According to the futurist Thomas Frey (from the DaVinci Institute and Google’s top rated futurist speaker), by 2030 2 billion jobs and over 50% of today’s Fortune 500 companies will have disappeared. It is a staggering thought but an actual reality. The amount of changes in the past twenty years is astounding: the Internet, the […]
It is a common question asked time and time again. Is social media the latest fad or is it here to stay? Statistics show in Australia that social media is well utilised. Facebook has over 13M users; YouTube 12.6M unique Australian visitors; LinkedIn over 3.6M with Twitter having 2.5M active Australian users. This doesn’t take […]
Over the last ten years individuals, businesses and society have shifted. The rapid technology changes have opened the door to change. The way we socialise, how we shop, the way we search for information, the way we study, and the way we work have to some degree altered. It is argued that fundamental shifts in […]
As technology rapidly evolves history shows people struggle with the transition. Social media is a case in point. Completely different to traditional media having the right approach and mindset is crucial to get the best from it. Social media centres around the user, not the product, so the established method of pushing a message in […]
It is argued that fundamental shifts in technology are activating massive changes in business particularly around how information is accessed, captured, managed and shared. These changes have implications for everyone in all aspects of our lives. We are now wired 24 hours a day with everything at our finger tips. The Internet connects us like […]
The recent announcements of both Fairfax and News Limited about job cuts in their respective newspapers has crystallised the reality of offline/online media. The offline media in the way of newspapers has been struggling for a long while and Fairfax in particular has been slow to react to the certainty of the Internet. Although I […]
There was a great article in yesterday’s The Age, Facial Recognition: The Case for and against ‘Total Surveillance’. Facial recognition technology is about to become the most significant technology that we have seen for a long time. It is state of the art in terms of recognising and identifying people and this will be particularly […]
It is argued that fundamental shifts in technology are activating massive changes in business particularly how information is accessed, captured, managed and shared. The following article “Shifts in Technology are Driving Professional Changes” covers the issues quite well. These changes have implications for everyone in all aspects of our lives. We are now wired 24 […]
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