The progress principle - how climate resilience is influencing the jobs of the future

“In future, I expect that everybody will have climate resilience and climate mitigation as part of their roles.”  Penny Joseph is the Head of Climate Resilience at major Australian electricity provider Ausgrid, but when she began her career, this type of role didn’t exist.   As the climate heats …

Risky business - How we adapt to climate change could ‘insure’ a better future

You might have come across the term black swan events – commonly used in the insurance space – they’re considered rare occurrences that are almost impossible to predict.  As our climate and weather patterns continue to change at pace, the unexpected is really all we can expect now. How do business…

Policy in the slow lane - Can we speed up change and drive down emissions?

The battle to halt climate change is impacting most aspects of our day to day lives – right down to the cars we drive. But there’s a missing piece in motoring that could improve things – the electric vehicle industry.   Manufacturers are making higher quality EVs than ever before, and more of them…

The Business Of - A podcast for curious minds with a bias for action

The way we do business originates in the minds of great leaders, thinkers and doers. And that’s what we’re in the business of.  From the art world to the world of artificial intelligence, The Business Of brings real-world lessons from industry leaders together with cutting-edge research coming out…

Lock and key - how to protect your (and your customer's) data online

Over the last few years, Australia has seen its fair share of major data breaches, affecting more than 147 million individuals and shaking the trust people had in organisations responsible for safeguarding their data. There is no doubt that AI is now capable of performing tasks that were once consi…

From sickness to health - how AI is transforming healthcare

Imagine you're a radiologist with 500 scans awaiting your thorough review. Each scan demands your undivided attention, and the process is anticipated to span over a week. Now, consider the prospect of AI technology drastically shortening this time frame, potentially completing the same comprehensiv…

Human error - what needs to change to create truly ethical machine learning

AI and machine learning are transforming our world, but here's the catch: they can either enhance our best qualities or magnify our worst biases. Getting AI right is both exciting and scary and the big question is, can businesses just race ahead without considering the consequences? Hear how resea…

Burning up - What happens when we run out of energy?

If you’ve opened your energy bill with a sense of dread in the last 12 months, you’re not alone. With energy prices soaring around the world, individuals and organisations alike have been left asking: how long can it go on like this? Reliable access to affordable, sustainable energy is nothing new…

Farm to factory to fork – who’s really feeding you?

In wealthy countries, we tend to take for granted where our food comes from, taking comfort in the fact that our supermarket shelves will always be stocked – that is until potatoes become a scarce luxury and a head of lettuce nudges twenty dollars. Then, we might remember that political, environmen…

Lifting the lid - How important are ethical supply chains?

From seedless apples to Apple iPhones, complex global supply chains give us access to products we didn’t even know we needed. But are they ethical? For many organisations the list of reasons not to meaningfully track suppliers and prove their commitment to ethical practices is rapidly dwindling, wi…