Tag: Society
The Future of Work and how Trump’s win shows how vital the arts and humanities are
THE FUTURE OF WORK Mithunkumar Ramalingam and Brian Bailey The second half of 2016 has seen a number of reports and papers suggesting emergent disruption of the structural composition of the Australian workforce, largely through a convergence of technologies that seem likely to drive the automation of work. What might … Continue Reading The Future of Work and how Trump’s win shows how vital the arts and humanities are
Thomas Piketty: Is Increasing Inequality Inevitable? – YouTube
“His (Piketty’s) argument, based on current and historical data, is that wealth is becoming more important because now that the rate of return on capital is higher than the rate of economic growth. When this happens, the gap between rich and poor gets bigger. In the past century wars and … Continue Reading Thomas Piketty: Is Increasing Inequality Inevitable? – YouTube
Lee Vinsel – The Innovation Fetish – YouTube
via Lee Vinsel – The Innovation Fetish – YouTube
95 Theses on Innovation — Lee Vinsel
via 95 Theses on Innovation — Lee Vinsel Vinsel spoke yesterday at the SOH Festival of Dangerous ideas. It was a slightly annoying session – I wanted to believe and disbelieve (in innovation) at the same time. In his talk, I felt Vinsel argued one-sidedly the dichotomy between ‘innovators’ and ‘maintainers’, without … Continue Reading 95 Theses on Innovation — Lee Vinsel
Australian workers must be ready to ride the technology wave, says StartupAUS
Co-living is demolishing the line between work and life
Final Countdown. Daniel Petre
Attended a thought-provoking Florence Guild talk at Sydney Work Club on 2 June. Daniel Petre (from a 2009 bio in The Age) ‘If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, then you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life (Maslow).’ I’ve been … Continue Reading Final Countdown. Daniel Petre
Money, that’s what I want. UBI, again
Why Switzerland’s Universal Basic Income referendum matters, even though it failed
Now listen. Florence Guild podcasts
Florence Guild podcasts
Star Man. A session with John P Milton
Another refugee from Evernote, from a SoLA session Wednesday, November 24, 2010, some stream of consciousness notes: International college of management, growth – info systems a mess, Indigenous work, sacred passage, mungo park, book synchronicity, Joe someone, Lapps, sami, the last wave, look 7 generations ahead, impact of innovation, co2 change impacts, … Continue Reading Star Man. A session with John P Milton
You got my number. Sharing personal data for good
More songs about buildings and food. Post-JLL workshop notes
This is the 21st century. Ian Menter on teaching
Down under. Much needed ideas
The Conversation is compiling 20 papers before the next election, with a focus on Ideas for Australia Improving democracy for workers is not easy but it must be done What to do about employee engagement – aspirations and reality. The threat of the 0.1% and plutocracy; the decline in union … Continue Reading Down under. Much needed ideas