The Future, This Week

This popular ongoing series features Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer, who meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business. Sandra is the Director of Sydney Business Insights and Kai is the Leader of the Digital Disruption Research Group and together they discuss technology, business, the weird and the wonderful things that change the world.

If you have any news that you want us to discuss please send them to sbi@sydney.edu.au

Recent episodes

Best business books of 2022

This week: corporate self-help, pandemics, climate, toxic stuff and socio-tech broccoli: our 2022 best business books for your holiday reading Read more

Temu – Chinese apps going global

COP27 and moving forward with climate change responses

Generative AI and creative work

Universal Basic Income with Scott Santens

Patagonia goes profit for purpose

9 things we learned about hybrid work

Data is not the new oil with Genevieve Bell

State of the Digital in 2022 (and the future) with Simon Kemp

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Best business books of 2022

This week: corporate self-help, pandemics, climate, toxic stuff and socio-tech broccoli: our 2022 best business books for your holiday reading list.

Temu – Chinese apps going global

This week: Pinduoduo’s Temu marks another high-profile entry in the e-commerce market from a Chinese tech giant.

COP27 and moving forward with climate change responses

This week: we talk to Christopher Wright about COP27 and how to move forward with responses to climate change.

Generative AI and creative work

This week: how generative Artificial Intelligence and synthetic media changes the business of creative work.

Universal Basic Income with Scott Santens

This week: Universal Basic Income (UBI) trials have taken place all over the world from Namibia to Alaska. We talk with researcher and advocate Scott Santens about the future of the basic income.

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Patagonia goes profit for purpose

This week: we discuss what happens when a company is owned by a foundation, how profit benefits purpose.

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9 things we learned about hybrid work

This week: we take stock and discuss nine important things we learned about hybrid work.

Data is not the new oil with Genevieve Bell

This week: our 300th episode. We’re joined by Professor Genevieve Bell to settle once and for all – if data is not the new oil, then what is it?

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