Automation, artificial intelligence, and the essential role of humans
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To code or not to code: Mapping digital competence
We’re kicking off the next phase of our “Should everyone learn how to code?” project. This time around it’s a series of public workshops over […]
Continue readingTo code or not to code, is that the question?
Over 2016-2017 Deloitte Centre for the Edge collaborated with Geelong Grammar School to run a national series of roundtables where we unpacked the common catchphrase […]
Continue readingCognitive collaboration
I have a new report out on DU Press – Cognitive Collaboration: Why humans and computers think better together – where a couple of coauthors and […]
Continue readingTo code or not to code, is that the question?
Centre for the Edge is dipping our toe into the education waters again after last years report, , Redefining Education. We’re collaborating with Geelong Grammar‘s School of […]
Continue readingThe New Instability: A summary in slides
I’ve put a slide overview of the book up on slideshare. Or you can look at the embedded version below. [slideshare id=17402864&doc=thenewinstability-130320035411-phpapp02]
Continue readingThe Enterprise of Tomorrow
David Glideh gave a talk at Unsexy Startups in London on the future of the enterprise, building on an using some of the key themes in the […]
Continue readingObserve, Orient, Decide, Act
It seems that I’ve shared this with four or five different groups of people over the last couple of weeks, so I thought it worthwhile […]
Continue readingThe Roots of Synthesis
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Continue readingDavid has the edge on Goliath
Is success in business due to luck or hard work? It used to be that if you worked hard and invested astutely in your business that you could expect to be rewarded. Build it and they will come. Times have changed though, and more and more often it seems that all that hard work goes to waste when an unknown (and previously unseen) competitor emerges from nowhere to steal the market from under your nose. Success has become random with the business environment perpetually unstable and in constant flux. The market is hit-driven rather than being based on careful investment. Success now depends on coming up with the right product at the right time, and having a fairly large dose of luck. Business development used to mean investing in your business and building up the assets under its control. Now it means maximising your business’s luck (or minimising the luck of others).
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