Data Governance: 5 Tips for getting started
Kate Carruthers 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…
Design-Led Tuesdays at UNSW Michael Crouch Innovation Centre
Have been meaning to post about Design-Led Tuesdays at UNSW for a while now. Selena Griffith, Martin Bliemel, and I kicked off Design-Led Tuesdays as a new initiative between UNSW,…
Call for papers: Design for Disaster Response Conference #d4dr15
A colleague and I are co-chairing the Design for Disaster Response cross disciplinary conference to share research and actions around approaches to preparing for, and delivering responses to, disaster. We…
Navigating the social media maze for academics
Life for an academic these days seems to be getting more complex. In addition to the traditional tasks – teaching, researching, and publishing – the job has expanded to include…