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Start-ups are innovative and agile, while big companies have abundant resources. Corporate accelerators bring them together, and a new case study outlines best practices.
Government is about to be disrupted by technology in the same manner as major industries. It's about time.
In this book extract, Iram Siraj explains how to help kids get a leg up in a digital world by teaching them communication and other essential 21st century skills young.
Despite the hype about STEM skills, research shows interpersonal, problem-solving and entrepreneurial skills will make you more employable in the 21st century.
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Netflix has seamlessly adapted to new technologies and disrupted existing business models. But unlike traditional media enterprises, Netflix has never tried to attract a mass audience.
We have the potential to liberate the workforce to do the one thing that machines can’t do – improve ourselves and the emotional lives of others.
If you think the internet has changed your life, brace yourself for the next digital innovation that's set to transform our world.
Business Briefing: we’re overusing and underestimating ‘disruption’
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Disruption might be a buzz word at the moment but it shouldn't be ignored. It may be impossible to predict but businesses can have stakes in creating it.
Business Briefing: disrupted companies will need to think global to survive.
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Australian businesses need to focus more on the global market and less on giving generous dividends to shareholders.
Automation is likely to destroy many jobs, but create new ones in their stead. We must adapt to what those new jobs will be.
A Productivity Commission report on digital disruption argues that government's should stop creating barriers to innovation but it fails to provide solutions on privacy and ownership of data.
Fairfax's circulation figures fall as staff are made redundant.
Many jobs are likely to disappear due to technology and automation, but many more are likely to be created. The greatest challenge is managing the transition.
A new report from the Australian Council of Learned Academies paints a picture of Australia's technological future.
Two visions of the 'new economy', one based on environmental and social justice values, the other on disruptive technologies, are coming together to challenge the status quo.
The tax treatment of Bitcoin has been holding back the industry in Australia, but gradually the rules are changing.
Ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Gojek are disrupting the market for traditional transportation services in Jakarta.
Digital disruption has largely impacted on limited sectors such as media and finance; many Australian businesses have barely taken up the opportunities technology provides.
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Adjunct Professor, UNSW
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Professor and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Institutional Economics, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
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Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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