Why algorithms won’t necessarily lead to utopian workplacesUsing computer algorithms to make decisions about employees might seem like an objective management strategy, but it could actually give an inaccurate picture of productivity and compromise employees’ rights in the process.
The Future, This Week 03 March 2017This week: why the tax office is interested in social media, robots in education and why phones that are not so smart are suddenly appealing.
Is business the answer to poverty alleviation?We talk to Associate Professor Ranjit Voola who advocates re-imagining the purpose of business, where there is both an economic and moral imperative for businesses to engage in alleviating poverty, whilst making profits.
Mapping the money (part 1): The capital landscape for early-stage purpose-driven businessesMay Samali, Director at Tumml and University of Sydney Alumni, provides an in-depth look at how early-stage purpose-driven businesses are raising capital, and highlights the “pioneer gap” they face in their startup phase.
Our big cities are engines of inequality, so how do we fix that?Australia’s global cities are a very large part of the nation’s economic success, but they are also generating significantly unequal incomes.
Why wooing women is the way forward for trade unionsThe challenge for unions, in the context of a significantly gendered reconfiguration of union membership, is to make themselves more relevant to their new heartland.
Machine learning – mapping the world’s collective intelligenceThe time we spend trying to parse the data to make informed decisions, but also to try to identify new connections and trends is growing exponentially. We talk to Dan Buczaczer from Quid about how machine intelligence is helping us interrogate the world’s collective intelligence.
The Future, This Week 24 February 2017This week: taxing robots, horse manure, disruption in hindsight and batteries that aren't boring.