technology

Changing nature of the campus

Associate Professor Eric Knight, the University of Sydney’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (research enterprise and engagement), explains why disruptive business education models are originating from academics sensing opportunities beyond the classroom.

Eric Knight
08 Feb 2019

University of Sydney Quad 800x450 Image by Andrea Schaffer (aschaf) from Flickr

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/University-of-Sydney-Quad-by-Andrea-Schafer-aschaf-800x450-800x450.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="University of Sydney Quad 800x450 Image by Andrea Schaffer (aschaf) from Flickr" />

Understand | Impactful technology

Coming soon: The Future, This Week Season 5

Season 5 of The Future, This Week – stay tuned.

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer
06 Feb 2019

The Future, This Week (TFTW)

<img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" data-srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="The Future, This Week (TFTW)" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sbi-ftw2-800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Imagine | Impactful technology

Might consciousness and free will be the aces up our sleeves when it comes to competing with robots?

We are far from defenceless against the rise of robots, although they'll take many of our routine jobs. Our special strength is our ability to apply rules that don’t exist.

Allan McCay
30 Oct 2019

Blurred photo of a robot

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-conversation-robot-technology.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Blurred photo of a robot" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-conversation-robot-technology.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-conversation-robot-technology-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Impactful technology

Why don’t we have electric aircraft?

Unlike a car, you can’t just stick a battery-powered engine in a plane and expect it to fly. Despite that, small planes might be the future of electric flight.

Dries Verstraete
30 Sep 2019

Aerial photo of a solar powered plane flying over fields.

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/the-conversation-electric-plane.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Aerial photo of a solar powered plane flying over fields." srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/the-conversation-electric-plane.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/the-conversation-electric-plane-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Economic power shift

Marketing to the million plus Australian Chinese consumers

Marketing to audiences of a million or more Australians has long been the ambition of many brands.

Andrew Baxter
25 Sep 2019

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/unsplash-china-lunar-new-year-pig-800x450.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/unsplash-china-lunar-new-year-pig-800x450.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/unsplash-china-lunar-new-year-pig-768x432.jpg 768w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/unsplash-china-lunar-new-year-pig.jpg 960w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Impactful technology

Our fake future

There is fake news, fake videos (deepfakes) and even cheap fakes.

Sydney Business Insights
27 Aug 2019

person holding a newspaper that is on fire

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sbi-newspaper-fire.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="person holding a newspaper that is on fire" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sbi-newspaper-fire.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sbi-newspaper-fire-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Empowering individuals

You say invention, I say innovation

When is an invention not innovative, how do innovation ‘hubs’ kill the very spark they seek to flame and why women may have the best innovative mindset.

Sydney Business Insights
21 Aug 2019

Blank Post-It notes affixed to a wall. A hand is taking one of them off

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/unsplash-post-it-notes.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Blank Post-It notes affixed to a wall. A hand is taking one of them off" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/unsplash-post-it-notes.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/unsplash-post-it-notes-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Evolving communities | Impactful technology

The influencer strikes back

Social media has offered a new weapon to brands, the influencer.

Andrew Baxter
19 Aug 2019

Photo of a phone with buildings in the background. The phone has an influencer's instagram account open`

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/unsplash-social-media-instagram.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Photo of a phone with buildings in the background. The phone has an influencer's instagram account open`" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/unsplash-social-media-instagram.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/unsplash-social-media-instagram-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Resource security

We can feed the world with plant protein

There are plenty of barriers, but if we really want to we can feed the world on plant protein (largely from legumes).

Richard Trethowan
16 Aug 2019

Wide landscape photo of farming land

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/the-conversation-plant-protein-800x450-0.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Wide landscape photo of farming land" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/the-conversation-plant-protein-800x450-0.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/the-conversation-plant-protein-800x450-0-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Impactful technology

Is FaceApp hoarding our data?

Is FaceApp amassing a database of user-submitted images for political purposes, under the guise of a light-hearted game?

Sydney Business Insights
14 Aug 2019

Photo of a phone showing the FaceApp install page on an app store

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/UniversityOfSydney-FaceApp_800x450.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Photo of a phone showing the FaceApp install page on an app store" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/UniversityOfSydney-FaceApp_800x450.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/UniversityOfSydney-FaceApp_800x450-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Impactful technology

ACCC has let us down and it’s let Google and Facebook off the hook

The Australian Competition Consumer Commission (ACCC) released its report into digital platforms and their effect on traditional media, and it’s good news for Google and Facebook.

Sandra Peter | Kai Riemer
06 Aug 2019

Photo of a neon sign showing a love heart and the number zero

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sbi-unsplash-dark-likes_1920-800x450.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Photo of a neon sign showing a love heart and the number zero" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sbi-unsplash-dark-likes_1920-800x450.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sbi-unsplash-dark-likes_1920-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sbi-unsplash-dark-likes_1920-768x432.jpg 768w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sbi-unsplash-dark-likes_1920.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Impactful technology

Talk, not text: the shift from typing to voice assistants

With 25 per cent of Australian searches now being done via voice, the search battlefield is shifting from typing to talking.

Andrew Baxter
29 Jul 2019

overhead photo of an Amazon Echo smart speaker on a pile of books

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/alexa-smart-speaker-800x450.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="overhead photo of an Amazon Echo smart speaker on a pile of books" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/alexa-smart-speaker-800x450.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/alexa-smart-speaker.jpg 1024w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/alexa-smart-speaker-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Imagine | Impactful technology

Why the ‘molecular scissors’ metaphor for understanding CRISPR is misleading

The idea of CRISPR as scissors ignores an entire ecosystem of moving parts that are crucial for understanding the awe-inspiring, crazy thing scientists are trying to do when they attempt gene editing.

Elinor Hortle
08 Jul 2019

Illustration of a person using tweezers to modify a DNA string

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/the-conversation-crispr-dna-800x450.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="Illustration of a person using tweezers to modify a DNA string" />

Impactful technology

Should Facebook be broken up?

One of Facebook’s founders says the company is too big and powerful. Kai Riemer speaks with Kia Handley on ABC Radio Newcastle.

Kai Riemer
16 May 2019

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Facebook.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Facebook.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Facebook-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Empowering individuals | Impactful technology

Vivid Sydney: Love/Machine

AI is creating digital people – will they (be) like us?

Sydney Business Insights | Digital Disruption Research Group (DDRG)
15 May 2019

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Vivid_800x450.png" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Vivid_800x450.png 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Vivid_800x450-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Economic power shift | Impactful technology

Future Fintech: Who will the odds favour?

“From a customer point of view consolidation is not actually such a bad thing.”

Sydney Business Insights
08 May 2019

<img width="800" height="450" src="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Panel_2.jpg" class="img-responsive wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Panel_2.jpg 800w, http://sbi.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Panel_2-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

Understand | Empowering individuals

The future of you

Your future is not yet written. Here are some ideas currently being tested that aim to put people at the centre of discussions about a better AI future.

Sydney Business Insights
09 Mar 2019

Image of pointing fingers painted on a wall. Image by Marcy Leigh (marcyleigh) from Flickr

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Understand | Impactful technology

Changing nature of the campus

Associate Professor Eric Knight, the University of Sydney’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (research enterprise and engagement), explains why disruptive business education models are originating from academics sensing opportunities beyond the classroom.

Eric Knight
08 Feb 2019

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Understand | Empowering individuals | Impactful technology

The words that ate 2018

Each year the Macquarie Dictionary Committee choose a new word that represents the year gone by. Drawn from a short list, the words selected are both innovative and highly topical: so it’s no coincidence we have delved into some of the issues underlying these evolving words.

Sydney Business Insights
05 Feb 2019

Words of the year text

Understand | Resource security

The future of food

In 2018 we looked at the future of food from the soil it will grow in to the spectre of a global shortage in just 10 years. So much food for thought.

Sydney Business Insights
24 Dec 2018

Understand | Resource security

In 100 years’ time, maybe our food won’t be grown in soil

The thin layer of soil on our planet’s surface ultimately sustains us all, but it’s a finite resource. With a growing global population, perhaps it is time to start looking for alternatives.

Alex McBratney
06 Dec 2018

soil and vegetable image from The Conversation, www.shutterstock.com, CC BY

Understand | Empowering individuals

How to succeed in insurance by being… honest. Dan Ariely tried it.

Dan Ariely eliminated conflicts of interest in insurance, restored trust, and made money. Banking Royal Commission, take note.

Sydney Business Insights
24 Nov 2018

Image of books, note pad, reading glasses

Understand | Economic power shift | Empowering individuals

Don’t give up on politics. It’s where the fight for the fair go must be won.

Governments’ lack of response to rising inequality is not a problem of knowledge or public support.

Marc Stears
15 Nov 2018

Ballot box image from Flickr by stevecooperorg

Understand | Evolving communities | Rapid urbanisation

How Australian cities are adapting to the Asian Century

China’s rise as a global power is driving new flows of people, ideas and capital between China and Australia. Australian cities need to adapt to this new geopolitical reality.

Dallas Rogers | Ilan Wiesel
15 Nov 2018

People standing at Hurstville station. Philip Terry Graham/Flickr

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Programming for obsolescence

If the reward for employee efficiency is job loss – what’s the incentive to improve jobs and organisations? Let’s take a look at Amazon

Sydney Business Insights
06 Nov 2018

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Purchasing privacy

Is privacy now a luxury only the rich can afford?

Sydney Business Insights
31 Oct 2018

Star made from text. Image from Flickr

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Automated vehicles may encourage a new breed of distracted drivers

Humans are poor at remaining vigilant over time. That’s bad news for the safety of partially automated cars, which sometimes need the person behind the wheel to quickly take over control.

The Conversation
06 Oct 2018

Image of a woman sleeping at the wheel of a car. (Shutterstock: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/excessively-tired-young-asian-women-drivingsleeping-1116595130?src=KoX4o3D8SPyojngBQDLtiA-1-3)

Understand | Empowering individuals | Evolving communities

For the sake of our retirement savings, it’s time to reform the investment management boys’ club

Women in investment management face sexist treatment and no accommodation of parenting responsibilities. That’s bad news for a sector critical to all Australians’ economic security.

Rae Cooper | Sarah Oxenbridge
04 Oct 2018

Woman and man silhouette. Image from Shutterstock

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What’s in a museum?

Virtual museums: indestructible, shareable, the way of the future. Why not?

Sydney Business Insights
02 Oct 2018

Selfies with the Mona Lisa

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The ‘sleeping beauties’ of science

Scientific ideas can get lost in forests of words that lack structure and overuse complex language. Just like Sleeping Beauty, they need rescuing.

Jennifer Byrne
19 Sep 2018

Sleeping Beauty images, Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Understand | Resource security

How Brazil can beat the odds

Brazil has set itself a target of restoring almost 50,000 sq km of the Amazon rainforest by 2030. But it won’t get there without changing its policies and how it engages with local people.

Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo | Robert Fisher
09 Sep 2018

Soybean farms surrounded the Wawi Indigenous Territory in the Southeast Amazon. Rogério Assis/ Instituto Socioambiental, Author provided

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‘Google it’ at your productive peril

Are we heading into a future where workers will have their daily work practices dictated by an algorithm?

Sydney Business Insights
07 Sep 2018

Image of a person looking through binoculars (image from Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/edith_soto/7271415680)

Understand | Empowering individuals | Evolving communities

The flat work façade

When the flat hierarchy workplace philosophy with no bosses turns out to be complete bull.

Sydney Business Insights
23 Aug 2018

Picture of hands climbing a ladder. Can hierarchy and sharing co-exist? Image from Flickr

Understand | Empowering individuals | Evolving communities

‘You can’t eat that’ @ work

WeWork declares meat is off the menu at all of its company events.

Sydney Business Insights
21 Aug 2018

Image of meat on a BBQ (image from Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/question_everything/40629274974)

Understand | Evolving communities | Rapid urbanisation

Making small cities bigger will help better distribute Australia’s 25 million people

In the 70s, Whitlam tried to build new, big cities. But this was too costly. Now the most viable solution for Australia’s population woes is to make existing cities bigger.

Glen Searle
11 Aug 2018

Shutterstock image of Outbound traffic backing up on Melbourne's west gate freeway at peak hour

Empowering individuals | Impactful technology

What we’ve learnt from 100 podcasts

Celebrating 100 podcasts by Sydney Business Insights.

Sandra Peter
04 Aug 2018

Image showing Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer on their The Future This Week podcast - celebrating 100 podcasts by Sydney Business Insights

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What if the companies that profit from your data had to pay you?

Personal data is sold, bought and traded among companies all the time. But what if the companies profiting from your data had to pay you a share of that earning?

Vincent Mitchell
29 Jul 2018

Image showing a tunnel of data. Image sourced from Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/78830297@N05/14740342074

Understand | Evolving communities | Rapid urbanisation

Aim for cities of all sizes to give everyone a fair go

Having cities of all sizes will increase people’s choices of where to live and work.

Somwrita Sarkar
25 Jul 2018

Black and white image of city with lights (source: Flickr)

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TFTW on: Why aren’t we prepared to rethink prisons?

Perhaps it’s time we looked at alternatives to the traditional ways in which we incarcerate people.

Sydney Business Insights
18 Jul 2018

Image of barbed wire outside a prison (Image from Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dogbomb/641416098)

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Event recap: Mummy, can I marry my Avatar?

Experts call for regulation of avatars and artificial intelligence.

Laura Box
07 Jul 2018

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We don’t own data like we own a car

People find data difficult to own – and things we don’t own, we tend not to protect.

Vincent Mitchell | Bernadette Kamleitner
26 Jun 2018

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TFTW on: Owl thieves in cashless Sweden

What crimes are Swedish thieves up to now that the banks are cashless?

Sydney Business Insights
19 Jun 2018

Cashless banks

Understand | Economic power shift | Empowering individuals

Universal basic income

We have distilled the arguments for and against UBI into five schools of thought.

Sydney Business Insights
15 Jun 2018

Graphic from Sydney Business Insights depicting universal basic income (UBI)

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TFTW on: I’m, um, a bot

Can Google’s new talking AI assistant, Duplex, pass the Turing Test?

Sydney Business Insights
07 Jun 2018

Image of hand holding a phone

Understand | Empowering individuals

Australia and the tough new EU privacy regulations

By choosing to deal with companies with better data protection policies, Australian consumers can create pressure for change in how personal data is handled across the board.

Vincent Mitchell
05 Jun 2018

Green European Union flag with yellow stars and GDPR spelt out in keyboard letters

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New AI computing paradigm needs new quality thinking

The old rules do not apply to deep learning artificial intelligence.

Kai Riemer
31 May 2018

Image of two faces depicting artificial intelligence. Image from Flickr - Artificial intelligence (image: Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/alansimpsonme/34715802120)

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The extraordinary power of China’s corporate ‘mega ecosystems’

Companies like Didi and Meituan are increasingly coming into competition.

Edward Tse
29 May 2018

Flickr image of yellow bikes against a wall in China

Impactful technology | Rapid urbanisation

Feeling lonely

Employee loneliness hurts companies.

Sydney Business Insights
18 May 2018

Image depicting loneliness (Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcus_hansson/87914660)

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Shooting for the moon is surprisingly hard

One small step for man.…does not necessarily make good business sense for mankind.

Sydney Business Insights
27 Apr 2018

Image of the moon in a dark sky (Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dvs/210543681)

Understand | Evolving communities | Rapid urbanisation

China’s “Internet of Bikes”

The golden era of automobility innovation: the “Internet of Bikes” sensation in China.

Gao Feng Advisory Company
21 Apr 2018

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A bumpy road ahead

Fatal Uber crash highlights both AI and non-technical questions about autonomous vehicles.

Sydney Business Insights
17 Apr 2018

Image of a bumpy road (source: Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/3518822177)

Empowering individuals | Evolving communities | Impactful technology

Universities on knowledge and how it matters

It’s time to (do more than) talk about knowledge. Universities must take leadership in helping develop students capacity to recognise different kinds of knowledge and work flexibly.

Lina Markauskaite | Peter Goodyear
10 Apr 2018

Image displaying knowledge (Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielvoyager/3514492817)

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