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The gig economy and Covid19
The sharing economy has probably outgrown its utopian phase by now and we can actually start discussing some of the issues relating to it.
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data
Cloud is the future, serverless is the way to go
I've been hosting production workloads on Amazon Web Services for over 5 years now, and am also hosting production workloads on Azure and Google Cloud as well. There seems to be a lot of enthusiasm for containerisation, and many are loving on kubernetes and docker. But this seems
management & leadership
Future proof your career - some tips for women
Spoke at a women in technology conference recently on the topic of how to future proof your career. It might seem strange that I hardly mentioned technology at all in this talk. But the essentials for a long career are mostly outside of technology. Any intelligent person can pick up
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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 is becoming increasingly urgent to find a solution for those displaced. We need new ideas and approaches to this problem.
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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 Loye. You can view the video here Panel members Dominic Campbell is a digital government entrepreneur with a background
technology
Annual Global CIO Survey 2014
The annual Harvey Nash CIO Survey launched in Sydney in early December 2014. This is a long running CIO survey with responses from more than 3,200 CIOs and technology leaders globally. It was interesting to join the panel at this event for a lively discussion of technology and business
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Jobs free future: Machines v Lawyers
"As information technology advances, the legal profession faces a great disruption." Along with this disruption come serious questions for the future of legal education, legal careers, and the nature of legal business models.In Machines v. Lawyers Professor John O. McGinnis outlines the five key areas of legal
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Turf wars on the frontiers of the sharing economy
The sharing economy is turning into big business now, with companies perceiving a potential advantage: Looking to save money, big business dives into the sharing economy. And, as this new economy grows, there will be turf wars between the old and the new world. A recent headline on Mashable read
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Inspiring millennials
Millennials or Generation Y have been getting a hard time in the media for a while now. They are alleged to be entitled, they don't buy cars (which will apparently destroy the economy), and they are said to be extraordinarily optimistic in spite of the economic circumstances into
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Trade unions and the jobs free future
Background to the jobs free future and trade unions Recently I wrote about the jobs free future, where the traditional model of a job for life is dead and industries that were familiar employers during the twentieth century are significantly reducing their need for labour. The jobs free future represents
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Future of Banking
The future of banking is interesting to consider in the light of the digital revolution. Retail banking as we have known it stands at a crossroads, with new competitors and new technology driving change at an enormous pace. It is worth looking into the history and present of banking to
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Presentation: Social and technology trends for banking
Did a talk recently about Social and technology trends for banking, here are the slides. Will write up some notes on this soon too. [slideshare id=27142379&doc=social-banking-oct2013-pdf-131013072022-phpapp01]