The Future, This Week 24 March 2017This week: why the hard questions go unanswered, the road for self-driving cars seems rockier than we thought, and robolawyers.
Australia’s innovation report card shows the nation can do better, and hints at howThe Office of Innovation and Science Australia released its review of the Australian innovation system in February 2017, largely to a chorus of “heard it all before” from those close to the industry.
Conscious capitalism: a higher purpose for business?Is there finally a real possibility to transform free enterprise capitalism into a more conscious vehicle for human beings to prosper?
The human side of energy securityThe energy industry is a critical industry because it underpins Australia's economic success and quality of life. How can we move beyond economic and engineering perspectives we naturally tend to focus on and consider the human side of energy security? We talk to Associate Professor Jane Lê to find out.
The Future, This Week 17 March 2017This week: why electric cars are nothing like fax machines, Elon Musk offers to solve South Australia’s power problems in 100 days, and a strange experiment at the German space agency.
Data surveillance is all around us, and it’s going to change our behaviourEnabled by exponential technological advancements in data storage, transmission and analysis, the drive to “datify” our lives is creating an ultra-transparent world where we are never free from being under surveillance.
How global cities competeToday more than half the world’s population lives in cities, and this trend is expected to continue. So how do cities compete with each other? We talk to Professor Bo Nielsen to find out.
Mapping the money (part 3): Structural barriers to raising capital for early-stage purpose-driven businessesIn the final part of this three-part series, Tumml's May Samali provides a window into two structural barriers that constrain purpose-driven entrepreneurs during capital raising.