Developing the political policies that will drive a prosperous future for jobs
I recently was interviewed on ABC News about the future of jobs, in a panel dicussion with policy advisor Terry Barnes.
You can see a video of the interview below.
First step is building quantum computers, next step is scaling them
It was a great pleasure to get a tour of the University of New South Wales’ Centre for Quantum Computation today from Prof Andrea Morello.
The Centre was last year awarded A$70 million in funding from private and public sectors with the aim of achieving ‘10 qubits in 5 years’.
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#DeleteUber: How much will activism shape the on-demand economy?
I was recently interviewed for a News Corp article on the Australian response to the global backlash on Uber.
I told the journalist in our interview that while I know a number of Australians who have deleted Uber, most Australians focus on the utility of the service. I was quoted:
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Smaller companies will drive innovation and economic growth with nimble learning and work structures
I recently did a media briefing for Telstra Business on why small and mid-sized businesses need to adopt relevant technologies to keep pace with a rapidly changing business environment. One of the interviews I did after the briefing was with Kochie’s Business Builders.
The two short videos below were excerpted from the interview, with summary notes below.
How CIOs and technology leaders can map the future shape of their industries
I was recently interviewed for a podcast on The Future of IT for Cisco’s Connected Futures program, along with leading CTOs, CDOs and technology strategists.
You can listen to the podcast below.
Points I make in the podcast on the role of CIO and technology leadership include:
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The case of the rebirth of the Nokia 3310: why our appetite for retro-technology is increasing
Last night I was interviewed on ABC News24 about the rise of ‘retro-tech’. The story was sparked by the re-release this week of the 17-year old Nokia 3310, one of the best-loved original feature phones, racking up sales of 126 million through its life. You can see the interview below.
Machines are starting to read our minds – and letting us read each others’ minds
ABC recently published a very nice compilation of perspectives of the year ahead titled Do you want the good news or the bad news?, giving readers a choice of whether to read ‘Exciting’ or ‘Scary’ perspectives.
Their interview with me on mind-machine interfaces was published under the ‘Exciting’ section:
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Uniquely human capabilities will be at the heart of job creation as automation advances
Many of the interviews I have been doing at the beginning of this year have focused on the future of jobs and work, it seems to be a topic that resonates strongly at the moment.
One of the interviews was on ABC News 24, as below.
The future of healthcare: big data, tele-health, community care and more
During Australian Healthcare Week on March 15-17, I will be delivering two keynotes on the future of healthcare, at the Health Facilities Design & Development conference and the Healthcare Efficiency Through Technology conference.
In the lead-up to the conference, an article Healthcare 2020: what will the future of healthcare look like in Australia? draws on an interview with me to explore this space. Below are just a few excerpted quotes from the extensive interview with me:
On big data and data sharing
The evolution of the CIO – the transformation of the role of the Chief Information Officer
I was recently interviewed by Mark Pesce for Lenovo’s ThinkFWD CIO Podcast Series on ‘The Evolution of the CIO’.
The audio of the podcast can be found on the ThinkFWD website.
In the podcast Mark asked me to delve into the details of my Future of the CIO framework, shown below.
