What are the megatrends that shape our future?
Insights
All work and no play in the future of virtual reality
Does treating VR only as a gaming technology underestimate its potential impact on society?
Politics at work on The Future, This Week
This week: Basecamp banning employees having political and societal discussions at work points to new challenges for leaders deciding what their business stands for.
In Elon Musk – the man most likely to be an alien – we trust
A time traveller, a stranded alien from Mars, or a Quixote with money who likes to make stuff? Just who is Elon Musk?
Crime and punishment on The Future, This Week
This week: the future of crime and punishment, we discuss the high cost and low returns of punishing white collar crimes with special guest Clinton Free.
What carbon neutrality means for the future of coal in China
China’s motivation and ability to shift energy usage away from coal should not be underestimated.
AirTags and suburban retrofitting on The Future, This Week
This week: Apple’s AirTag release raises platform competition issues, and the trend of suburban retrofitting changes what suburbs are for.
The road to becoming a Global Citizen
How will our collective decisions determine the state of the world for our descendants?
Business in the dark as it heads into a climate changed future
Business needs to account for how climate change will impact its bottom line.
Did somebody say workers’ rights? Three big questions about Menulog’s employment plan
Food-ordering platform Menulog has declared it will break with the standard contractor business model. But let’s not get too excited yet.
Hybrid work on The Future, This Week
This week: hybrid work models, and their hidden complexities and implications in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The latest from the COVID-19 business impact dashboard
Post-pandemic powerhouse
China is moving on
In this special report, China’s path through COVID-19 and beyond into economic growth.
Latest podcasts
Politics at work on The Future, This Week
This week: Basecamp banning employees having political and societal discussions at work points to new challenges for leaders deciding what their business stands for.
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Crime and punishment on The Future, This Week
AirTags and suburban retrofitting on The Future, This Week
Hybrid work on The Future, This Week
Unpacking the gig economy impact on The Future, This Week
Coming soon: The Future, This Week Season 9… part 2
The importance of relationships on The Future, This Week
The creator economy and mixed realities on The Future, This Week
NFTs and Gamestop 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
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.
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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