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The unique strategy Netflix deployed to reach 90 million worldwide subscribers
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.
Former ambassador Jeffrey Bleich speaks on Trump, disruptive technology, and the role of education in a changing economy
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.
How blockchain will transform our cities
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’
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
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.
Are you ready for the jobs of the future?
Automation is likely to destroy many jobs, but create new ones in their stead. We must adapt to what those new jobs will be.
Digital disruption: STEM graduates and more regulation not the answer
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.
The crunch keeps coming on Fairfax – but does the blame lie solely with management?
Fairfax's circulation figures fall as staff are made redundant.
Automation won’t destroy jobs, but it will change them
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.
Technology will play a starring role in Australia’s future story
A new report from the Australian Council of Learned Academies paints a picture of Australia's technological future.
Two visions of the ‘new economy’ collide where people and technology intersect
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.
Around the world, regulators are realising Bitcoin is money
The tax treatment of Bitcoin has been holding back the industry in Australia, but gradually the rules are changing.
Uber and Gojek just the start of disruptive innovation in Indonesia
Ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Gojek are disrupting the market for traditional transportation services in Jakarta.
Australia’s transitioning economy and the myth of digital disruption
Digital disruption has largely impacted on limited sectors such as media and finance; many Australian businesses have barely taken up the opportunities technology provides.
Adapt or perish: Australia Post must embrace digital disruption
The consequences of digital disruption on one of government's largest and iconic enterprises, Australia Post, are impossible to ignore. Now, it's adapt or perish.
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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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Dean of UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Senior Principal Scientist, Strategy and Foresight, Data61
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Professor of Law, UNSW
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Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, UNSW
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Leader, Machine Learning Research Group, Data61
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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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Professor of management, University of Technology Sydney
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Consultant / Researcher, Australian National University
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Research and Community Engagement Manager at Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia
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Fellow at the Peabody Media Center and Professor of Media Studies, University of Michigan
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