The Future, This Week

This popular ongoing series features Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer, who meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business. Sandra is the Director of Sydney Business Insights and Kai is the Leader of the Digital Disruption Research Group and together they discuss technology, business, the weird and the wonderful things that change the world.

If you have any news that you want us to discuss please send them to sbi@sydney.edu.au

Recent episodes

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The future of generative AI

This week: the speed, visibility and hype of generative AI, and goodbye.

The future of seafood with Aryé Elfenbein

Megaprojects and getting big things done with Bent Flyvbjerg

Generative AI and life advice for the future with Kevin Kelly

Platform capitalism with Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin

Noise and other distractions with Daniel Kahneman

ChatGPT and generative AI

The 4-day work week with Juliet Schor

Best business books of 2022

Temu – Chinese apps going global

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Archive

Fake fact-checking and disinformation

This week: fake fact-checking videos take disinformation to a different level.

Cybersecurity and women with Meraiah Foley

This week: on International Women's Day why cybersecurity needs more women and what we can do about it with expert Dr Meraiah Foley.

The future of wine and some remote work stuff

This week: the future of wine is bleak because of millennials, climate, tariffs and taxes; and more remote work and fake companies.

The future of higher education with Mark Scott

This week: what is the future of universities? As the sector navigates disruption and uncertainty, special guest Professor Mark Scott joins us to discuss the future of higher education.

Unlearn automation on The Future, This Week

This week: we’re on a break but we have something interesting in store for you, and it’s not about our longitudinal auto ethnographic research on leisure time but rather, how automation will make your job harder.

Making leisure work on The Future, This Week

This week: how should we spend our time off? How making leisure time productive is making us efficient but also unhappy and what we can do about it.

Best business books of 2021 on The Future, This Week

This week: corporate self-help, schadenfreude, tech broccoli, and real eyeopeners: our 2021 best business books for your Christmas list.

Cobalt, not exactly the new oil on The Future, This Week

This week: all about cobalt, a behind the scenes look at the challenges of transitioning to renewable energy technologies.

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