COVID-19 and the future of business
The pandemic is a transformative global event, requiring fresh thinking.
Insights
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Season 8 of The Future, This Week is almost here.
Movies and cinemas on Corona Business Insights
How the pandemic is changing the movie industry and cinemas: from delayed releases to extended releases, and from cleaning to streaming an uncertain future looms.
How the shady world of the data industry strips away our freedoms
In the past decade, the Australian government has commissioned data analytics projects worth more than A$200 million. We have little information about what they involved.
Gen Z on Corona Business Insights
Why is Gen Z struggling: from the financial uncertainty, careers and fragility, to counterintuitive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ‘digital native’ generation.
Sustainable Development Goals more urgent than ever in a post-COVID world
Prior to COVID-19, there were concerns about achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, a worry that has been clearly exacerbated by the pandemic.
Curb your screen time and you improve mental health
Our ever-expanding online lives are putting our brain health and broader well-being at risk.
COVID-19, economic crisis and gender equality in Asia
Will women gain the economic benefits post-COVID-19, or will recent efforts to promote gender equality be undone?
The four-day work week: fit for a crisis and also better times
Organisations and governments need to be convinced by at least one of the four main arguments for the four-day week.
Motivation on Corona Business Insights
Why are workers experiencing higher levels of fatigue and stress and what strategies can be used to increase motivation?
Work changes on Corona Business Insights
From presenteeism to the hybrid workforce. What changes when remote working is here to stay?
What are the global megatrends that shape our future?
Latest podcasts
Coming soon: The Future, This Week Season 8
Season 8 of The Future, This Week is almost here.
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Movies and cinemas on Corona Business Insights
Gen Z on Corona Business Insights
Motivation on Corona Business Insights
Work changes on Corona Business Insights
Tourism on Corona Business Insights
Science opportunities on Corona Business Insights
Migration on Corona Business Insights
Telehealth on Corona Business Insights
Resources
We are curious about the future. We are committed to sharing our insights.
We have carefully curated lists of resources on the most interesting and important topics.
The latest from the COVID-19 business impact dashboard
The Future of Power
Our new series produced in collaboration with the Sydney Policy Lab.
The Future of Power is a new podcast series of discussions and interviews with thought leaders and acclaimed academics on how the nature of power is changing in the 21st century.
James Crabtree on India’s billionaire raj
With the rise of a billionaire superclass from the austere remnants of India’s state socialism, how will India handle rising inequality?
Joseph Stiglitz on the age of inequality
Joseph Stiglitz says our rising level of inequality is not the unfortunate by-product of economic development but is the result of deliberate policy choices. Who is making those choices?
Jonathan Haidt on good intentions and bad ideas
Internationally acclaimed US academic and author Jonathan Haidt is warning of a rising generation of social-media addicted, pathologically anxious ‘Gen Z’ youths.
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