‘Why remember what you can google?’ has become something of a catchphrase. Even more so now that many homes have voice assistants like Google Home and Amazon Alexia. It’s common, however, to feel some form of existential angst as if we need to google something then we wonder if we really understand it. Our natural impostor syndrome kicks in and we question if our hard-won knowledge and skills are really our own.
Continue readingTo 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 readingWelcome to the future, we have robots
I was interviewed by AlphaGeek podcast. This was as a result of presenting some of the C4tE’s work around AI, the future of work, and how this might change government service delivery, at the Digital Government Transformation Conference last November in Canberra, though the interview is wider ranging than that.
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 readingCryptocurrencies are problems, not features
CBA announced an Ethereum-based bond market solution[ref]James Eyers (24 Jan 2017), Commonwealth Bank puts government bonds on a blockchain, Australia Financial Review.[/ref]) It’s the usual sort of […]
Continue readingYou can’t democratise trust
I have a new post on the Deloitte Digital blog. There’s been a lot of talk about using technology to democratise trust, and much of it shows […]
Continue readingWhy is blockchain so wasteful?
I have a new post up on the Deloitte blog, coauthored with Robert Hillard. As we point out in the post: Bitcoin Miners are being paid somewhere […]
Continue readingCan blockchain save the music industry?
I have a new post up at the Deloitte Digital blog: Can blockchain save the music industry? One of the trends we’re seeing across industry […]
Continue readingThe future of retail: The need for a new trust architecture
Deloitte ran a series of breakfasts recently for the retail community, and they kindly asked C4tE to participate. My contribution, which you can find at Scribd or embedded below, […]
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