Synopsis
The Digital Week explores the nexus between research and industry in the digital economy by weekly commentary by thought leaders in the Brisbane, Queensland and Australian ecosystem. Join Professor Michael Rosemann and Monica Bradley as they investigate and draw inference from digital innovations and technologies on the future business models and jobs.
Episodes
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The Digital Week - Automation: Hype vs. Reality
18/01/2019 Duration: 19minOn this episode of The Digital Week podcast, Prof Marek Kowalkiewicz is joined by QUT Business School's, Prof Kevin Desouza. How long until we're sipping Piña Coladas while robots do all the work? QUT's Prof Kevin Desouza joins Marek to break down the hype vs. reality of job automation and discuss why in a digital world, digital natives are most out of work.
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Hiding In Plain Sight - PART 3 - Trends Shaping The Way We THINK
19/12/2018 Duration: 21minIn this episode of Hiding in Plain Sight, Prof. Marek Kowalkiewicz and Dr Paula Dootson discuss trends shaping the way we think. This is a part of a three episode series exploring future trends surrounding working, living, and thinking.
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Hiding In Plain Sight - Part 2 - Trends shaping the way we LIVE
29/11/2018 Duration: 21minIn this episode of Hiding in Plain Sight, Prof. Marek Kowalkiewicz and Dr Paula Dootson discuss trends shaping the way we live. This is a part of a three episode series exploring future trends surrounding working, living, and thinking.
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Hiding In Plain Sight - Part 1 - Trends shaping the way we WORK
31/10/2018 Duration: 17minIn this episode of Hiding in Plain Sight, Prof. Marek Kowalkiewicz and Dr Paula Dootson discuss trends shaping work of the future. This is a part of a three episode series exploring future trends surrounding working, living, and thinking.
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The Digital Week - Interactive Business Models
24/10/2018 Duration: 12minOn this episode of The Digital Week Prof. Marek Kowalkiewicz and Dr Paula Dootson discuss Interactive Business Models. Following the news of a large insurance company in the US announcing they would no longer underwrite traditional life insurance policy, and instead get customers to share personal data via wearable devices. Paula and Marek discuss the implications for customers and how this model could disrupt other industries.
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The Digital Week - Blockchain With Leanne Kemp
27/09/2018 Duration: 19minThis week on The Digital Week we are joined by Everledger CEO, Leanne Kemp. Leanne joins host, Marek Kowalkiewicz, to discuss her leadership journey, the realities and capabilities of blockchain and of course, jobs of the future.
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The Digital Week | Digital Maturity
22/08/2018 Duration: 16minProfessor Marek Kowalkiewicz and Dr Mark Pedersen of KJR discuss Digital Maturity with Oliver Bolton.
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The Digital Week - The ART of Digital
18/05/2018 Duration: 14minProfessor Marek Kowalkiewicz and Professor Michael Rosemann discuss the ART of excellence with Oliver Bolton.
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The Digital Week | Responsible Technology
26/04/2018 Duration: 18minIn this episode of the Digital Week we talk to Cat Matson, Brisbane’s Chief Digital Officer, on the need for technology to become more responsible in the digital age. The CDE examines how digital technology can amplify existing human values and forms of deviance, which as Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz explains occurs because: “We live in a world of imperfect information - people who participate in the economy don’t know enough about the decisions they’re making, and that leads to all sorts of perverse or deviant situations in the marketplace”. Also discussed is the effect of the profit motive on the motivation to do good, the lack of appropriate regulation within the digital space, as well as how governments are ill equipped to promptly address issues of responsibility and accountability in legislation, which as Cat highlights is partly because: “...these platforms have become such a significant utility…if it’s now a global utility, when will it be regulated like other utilities?” The responsibility of tec
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The Digital Week | Opportunity
11/04/2018 Duration: 13minResearcher and PhD student Anna Oberländer, joins Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz and Professor Michael Rosemann on The Digital Week. Anna is visiting QUT to conduct research exploring Opportunity Management. Together with Michael Rosemann, Anna is investigating how organisations can best capitalize on opportunities.
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The Digital Week | Will the benefits of automation be shared equally?
29/03/2018 Duration: 17minQUT's Professor Rowena Barrett joins The Digital Week with Oliver Bolton and Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz. The trio discuss the growing disparity between profits and wages, due to the increased amount of automation in our economy. The conversation was sparked by a recent article published on The Conversation by Rowena, Marek and Shahid MD - The benefits of job automation are not likely to be shared equally. Link -https://theconversation.com/the-benefits-of-job-automation-are-not-likely-to-be-shared-equally-90859
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The Digital Week With Jocko Willink | Leadership in the digital age
07/03/2018 Duration: 23minThe Digital Week hosts, special guest, Jocko Willink. Jocko joins Marek Kowalkiewicz and Oliver Bolton for a discussion on leadership in the digital economy. Jocko is a former US Navy SEAL, and author of “Extreme Ownership”.
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The Digital Week | Digital Confidence
01/03/2018 Duration: 12minProfessor Marek Kowalkiewicz and Brisbane's Chief Digital Officer, Cat Matson, discuss digital confidence and how businesses can improve their standing in the digital economy. Find the survey at: https://www.digitalbrisbane.com.au/articles/digital-confidence-survey/
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The Digital Week | Industrialisation of Innovation #Replay
01/12/2017 Duration: 11minToday we revisit one of our most popular podcasts the Industrialisation of Innovation. Host, Monica Bradley, is joined by QUT’s Professor Michael Rosemann and Professor and PwC Chair in the Digital Economy Marek Kowalkiewicz.
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The Digital Week | Healthcare — from evolution to revolution
23/11/2017 Duration: 15minWelcome back to part two of our Healthcare series. Monica Bradley and Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz continue their discussion on the future of health. This episode looks into the massive disruption coming from tech giants and how this may reshape how we approach healthcare.
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The Digital Week | Health 5.0
23/11/2017 Duration: 14minMonica Bradley and Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz discuss the evolution of the healthcare industry. Health 5.0 is part one of a two part Healthcare series. We take a look at trends that have shaped in the industry since its inception and where the future will take our wellbeing. This is a two part series dedicated to the Future of Health. Don't miss the next episode.
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The Digital Week | Role of government in the digital economy
17/11/2017 Duration: 13minProfessor Marek Kowalkiewicz and Monica Bradley take a deep dive into the role of government in the new economy.
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The Digital Week | Digital Identity 3.0 #Replay
10/11/2017 Duration: 18minThis week on The Digital Week we take one our favourites from the vault - Digital Identity 3.0. A digital identity is the 'holy grail' of the digital economy of people. It is a record of personal information created independent of a corporate context. It covers attributes related to demographics and personal education, entertainment, finance, health, retail etc. In this podcast, we explore digital identity 3.0 – a platform that is open, connected, proactive, learned and consumer empowered. What new business-to-consumer and citizen-to-citizen scenarios does digital identity 3.0 unlock? What further value propositions will the concept of ‘bring your own’ data make available? What does digital identity 3.0 mean for the consumer? How will security, authentication, sharing, terms and community be impacted? What does digital identity 3.0 mean for machines?
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The Digital Week | Are you digitising or digitalising?
03/11/2017 Duration: 14minProfessor Marek Kowalkiewicz, Professor Michael Rosemann and Monica Bradley talking all things digital. Are you digitising or digitalising? What is the difference? What should you be doing about it? Can understanding it all help CEOs sleep better? Find out on The Digital Week.
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Digital Dialogue | with the founders of Audeara
27/10/2017 Duration: 13minMonica Bradley is joined by Audeara co-founders Chris Jeffery and James Fielding.