The Digital Week Podcast

This week on The Digital Week, Monica Bradley is joined by PwC Chair in Digital Economy Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz and Dr Paula Dootson. The trio discuss where they see digital strategy is heading in the future.

This week on The Digital Week, Monica Bradley is joined by head of the PwC Chair in Digital Economy, Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz. The pair delve into the future of work and employment.

This week on The Digital Week, Monica Bradley is joined by Dr Matthew Flynn, who heads the Future of Work theme at the PwC Chair in Digital Economy. With so much talk about the negative implications of automation on future job prospects, Dr Flynn brings an optimistic view to the conversation.

On today's episode of The Digital Dialogue, Monica Bradley speaks with Michael Evans. Michael was selected as one of four Global Voices Scholars and Australian Youth Delegates to the 2017 World Bank and International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings. A thought-provoking conversation with a young leader, shows Australia's future is in good hands! Connect with Michael Evans - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbenjaminevans/

This week on The Digital Week Monica Bradley is joined by QUT Associate Professor Nicolas Suzor and Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz. The three delve into the hot topic of human rights online and question if modern society needs a Magna Carta for digital life.

Host Monica Bradley chats with Cat Matson, Brisbane's Chief Digital Officer. We take a deep dive into the recently released "Digital Brisbane 2.0" report.

Host, Monica Bradley, is joined by QUT’s Professor Michael Rosemann and Professor and PwC Chair in the Digital Economy Marek Kowalkiewicz.

It seems the notion of “Fake News” is the biggest news of all at the moment. You don’t have to scroll far in your newsfeed to see a story warning you of fake news or politicians calling each other out for spreading “alternative facts”. This hot topic is the discussion of the latest episode of The Digital Week. Host, Monica Bradley, is joined by QUT’s Professor Michael Rosemann and Professor and PwC Chair in the Digital Economy Marek Kowalkiewicz.

This week on The Digital Week, Monica Bradley is joined by Professor Michael Rosemann and PwC Chair in Digital Economy Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz. The trio discuss the evolution of retail and major trends hitting the industries. View the Retail 5.0: Check-out the future report here http://bit.ly/2md43tC

Ever told a white lie on your tax return? Or said your child was young enough for the discounted child’s fare? What about at the self-service check-out, ever just clicked the standard fruit instead of the expensive organic option? In this episode of The Digital Week, Monica Bradley speaks to PwC Chair in Digital Economy’s new recruit, Dr Paula Dootson about consumer deviance. Monica and Paula unpack the impact on organisations, and explore the opportunities within the digital economy to combat consumers’ deviant behaviour.

Every year seems like an accelerated version of the previous one. So, what’s in store for 2017? Are you ready to seize these new opportunities? Monica Bradley is joined on The Digital Week by QUT's Professor Michael Rosemann and Professor and PwC Chair in Digital Economy Marek Kowalkiewicz to discuss the future trends, innovation execution and how organisations can best prepare for the future.

A proactive government seamlessly delivers information and services to citizens based on their needs, circumstance, personal preferences, life events, and location. A proactive government forecasts an occurrence of a life event and provides a service before the citizen even asks, reducing the latency of government services. Monica Bradley speaks with Pete Townson, from the PwC Chair in Digital Economy, to explore the impact and characteristics of a proactive government.

What is the difference between a business that just manages to survive and a business that thrives? The PwC Chair in Digital Economy has recently conducted research taking a closer look at highly-successful businesses throughout Queensland. In an engaging interview, Professor Rowena Barrett recaps the secret, or not so secret, lessons learnt from interviewing top Queensland firms experiencing high growth in the digital age. 

As a society we are reliant on trusted third parties to process and keep accurate records regarding commercial transactions. For decades these third parties including banks, governments, accounting and law firms, have been reasonably protected from digital disruption. With the growing number of firms experimenting with Blockchain technology, could these industries be set for dramatic change? Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz and Monica Bradley unpack the revolutionary trend of Blockchain. -What is Blockchain? -What opportunities does it present? -What industries will be changed by the integration of this technology?

Today's competitive business advantage is accurate identification and acceleration of ideas for growth. Indeed the skill of idea generation, validating and scaling are as essential for business success as they are for individuals as we transform to the new economy. Is there a proven formula? Who should be involved? What outcomes are to be expected? Monica Bradley discusses 'The Sprint' with QUT Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz and Ben Sorensen, PwC Innovation Hub who have run numerous sprints with corporate and government clients seeking to identify, validate and scale new value creation ideas.

The proactive organisation recommends and offers services before customers realise they need them. It does so by learning to understand customers’ digital signals, using those to forecast events and initiating action early on. Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz and Monica Bradley explore what is meant by a Proactive Organisation, what characteristics this organisation would embody and how to transition towards proactivity.

The Digital Economy provides an opportunity-rich environment. However, unlike corporate strengths, weaknesses and threats, the management of opportunities is still an under-developed discipline. In this podcast we cover: - the need for opportunity-driven leadership - how opportunity and innovation management integrate - the possible role of a Chief Opportunity Officer

Timely response to opportunities, trends and threats is paramount for ensuring revenue resilience. Strategic sensing, identification and categorisation provide organisations the capacity to respond. Reducing innovation latency enables organisations to adjust their business models if needed and accelerate venturing to respond to changes in the marketplace. Professors Michael Rosemann and Marek Kowalkiewicz discuss technology and customer led threats and articulate four stages of the environmental sensing radar to assist organisations to embed environmental sensing into their revenue resilience strategy.

An eminent researcher in innovation, organisational agility and IT management, Professor Kautz has extensive industry and research experience working with agile and scrum development methodologies. We explore their applicability to creating a culture of innovation and developing prototypes and successful products and services. In a fast changing society, organisations need to adapt quickly which implies taking more risk to remain relevant. Adopting agile development aims to produce prototypes earlier but requires a more open framework with more trust to work effectively. What does the research say are the risks and benefits of adopting an agile development methodology? How does this operate in practice?

Monica Bradley is joined by Professors Marcus Foth, Founder and Director of the Urban Infomatics Research Lab at QUT and Marek Kowalkiewicz the PwC Chair in Digital Economy to discuss smart cities. They explore the social, spacial and technical aspects of urban interactions as they relate to Australia’s cities and the digital economy. Marcus researches the future of cities; where citizens take an active role in how we shape our living environments. Marcus articulates where the current conversation of smart cities is limited, and what is made possible when you consider the city as a platform on top of which citizens, governments, and corporations co-create a sustainable environment. We deep dive into this research topic as it relates to Brisbane, Australia, Singapore and Rio de Janiero. Subscribe to our mailing list to get updates, exclusive and event invitations. Image courtesy of The Guardian.