What are the megatrends that shape our future?
Insights
Working from home on Corona Business Insights
Revisiting working from home (WFH): part one of a series looking at shifting working practices, distributed and hybrid work.
Facebook’s failure to pay attention to non-English languages is allowing hate speech to flourish
What does Facebook need to do to strengthen enforcement of their community standards to protect persecuted minorities?
Facial recognition for gamers, app store bans for Didi: what’s behind China’s recent crackdown on big tech?
With the recent travails of Didi, and the emergence of Tencent’s facial recognition feature, China’s tech sector is undergoing major upheaval.
Still zooming on Corona Business Insights
As remote work continues for many people, what is Zoom fatigue and what to do about it, and how are videoconferencing platforms adapting their services to the hybrid future?
Every mainland Australian state now allows genetically modified crops. Here’s why that’s nothing to fear
GM proponents say the technology leads to better crop yields and may solve food shortages and reduce pests. Opponents say GM is a threat to the environment and humans. So…
Cramming cities full of electric vehicles means we’re still depending on cars — and that’s a huge problem
Electric vehicles deserve government subsidies, but there are even better ways to build greener, less car-dependent cities.
Contact tracing revisited on Corona Business Insights
We look at lessons learned from the use of digital contact tracing apps, launched with great promise early in the pandemic, but now largely regarded as ineffective by many countries.
We are not afraid – Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination problem
How can advertising help, or hinder, the rollout of Australia’s vaccine efforts?
TED Talks and science on The Future, This Week
This week: what if the science behind your favourite TED Talk was wrong?
Degrowth – the promising climate change strategy no politician wants to handle?
Should we focus on deep social change rather than technological solutions to climate change?
The latest from the COVID-19 business impact dashboard
The Future of Power
Our 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.
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.
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?
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?
Latest podcasts
Working from home on Corona Business Insights
Revisiting working from home (WFH): part one of a series looking at shifting working practices, distributed and hybrid work.
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Still zooming on Corona Business Insights
Contact tracing revisited on Corona Business Insights
TED Talks and science on The Future, This Week
Predicting fashion and replacing solar on The Future, This Week
Breaking the internet, and the scientific paradox on The Future, This Week
Emerging innovation with cabbages, eyes, cows and EVs on The Future, This Week
The business of bees on The Future, This Week
Politics at work on The Future, This Week
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.
Contact tracing tech
Discover our new resource on contact tracing and how is technology being used to improve it
Post-pandemic powerhouse
China is moving on
In this special report, China’s path through COVID-19 and beyond into economic growth.
Meet just some of our innovative thinkers who collaborate with us to provide insights for our community.
