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
The best books of 2020 on The Future, This Week
This week: generalising from unicorns, schadenfreude, self-help manifestos or true eye-openers, we review for you 2020’s best business books.
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Lessons from COVID-19 on The Future, This Week
Business models and big tech on The Future, This Week
Data, privacy and tracking on The Future, This Week
Double 11, singles’ day and supply chains on The Future, This Week
Misinformation, fake news and elections on The Future, This Week
Autonomous vehicles and self-driving cars on The Future, This Week
CRISPR and Nobel Prizes on The Future, This Week
Design and design thinking on The Future, This Week
The Social Dilemma and platforms on The Future, This Week
Archive
The best books of 2020 on The Future, This Week
This week: generalising from unicorns, schadenfreude, self-help manifestos or true eye-openers, we review for you 2020’s best business books.
Lessons from COVID-19 on The Future, This Week
This week: working from home, hybrid offices, climate, Gen Z, AI and UBI, the surprising lessons we’ve learned from the Read more
Business models and big tech on The Future, This Week
This week: reducing the reliance on ad revenue, reducing the reliance on external partners: how big tech companies evolve their business models.
Data, privacy and tracking on The Future, This Week
This week: we dive into the complex shadow world of trading location data from innocuous apps.
Double 11, singles’ day and supply chains on The Future, This Week
This week: Kishi Pan helps us unpack the world’s largest shopping event, China’s singles’ day, 11.11.
Misinformation, fake news and elections on The Future, This Week
This week: Jevin West joins us to discuss disinformation in social media in the wake of the US election.
Autonomous vehicles and self-driving cars on The Future, This Week
This week: after a flurry of contradicting announcements, we discuss if self-driving cars have finally arrived, or what it would take to get them here.
CRISPR and Nobel Prizes on The Future, This Week
This week: we finally discuss gene editing and CRISPR, as the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes the women behind its development.