Podcasts

At Sydney Business Insights, we aim to further informed research and critical thinking on major issues and trends as they impact on the future of business.

Listen to our latest podcasts where we talk with leading and innovative thinkers in research, industry, government and community.

We welcome proposals and ideas for podcast topics and guest ideas. Email us at sbi@sydney.edu.au.

The Unlearn Project

The Unlearn Project is about changing common sense. Hosts Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer set out to unlearn old wisdoms and discover new ones.

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The Future, This Week

This popular series features Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer who meet once a week to put their spin on news that is impacting the future of business.

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In Conversation

Bringing together researchers and thought leaders to discuss technology, hype, business and the weird and the wonderful things that impact our world.

Corona Business Insights

COVID-19 has been a transformative global event, requiring fresh thinking. We are still grappling with what the pandemic means for the future of business.

The Future of Power

Discussions with acclaimed academics on how the nature of power is changing in the 21st century in collaboration with the Sydney Policy Lab.

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The Future, This Week 07 April 2017

This week: can we fight climate change by moving to the city, does technology make us less productive and cyborgs.

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The stupidity paradox: functional stupidity at work

Stupidity in business can lead to disasters yet a mindless workplace can produce good results, at least for awhile. This is the stupidity paradox and we talk to Professor Mats Alvesson to find out more.

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The Future, This Week 01 April 2017

This week's April Fool's special edition: how Elon Musk wants to save us from the AI apocalypse, the role of smart phones in planned parenthood, farmers hacking tractors, and Trump's burning tweets.

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What if: Trump’s energy policies in 2019

Energy is critical to economic, social and environmental well-being. In this what if podcast set two years into the future in January 2019, we explore how the election of Donald Trump as US president has radically changed the trajectory of US and global energy markets.

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What is business for?

Milton Friedman argues the only responsibility of business is to make money. Michael Porter claims business can create economic value while addressing social challenges. So what is business for?

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The Future, This Week 24 March 2017

This week: why the hard questions go unanswered, the road for self-driving cars seems rockier than we thought, and robolawyers.

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The human side of energy security

The 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.

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The Future, This Week 17 March 2017

This 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.

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