Data For Public Good
Kate Carruthers I’ve been meaning to share this discussion for ages: from the Constellation Research Conference last year on Data For Public Good. Data data data everywhere but what to do with…
Some thoughts on digital and data Ethics
‘We ask ethical questions whenever we think about how we should act. Being ethical is a part of what defines us as human beings.’ The Ethics Centre, Sydney Humans have…
Data governance and cybersecurity
The connection between data governance and cybersecurity might not be immediately apparent. But if one considers the ‘5 knows of cyber’, it becomes obvious that cybersecurity is all about data,…
Data Governance: 5 Tips for getting started
I’ve been reflecting on the past year and one big focus area was data governance. Rolling out a data governance program along with an Information Security Management System (ISMS) is…
Future of work and the growth of populist politics
The future of work has been an emerging issue for a long time, and now as automation disrupts traditional employment, it is safe to say that it has emerged. It…
Celebrating Australian Innovation Lunch
Innovation is fast becoming the agenda item for economic growth, productivity and technological change. Whilst we look toward expert innovators such as the start-up nation Israel, we must first take…
Digital citizens and the future of government
Hosted a panel at the UNSW Michael Crouch Innovation Centre last week with Selena Griffith on Digital Citizens and the Future of Government with Dominic Campbell, Penny Webb-Smart, and Amelia…
Internet of Things and beyond: cyber-physical systems
The new industrial revolution is a cyber-physical systems revolution. The Internet of Things (IoT) forms a foundation for this cyber-physical systems revolution and it is driving the biggest shift in…
Presentation from EVERYTHING IoT 2015 Conference at UTS: Internet of Things – the nightmare and the dream
Did a presentation about the internet of things at the EVERYTHING IoT 2015 conference at University of Technology Sydney, slides are here: Internet of Things – the dream and the…
Innovation, government, and #policyhack
Can a government really change the way it does innovation by doing a #policyhack ? It was refreshing to hear the Turnbull government immediately turn around the depressingly negative rhetoric…