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Algorithms, Robots and the Future of Management
Over at the HBR Blog network Walter Frick has an interesting article/blog post entitled: “Algorithms Won’t Replace Managers, But Will Change Everything About What They Do” Including: “The labor market...
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My job advice to my nephews and nieces for 2025
I spent a few days over the Christmas break down at my parents house near the beach on the Mornington Peninsula and hung out with my brothers, sisters in law, and my nephews and nieces. During one of...
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An App Store and Service to Completely Change the World
We are standing in the middle of one of the major turning points in technology history. We will only know whether that statement is true in retrospect in a few years time but I believe that the...
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Implementation of Driverless Cars – A case for public subsidy of private...
My family had a vigorous discussion over the Christmas break on driverless car technologies and the implementation timetable and pathway (yes we are like that, and if you don’t like it don’t turn up)....
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A Series on the Major Future Disruptors of the next decade – Section 1
I have had a bit of a holiday from blogging over the last couple of months due to a variety of reasons but now I am back. Last week I did a presentation for the Cambooya Family Education Day on what...
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Major Disruptors Section 2
On Tuesday I started a blog post series on the major disruptors of the next decade. You can see the first post at: A Series on the Major Future Disruptors of the next decade – Section 1 The first post...
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Major Disruptors of the Next Decade Section 3 – The Uber Pivot
This is part of a larger series on major disruptors. You can see the previous post in the series at: Major Disruptors Section 2 The posts so far have focused on both the gains to be made from...
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What Happens When all the Friction has Gone?
The quick answer of course is that you slide right off. I am fascinated by the continuing questions of what is the collective result of us making logical individual decisions that make economic sense....
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Tim Tams and the Social v Messaging Battle
A few weeks ago I did a presentation for the managers of a major global food manufacturing business on digital tools and what they might mean for their business. One of the major topics for discussion...
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Are The Two Major Supermarkets in Australia Doomed?
Yes but it will be a slow train crash Following stories in the Australian Financial Review and News Limited last week (Amazon delays Australian launch to September to include fresh goods and Amazon to...
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Questions on the Future of Work
Mckinsey has released a long awaited (by me anyway) report on the future of work entitled A Future that Works: Automation, Employment, and Productivity. It is a very interesting look at the...
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Veterinary Schools as a Platform (VSaaP)
Late last year we worked with the Australian Veterinary Board Council and the Deans of all the Veterinary Schools in Australia and New Zealand looking at what the future of veterinary education and...
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The Future for Accountants
The story for accountants the last few years has been increasing levels of outsourcing tasks to low wage environments such as India, and increasing levels of automation for their tasks and their...
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Augmentation of Human Capacity
On Friday I did the opening keynote for the Mindshop Australia conference. The title was “Bringing the Future into your Advisory Practice”. The focus was on ways of creating more value for the clients...
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The Supermarkets Demise – A Scenario
Back in November I wrote a post entitled: Are The Two Major Supermarkets in Australia Doomed? If you are at all involved in the retail food chain I suggest you go and read it in full. The short answer...
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What Jobs Will Stay?
This week I had two very different experiences which had me thinking about the future of jobs. On Tuesday I was invited to a workshop host by Perpetual Trustees with the Stanford Centre for...
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Electric Cars and the Legacy Issue
Chris Rice and I are currently writing a book on the rise of autonomous vehicles and their widespread effects across our economies (entitled Rise of the Autobots: How Driverless Vehicles will change...
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Sell Your Crash Repair Business Now*
*this should not be taken as financial or business advice. If you own a crash repair business please take professional advice before making any decisions. I am just going through the process of getting...
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An Initial Model for Autonomous Trucks in Australia?
A recent announcement in the United Kingdom has the government allocating 8.1 million pounds to a truck platooning trial: Semi-automated truck convoys get green light for UK trials Platooning is...
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Leadership in a Post-Capitalist (???) World
On Wednesday night I gave the opening address at Leadership Victoria on this topic. The audience was a group of 60 leaders across a range of organisations in Victoria. The question focused around some...
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