(Stephen Parker, Digital Transformation Strategist)

During the year I spend time on stage sharing experience & advice about business (digital) transformation. To prepare for these I am constantly reviewing analyst reports, predictions etc and searching out interesting and relevant articles. This research adds “evidence” to the stories I am telling and also provides a rich source of “free to access” content that I can share with people who attend events I am presenting at.

However, as the list of resources got larger it started taking up multiple pages in a presentation. So, I decided to share the list as a blog post to the wider world and then share a link to this post at events. I trust that you will find this post useful and if you have any other great free resources then add a comment.

• The date at the start of each link is a reference to when it was added to the list, not its original publication date.
• There is no intended sort order for the resources listed
• As far as I am aware all the resources listed are in the public domain and free to access. If you are the content owner and this is not correct, please let me know and I will remove immediately.
• Listing articles in this blog in no way should be taken as an endorsement for the opinions, services, products etc of the organization/person who originally published the article

Business Change and Motivation

• National Digital Strategies
  • (Aug 21) Australian Digital Economy Strategy – https://digitaleconomy.pmc.gov.au/
  • (Aug 21) Technology adoption not technology creation (Scott Morrison, Australian PM) – https://www.innovationaus.com/tech-adoption-not-creation-the-pms-digital-plan/
  • (Aug 21) Transforming Singapore Through Technology – https://www.smartnation.gov.sg/
  • (Aug 21) Singapore Digital Government Transformation – https://www.tech.gov.sg/digital-government-transformation
  • (Aug 21) Discover national digital strategies from around the world – https://digital-world.itu.int/discover-national-digital-strategies-from-around-the-world/
  • (Aug 21) The top 10 digital governments – Denmark comes top, the US trails leading nations – https://enterpriseiotinsights.com/20180814/channels/fundamentals/top-digital-governments
  • (Aug 21) Technology adoption not technology creation (Scott Morrison, Australian PM) – https://www.innovationaus.com/tech-adoption-not-creation-the-pms-digital-plan/
  • (Aug 21) OECD Digital Government Index 2019 – https://www.oecd.org/gov/digital-government-index-4de9f5bb-en.htm
• The Anthropocene – the impact of humans (change opportunities and threats)
  • The age of significant human impact – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene
  • Anthropo-Scene, a series of articles from the BBC – https://www.bbc.com/future/columns/anthropo-scene
  • The Anthropocene is a joke. On geological timescales, human civilization is an event, not an epoch – https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/arrogance-anthropocene/595795/
• Going/Growing Global – opportunity but rarely straight forward
  • (Jul 20) Going Global: How to Expand Your Business Internationally – https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/8211-expand-business-internationally.html
  • (Jul 20) 13 Businesses With Brilliant Global Marketing Strategies – https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/global-marketing-and-international-business
• Spinoffs from space exploration
  • (Jun 20) NASA have a website that lists the commercial spinoffs from the research associated with their activities “Space exploration has created new markets and new technologies that have spurred our economy and changed our lives in many ways.” – https://spinoff.nasa.gov/
• The circular economy – moving from take-make-waste to a circular production-consumption model
  • (Jun 20) How the Dutch are reshaping their post-pandemic utopia. Could the Doughnut model become the compass we need for creating a safe and just 21st century? (video from the BBC) – https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08hppxt/how-the-dutch-are-reshaping-their-post-pandemic-utopia
  • (April 20) 4 ways CIOs can drive circular economy innovations – CIOs are well-positioned to take a leading role in creating new business value and bolstering competitive agility in the circular economy – https://www.cio.com/article/3532793/4-ways-cios-can-drive-circular-economy-innovations.html
• Is necessity the mother of invention – can good come of of bad times
  • (Mar 19) Australian scientists map how immune system fights virus – https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51921403
• Curiosity and innovation
  • (Sep 22) Curiosity: The neglected trait that drives success – https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220831-curiosity-the-neglected-trait-that-drives-success
  • (Sep 20) Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US ‘dropped the ball’ on innovation – https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54100001
  • (Sep 20) Are we measuring and viewing intelligence in the right way? – https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08c9zdw/the-signs-you-re-more-intelligent-than-you-think
• Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
  • (Jan 20) CES 2020 Innovation Awards: Winners and trends – https://www.zdnet.com/article/ces-2020-innovation-awards-winners-and-trends/
• Crypto-currencies
  • (Dec 19) EU agrees tough line on digital currencies like Facebook’s Libra – https://www.itnews.com.au/news/eu-agrees-tough-line-on-digital-currencies-like-facebooks-libra-535039
• The importance of experimentation and failure
  • (Feb 20) How Many Experiments Does Your Company Run Every Year? (a long URL but worth it) – http://m.a.email.hbr.org/rest/head/mirrorPage/@SFGhnXqWYQf-I8YfkliYJ6ESyk2QFvIgffFdMsvySydxIa5ai3P7Gw0kHJT86yMbjUI0412AK-dgRm5TnPgLXhGtfjKzkC4c8S4NvCCAmZMI9r20.html?deliveryName=DM70214
  • (Sep 19) HBR (duplicate from below) The Failure-Tolerant Leader. Failure is a prerequisite to invention – https://hbr.org/2002/08/the-failure-tolerant-leader
  • (Nov 19) The Eighty Five Percent Rule for optimal learning (or fail 15% of the time to be successful) – https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12552-4
  • (Nov 19) (The Daily Mail simplified version) Failing 15 per cent of the time is the best recipe for success as it poses just the right amount of challenge without putting people off, study finds – https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7652185/Failing-15-cent-time-best-recipe-success-study-fiinds.html
• Space
  • (Oct 19) Scientists Explore Outback (Pilbara) as Testbed for Mars – https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8505/scientists-explore-outback-as-testbed-for-mars/
  • (Jun 20) The first Arab space mission to Mars is preparing to lift off within weeks – https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-52973849
• Innovation Hubs
  • (Oct 19) The rise and rise of ‘innovation hubs’ – https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/company-news/the-rise-and-rise-of-innovation-hubs/ar-AAFLHXH
  • (Oct 19) Australian Space Agency to be located in Adelaide – https://www.pm.gov.au/media/australian-space-agency-adelaide
• Changes to energy generation
  • (Aug 21) The new ‘gold rush’ for green lithium. New life for an old Cornish mine – https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201124-how-geothermal-lithium-could-revolutionise-green-energy
  • (Jun 20) How Iceland is undoing carbon emissions for good. An example of carbon capture where CO2 is injected back into rocks where it mineralises to sold form – https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200616-how-iceland-is-undoing-carbon-emissions-for-good
  • (Jun 20) 5 Inventions Showing Us the Future of Solar Energy – a quick YouTube summary that covers much more than just solar panels – https://youtu.be/XwFB22r9zRo
  • (Oct 19) The solar-power charged electric cars making money. A battery store when renewabls generating and give back at night – https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-48530488/the-solar-power-charged-electric-cars-making-money
• Business model changes
  • (Sep 22) Defining the new rules of post-pandemic talent management – https://thedataliteracyproject.org/posts/defining-the-new-rules-of-post-pandemic-talent-management
  • (Sep 22) Why some employers won’t give in to flexibility https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220831-why-some-employers-wont-give-in-to-flexibility
  • (Jul 21) The real risk that companies botch the return to the workplace, and how to avoid that. Interesting that the author highlights whether managers are equipped to cope with long term remote management and if not then we will simply slip back to the office – https://www.charterworks.com/return-to-workplace-laszlo-bock-humu/
  • (Jan 21) Pandemic dramatically sped up shift to online shopping, Mastercard CEO says. People will go back to shopping in stores when it’s safe, but not as often as before the pandemic – https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/pandemic-dramatically-sped-up-shift-to-online-shopping-mastercard-ceo-says/
  • (Sep 20) How corporate diversity initiatives trap workers of colour. As companies around the world rush to implement diversity and inclusion programmes, the burden to launch these initiatives are unduly falling on employees of colour – https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200826-how-corporate-diversity-initiatives-trap-workers-of-colour
  • (Sep 20) Why the future of work might be ‘hybrid’. Companies are looking to the post-Covid future. For many, the vision is a model that combines remote work and office time – https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200824-why-the-future-of-work-might-be-hybrid
  • (Sep 20) The new residency schemes inviting workers abroad. Amid Covid-19, new programmes are popping up that invite workers to settle abroad and work remotely. Could we all soon become ‘digital nomads’? – https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200824-the-new-residency-schemes-inviting-workers-abroad
  • (Sep 20) How algorithms keep workers in the dark. Are we are risk if we don’t know how the technology is working – https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200826-how-algorithms-keep-workers-in-the-dark
  • (Aug 20) A McKinsey article identifying Ten ‘antipatterns’ that are derailing technology transformations – https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/ten-antipatterns-that-are-derailing-technology-transformations
  • (Aug 20) The single biggest reason why start-ups succeed – spoiler TIMING – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNpx7gpSqbY
  • (Jul 20) Time for a new C-suite officer – the Climate Change Officer? – https://thefutureshapers.com/time-for-a-new-c-suite-officer/
  • (Jun 20) What the Dutch can teach the world about remote work. Trust by all parties to each other, sits at the heart of this story – https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200623-what-the-dutch-can-teach-the-world-about-remote-work
  • (Jun 20) Why a recession can be a good time to start a business. What do General Motors, Burger King, CNN, Uber and Airbnb all have in common? They were all founded during economic downturns – https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53075485
  • (May 20) Why Corporate Skunk Works Need to Die – is the need for a skunkworks division actually just emblematic of corporate structures that focused on execution and devalued innovation – https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveblank/2014/11/10/why-corporate-skunk-works-need-to-die/
  • (May 20) Coronavirus pandemic exposes fatal flaws of the ‘just-in-time’ economy – https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-02/coronavirus-pandemic-exposes-just-in-time-economy/12206776
  • (Mar 20) Job interviews go online as candidates stuck at home. Recruitment firms are going online to interview candidates who are working from home during the coronavirus pandemic – https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51847888
  • (Dec 19) An interesting article about what an entrepreneur should consider when starting up a new business – https://www.annuity.org/financial-literacy/investing-business/#becoming-an-entrepreneur
  • (Nov 19) Is surge pricing a fair way to manage demand? – https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49986191
  • (Nov 19) BBC podcasts – 50 things that changed the modern economy – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/player
• Cyber Crime
  • (Sep 19) Twitter and Facebook have taken steps to block what they described as a state-backed Chinese misinformation campaign – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49402222
• The rise of Corporate Intrapreneurship
  • (July 19) Definition of intrapreneurship –  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrapreneurship
  • (July 19) The Myth of the Intrapreneur. Is it the heroic individual or a corporate culture that embraces innovation? – https://hbr.org/2018/06/the-myth-of-the-intrapreneur
• Changing world of rockets
• Sir Richard Branson has been one of the earlier movers in the commercial space business. However there have been many of delays and setbacks with his companies Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit.
  • (Jan 21) After delays Virgin Orbit has success in launching their LauncherOne rocket from under a Boeing 747 – https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55699262
• Elon Musk – whatever you think he is a change agent
  • (May 19) Spacex and Starman, Falcon Heavy side pods landing – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0FZIwabctw
  • (May 19) The Boring Company – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t8BiLK0mbE
• Articles from Australian Financial Review (these were all free to access when added)
  • (May 19) Digital transformation warning: it’s too narrow – Lloyds ex CIO explains transformation has to be all in not tactical – https://www.afr.com/business/media-and-marketing/cmo-brief/digital-transformation-warning-it-s-too-narrow-20190502-p51ja4
  • (May 19) Digital transformation has to be a whole of business team effort – https://www.afr.com/technology/digital-transformation-has-to-be-a-whole-of-business-team-effort-20190320-h1clvt
• Changes in retail
  • (Feb 19) Would a ‘digital you’ make buying clothes online easier? – https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47224677
  • (Oct 19) Change is a constant across all industries – From korma to coconuts – the evolution of Indian cuisine in the UK – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-49993929/from-korma-to-coconuts-the-evolution-of-indian-cuisine-in-the-uk
• Mobile phones, e-Sims etc
  • (Oct 18) Interesting article about adoption of e-Sim and potential for disruption in telco markets https://www.afr.com/technology/why-telstra-optus-and-vodafone-are-blocking-the-iphones-best-feature-20181004-h1697k
• Blockchain articles
  • (Sep 21) 6 Use-Cases Of Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrency – https://www.nimera.io/blog/6-use-cases-of-blockchain
  • (Mar 19) Is blockchain a false idol? (ANZ bank) – https://institutional.anz.com/insight-and-research/is-blockchain-a-false-idol
  • (Nov 18) Blockchain specialists will be in demand and may change the way the music industry generates revenue http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20181112-how-blockchain-could-save-musicians-billions
  • (Nov 18) ASX is replacing CHESS with distributed ledger technology (DLT) https://www.asx.com.au/services/chess-replacement.htm
  • (Oct 18) Is blockchain living up to the hype? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45919700
  • (Oct 18) NSW puts digital driver’s licence on a blockchain https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-puts-digital-drivers-licence-on-a-blockchain-512298
  • (Jan 17) Bettina Warburg TED talk discusses how Blockchain will radically transform the economy by changing uncertainty http://www.ted.com/talks/bettina_warburg_how_the_blockchain_will_radically_transform_the_economy
• 5G will be a major enabler for future mobile and IoT solutions
  • (Aug 18) Telstra turns on 5G in Toowoomba (regional Queensland, Australia – https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/645923/telstra-turns-5g-toowoomba/
• 3D Printing is one of the huge emerging markets across multiple industries
  • (Mar 20) Coronavirus: 3D printers save hospital with valves. A 3D-printer company in Italy has designed and printed 100 life-saving respirator valves in 24 hours for a hospital that had run out of them – https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51911070
  • (Aug 18) 3D Printing Technology Transforming Dentistry (more than $4 billion in prosthetic, orthodontic and other dental parts are made each year) https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/3d-printing-technology-transforming-dentistry_us_589cba50e4b0985224db5ea8
• Example of how the IT industry is taking a lead (ahead of governments) on how to prevent abuse of new technologies
  • (Aug 18) Facial recognition technology: The need for public regulation and corporate responsibility https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2018/07/13/facial-recognition-technology-the-need-for-public-regulation-and-corporate-responsibility/
• R&D Tax incentives around the world
  • (Oct 18) New Zealand R&D Tax Incentive final design announced https://www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz/news-and-events/rd-tax-incentive-final-design-announced
• New Zealand – Cyber security related articles
  • (Oct 18) CertNZ quarterly reports on the New Zealand threat landscape https://www.cert.govt.nz/about/quarterly-report/
  • (Oct 18) New Zealand Cyber Security Centre https://www.ncsc.govt.nz/
  • (Oct 18) New Zealand’s Cyber Security Strategy https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-zealands-cyber-security-strategy
• Getting started with IoT – overcoming the do nothing problem
  • (Oct 18) Microsoft IoT Central including a play and learn option – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/iot-central/
  • (Oct 18) Microsoft IoT school – a set of learning resources (from beginner to advanced), that whilst aimed at Azure are a useful starting point – https://iotschool.microsoft.com/learning-paths
• There are lots of starter kits that let you R&D IoT so you can engage clients with confidence. Some links to check out
  • (Oct 18) The IoT Store with lots of kits for various platforms – https://www.iot-store.com.au/collections/starter-kits
  • (Oct 18) A list of kits provided by AWS – https://aws.amazon.com/iot-core/getting-started/
  • (Oct 18) Kits that Google know work with their IoT platform – https://cloud.google.com/solutions/iot/kit/
  • (Oct 18) Seeed have kits for difference platforms including  this one for Azure – http://wiki.seeedstudio.com/Grove_IoT_Developer_Kit-Microsoft_Azure_Edition/
• Drones
  • (Oct 18) Sky battles: Fighting back against rogue drones https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45824096
  • (Aug 18) Crop-spraying drones in El Salvador go where tractors can’t https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45020853
• Electric Planes, Flying cars and taxis
  • (Jun 20) The largest electric plane ever to fly. This time only a modified 9-seat Cessna Caravan 208B with one seat installed for the pilot. Energy density is the key to how and when bigger planes go electric – https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200617-the-largest-electric-plane-ever-to-fly
  • (Jan 20) Hyundai and Uber to build flying taxi fleet. Expect an aerial ridesharing network by 2023 – https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2020/hyundai-and-uber-to-build-flying-taxi-fleet.html
  • (Oct 19) Uber Air set to take off in Australia with flying taxi trial in Melbourne – https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-12/uber-elevate-set-to-take-off-in-australia/11199466
  • (Oct 19) Test flight of the Lilium (electric) jet – https://youtu.be/mjAJWrraTKs
  • (Oct 19) The race to build a flying electric taxi. How close are we? – https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50040149
  • (Oct 19) South Korea Speeds Up Plans for Autonomous, Electric and Flying Cars – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-15/south-korea-speeds-up-plans-for-robocars-electric-vehicles
  • (May 19) Video of Lilium test flight – https://youtu.be/8qotuu8JjQM
  • (May 19) TED Talk from Australian startup with ducted electric fan technology – https://youtu.be/NAek_NuFE28
  • (May 19) Discussion of Uber flying taxi vision and implications – https://youtu.be/6PmXL0oiggg
  • (May 19) Uber web site for the Elevate initiative aka flying taxis or “aerial ridesharing”. This also links to Elevate Summit videos – https://www.uber.com/au/en/elevate/
• Virtual and Augmented Reality
  • (Oct 18) Emirates Airline introduces virtual windows for first class passengers https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/emirates-airline-virtual-windows-first-class-passengers-fuel-costs-a8393266.html
• Commentary on personal data privacy
  • (Jan 21) Woolworths and BUPA team up and reward you for eating fresh food. BUT could this lead to abuse of your data and negative rewards if you eat junk foods? – https://retailworldmagazine.com.au/woolworths-and-bupa-reward-shoppers-for-eating-fresh/
  • (Jan 21) Google completes $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit. The deal had triggered concerns over Google’s market power and the use of people’s health data in targeted advertising – https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/14/googles-fitbit-acquisition-is-official/
  • (Nov 19) Privacy fears over proposed Medicare data matching scheme – https://www.itnews.com.au/news/privacy-fears-over-proposed-medicare-data-matching-scheme-533767
  • (Oct 19) Woolworths ponders opening up on its data use – https://www.itnews.com.au/news/woolworths-ponders-opening-up-on-its-data-use-532162
  • (Sep 19) Brain hack devices must be scrutinised, say top scientists – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49606027
  • (Oct 18) Tim Cook: Our Data Is Being ‘Weaponized Against Us’ https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45993776 and https://au.pcmag.com/news/59288/tim-cook-our-data-is-being-weaponized-against-us
• (Aug 18) Victoria’s Environment Protection Authority in IoT Push https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/644679/victoria-environment-protection-authority-iot-push/
• (Aug 18) Bluetooth tech installed along Victoria’s Western Highway http://roadsonline.com.au/bluetooth-tech-installed-along-vics-western-highway/
• (Aug 18) Bendigo and Adelaide Bank ready to tackle open banking https://www.itnews.com.au/news/bendigo-and-adelaide-bank-ready-to-tackle-open-banking-491606https://www.itnews.com.au/news/bendigo-and-adelaide-bank-ready-to-tackle-open-banking-491606
• Technology in sport
  • (Oct 18) Meet Mounir Zok: the tech guru changing the face of sport https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12123756
• Microsoft Data centres
  • (Jun 18) Project Natick – A prototype for underwater data centres http://natick.research.microsoft.com/
• Alibaba – what impact will the Chinese behemoth have on markets outside China?
  • (Aug 18) How Alibaba Cloud plans to disrupt AWS, Microsoft, and Google in EMEA https://www.cio-asia.com/article/3279189/cloud-computing/how-alibaba-cloud-plans-to-disrupt-aws-microsoft-and-google-in-emea.html
• All things Robotics
  • (Feb 20) Robots + co-workers = cobots – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-48991461/politics-of-automation-factory-workers-and-robots
  • (Jun 18) Robots with soft hands will transform the world. Here’s why. https://www.zdnet.com/article/robots-with-soft-hands-will-transform-the-world/
  • (Jun 18) Can robots love us? https://youtu.be/5gPAFSB7qc0
• Electric and self driving vehicles
  • (Jan 20) Making Roads Smart a key step to self driving vehicles – https://www.valerann.com/
  • (Jan 17) 37k deaths / die & 2.35m injured in road crashes pa in US http://asirt.org/Initiatives/Informing-Road-Users/Road-Safety-Facts
  • (Jan 17) Mercedes driverless car innovation https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/mercedes-benz/innovation/research-vehicle-f-015-luxury-in-motion/
  • Government policies of automated vehicles (Feb 17) UK Gov Automated vehicle policy http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/vehicletechnologyandaviation.html
  • (Jan 17) US government Automated Vehicle policy https://www.transportation.gov/AV
  • (Oct 19) The SAE (Soceity of Automotive Engineers) J3016 – Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles (available via a free registration) – https://www.sae.org/standards/content/j3016_201806/
  • (Oct 19) SAE (Soceity of Automotive Engineers) graphic explaining the 5 levels of Driving Automation aka SAE J3016 – https://www.sae.org/news/2019/01/sae-updates-j3016-automated-driving-graphic
  • (Oct 19) Wikipedia article about autonomous or self driving cars, covering everything from standards, benefits, challenges, discussion about industries that will be impacted, leading players and incidents – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-driving_car
  • (Oct 19) Electric vehicles – it’s not all about battery, motor enhancements are important too – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49958457
  • (Oct 19) Britain’s James Dyson scraps electric car project. Project not commercially viable. – https://www.itnews.com.au/news/britains-james-dyson-scraps-electric-car-project-532188
  • (Sep 19) Bureau of Justice Statistics, Summary, Contacts Between Police and the Public, 2015 – https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cpp15_sum.pdf
  • (Sep 19) Police may feel biggest impact from driverless car revolution – http://theconversation.com/cops-may-feel-biggest-impact-from-driverless-car-revolution-38767
  • (May 19) Rio’s smart trucks book their own sickies –  https://www.afr.com/business/mining/rio-s-smart-trucks-book-their-own-sickies-20190507-p51kya
  • (Jan 19) Police in the San Francisco Bay Area took an unusual approach to stop a Tesla operating on Autopilot as a drunk driver slept behind the wheel – https://www.businessinsider.com.au/police-stopped-an-autopilot-driven-tesla-with-drunk-driver-asleep-2018-11
  • (Nov 18) Driverless cars create new jobs for drivers http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20181029-driving-your-career-towards-a-boom-sector
  • (Oct 18) Technology and Innovation from the US Gov National Highway Traffic Safety Administration https://www.nhtsa.gov/technology-innovation
  • (Oct 18) Interesting article from New Zealand government about Autonomous including driverless vehicles. Especially like diagram about levels of automation and where legislative change required https://www.transport.govt.nz/multi-modal/technology/specific-transport-technologies/road-vehicle/autonomous-vehicles/
  • (Oct 18) Germany adopts self-driving vehicles law https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-autos-self-driving/germany-adopts-self-driving-vehicles-law-idUSKBN1881HY
  • (Oct 18) Driverless cars: Who should die in a crash? https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45991093
  • (Oct 18) Moral Machine from MIT, understanding of how humans perceive machine intelligence making such choices http://moralmachine.mit.edu/
  • (Aug 18) Are young people going cool on cars? (Thought piece from the BBC) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44849381
  • (Jun 18) NSW Government Driverless Vehicle program at Sydney Olympic Park https://insight.telstra.com.au/create-transformative-innovation/driver-safety-has-a-connected-future/
  • (Jun 18) Driverless trucks in the Pilbara https://www.smh.com.au/technology/forget-selfdriving-google-cars-australia-has-selfdriving-trucks-20141020-118o47.html
  • (Feb 17) Self driving cars will start first in closed communities e.g. retirement villages, university campuses http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42648301
  • (Aug 18) Singapore to introduce new legislation for autonomous vehicles https://www.cio-asia.com/article/3285729/emerging-technology/singapore-pioneers-development-of-autonomous-vehicle-technology.html
• Smart Countryside
  • (Jun 18) 2 tons of grapes are sorted in 12 minutes with optical grape sorter https://modernfarmer.com/2014/01/robot-can-find-2-tons-perfect grapes-12-minutes/
• Disruption in Employment
  • (Sep 22) Why ‘digital literacy’ is now a workplace non-negotiable – https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220923-why-digital-literacy-is-now-a-workplace-non-negotiable
  • (Sep 19) Australian Government Jobs Future Outlook – Knowing how Australia is changing gives us a big picture view of where our future jobs might be – https://joboutlook.gov.au/FutureOfWork  (see following link for detailed stat spreadsheets)
  • (Sep 19) Australian Government Employment Projections – 2018 Employment Projections – for the five years to May 2023 – http://lmip.gov.au/Default.aspx?LMIP/EmploymentProjections
  • (Oct 18) Brighton University – Is the UK doing enough to prepare students for the fourth industrial revolution? http://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/thedigitalrevolution/2018/04/03/uk-preparing-students-fourth-industrial-revolution/
  • (Jun 18) Top 10 Workplace Trends to Watch in 2018 https://www.hrtechnologist.com/articles/digital-transformation/top-10-workplace-trends-to-watch-in-2018/
  • (Jun18) 10 Workplace Trends You’ll See In 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2017/11/01/10-workplace-trends-youll-see-in-2018/
• A little bit of self promotion
  • (Feb 17) I have written a book called “Thinking of…The Internet of Things from the Director’s Perspective? Ask the Smart Questions” which is available at all good online book stores https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Internet-Directors-Perspective-Questions-ebook/dp/B077W4TNFG/
• (Oct 17) Graphene tattoos to monitor health – interesting part of the IoT story
  • http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-41669803/how-a-graphene-tattoo-could-monitor-your-health
• Future Tense. A great radio show on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  • (Oct 17) Home page http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/
  • (Oct 17) Interesting discussion “Perspectives on Privacy” e.g. Consent at point of data collection vs consent in the way the data is used. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/perspectives-on-privacy/9012328
• (Oct 17) A interesting list of resources related to robotics from Mary Lundy
  • http://www.thebestindeed.com/robotics-a-complete-resource-guide/
• Business that failed to transform and ended up being disrupted
  • (Oct 19) Four revolutionary technologies that are now obsolete – https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/10/obsolete-technology-pager-japan-walkman-floppy-disk-vcr
  • (Sep 19) Thomas Cook and other colossal companies that collapsed https://a.msn.com/00/en-au/AAHJLus
  • (Aug 17) Kodak – https://hbr.org/2016/07/kodaks-downfall-wasnt-about-technology
  • (Aug 17) Nokia – https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/where-nokia-went-wrong
  • (Aug 17) Pan Am – http://www.newsweek.com/pan-american-world-airways-1927-1991-204910
• (Aug 17) NSA chief Michael Rogers shares 3 things that keep him awake at night
  • https://www.businessinsider.com.au/nsa-chief-describes-3-biggest-cyber-threats-2015-10
• (Aug 17) Do 12,000 laptops a week really go missing in US airports
  • http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/services/dell_lost_laptop_study.pdf
• (Aug 17) Phishing, Spear Phishing and Whaling – what’s the difference
  • https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-whaling-2483605
• GDPR
  • (Sep 19) Facial recognition: School ID checks lead to GDPR fine – https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49489154
  • (Oct 18) General Data Protection Regulation guidance for Australian businesses – from Australian gov
    https://www.oaic.gov.au/updates/news-and-media/general-data-protection-regulation-guidance-for-australian-businesses/
  • (Aug 18) What is GDPR? A simple explainer video http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44006602
  • (Aug 18) What ASEAN CIOs need to know about GDPR https://www.cio-asia.com/article/3290355/data-management/what-asean-cios-need-to-know-about-gdpr.html
• Guidance for Mandatory Data breach notification in Australia (NDB – Notifiable Data Breach Scheme)
  • (Sep 18) This is the home page for the NDB Scheme site – https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy-law/privacy-act/notifiable-data-breaches-scheme
  • (Sep 18) This document explains which Entities are covered by the NDB scheme – https://www.oaic.gov.au/resources/privacy-law/privacy-act/notifiable-data-breaches-scheme/entities-covered-by-the-ndb-scheme.pdf
  • (Sep 18) Quarterly Statistics for notifications under the NDB scheme http://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy-law/privacy-act/notifiable-data-breaches-scheme/quarterly-statistics-reports/
  • https://www.oaic.gov.au/media-and-speeches/statements/mandatory-data-breach-notification
• (Jun 17) Find out if a robot will take your job
  • https://willrobotstakemyjob.com/
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34066941
• (Jun 17) Interesting presentation on Lead conversion in an online world
  • https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/B2BLeadRoundtable/research-from-harvard-mit-pinpoints-hard-lead-conversion-lessons-with-easy-solutions
• Simon Sinek
  • (Jan 17) Start with the Why rather than What Youtube video of the TED talk on How great leaders inspire action – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4
  • (Jan 17) Simon Sinek – Discussing Millenials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hER0Qp6QJNU
• Bias impacts our transformational actions
  • (Jun 20) (Not strictly bias but…) The reasons why people become incompetent at work. Eventually, “every employee tends to rise to his [or her] level of incompetence”, wrote Laurence J Peter – a law he termed the ‘Peter Principle’ – https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200612-the-reasons-why-people-become-incompetent-at-work
  • (Sep 19) The outcome bias erodes your sense of risk and makes you blind to error, explaining everything from fatal plane crashes to the Columbia crash and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill – https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191001-the-bias-behind-the-worlds-greatest-catastrophes
  • (Apr 17) A summary from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
  • (Apr 17) A “try this yourself” Cognitive Bias video https://youtu.be/vKA4w2O61Xo
• Blue Ocean Strategy – a classic
  • (Jan 17) Wikipedia summary – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ocean_Strategy
  • (Jan 17) Youtube summary from one of the authors – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clp-IMpuwaQ
• Dan Pink
  • (Jan 17) What motivates people. Great audio/visual presentation – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
• Business Model Canvas – a simple way to model possible options for your business
  • (Jan 17) 2 minute overview – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoAOzMTLP5s
  • (Jan 17) Wikipedia summary – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Model_Canvas
• (Jan 17) Shift Happens – From the world of education but highly relevant to change
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQ1ULfQawk
• Sir Ken Robinson
  • (Jan 17) Do schools kill creativity. One of the top TED videos (inspiring and funny) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY
• Michael McQueen,
  • (Jan 17) The Relevancy Curve – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zR7reXnQsY
  • (Jun 18) Four disruptive trends you can’t afford to ignore – https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/four-disruptive-trends-cant-afford-ignore/
• Carl Benedikt, Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technology and Employment
  • (Feb 17) Estimating the Uber effect http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/view/2387
  • (Feb 17) List of publications (some free, some paid) http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/author/33
• Australian Parliament
  • (Feb 17) The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 becomes law http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r5747
  • (Jan 17) The future of work and workers (Sept 2018) https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Future_of_Work_and_Workers/FutureofWork/Report
• Brad Smith
  • (Aug 21) Blog “Microsoft on the issues” by Brad Smith, Microsoft General Council – https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/author/bradsmith/
  • (Sep 19) On the responsibility of businesses to act ethically and responsibly even without formal legislation – https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-49768347/microsoft-president-don-t-move-fast-and-break-things
  • (Jan 17) On trust news.microsoft.com/stories/inthecloudwetrust/
  • (Apr 17) Digital Geneva Convention https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/04/13/growing-consensus-need-international-treaty-nation-state-attacks/
• Bob Tricker
  • (Jan 17) Corporate Governance http://www.bobtricker.co.uk/corporate-governance.html
• (Jan 17) Various interesting articles on business disruption
  • https://hpe-enterpriseforward.com/eiu-pace-of-disruption/
  • http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomfgoodwin/2016/05/12/self-disrupt-or-die/
  • https://www.accenture.com/_acnmedia/Accenture/Conversion-Assets/Microsites/Documents21/Accenture-Self-Disruption-Enterprise-Innovation-Strategies-Digital-Age.pdf
  • https://www.theguardian.com/business/blog/2015/apr/07/creative-self-disruption-or-how-to-adapt-to-rapid-business-change
• (Jan 17) Live stats on internet usage http://www.internetlivestats.com/
• (Jan 17) The International Square Kilometre Array https://www.skatelescope.org/
• (Jan 17) List of countries by unemployment rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_unemployment_rate
• (Jan 17) Industry partnership on ethics in AI https://www.partnershiponai.org/
• (Jan 17) Stanford research into AI and Life in 2030 https://ai100.stanford.edu/
• Films relevant to the DT story
  • (Jan 17) Gattaca – film about genetic screening and work in the future http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/
• (Jan 17) what is Ethical Banking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_banking
• (Jan 17) Dubai Policy trialing “Minority Report” technology http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4062936/Dubai-police-launch-AI-spot-crimes-happen-Crime-Prediction-software-identifies-patterns-human-miss.html
• (Mar 17) What is the future of humans? (A reading list) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-humans-2017-reading-list-sara-holoubek

Analyst Reports and Research

• The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute (GEDI)
  • (Aug 21) Global Entrepreneurship Index – https://thegedi.org/global-entrepreneurship-and-development-index/
• UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
  • (Aug 21) 2018 UN E-Government Survey 2018 and E-Government Development Index (EGDI) – https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Survey-2018
  • (Aug 21) 2018 UN E-Government Survey 2020 and E-Government Development Index (EGDI) – https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Survey-2020
• COMPTIA
  • The Emerging Technology Community homepage (requires free registration) – https://my.comptia.org/groups/emerging-technology/home
  • Emerging Tech Infographic, AI and IoT use cases – https://connect.comptia.org/content/infographic/list-of-emerging-technologies
• GEM – Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
  • (Dec 20) Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2019/20 Annual Global report into all things entrepreneurial – www.gemconsortium.org/report/gem-2019-2020-global-report
  • Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2018/19 Annual Global report into all things entrepreneurial – https://www.gemconsortium.org/report/gem-2018-2019-global-report
• Harvard Business Review
  • (Sep 19) The Failure-Tolerant Leader. Failure is a prerequisite to invention – https://hbr.org/2002/08/the-failure-tolerant-leader
  • (Aug 21) Ranking 42 Countries by Ease of Doing Digital Business – https://hbr.org/2019/09/ranking-42-countries-by-ease-of-doing-digital-business
• Department of Industry Innovation and Science
  • (May 19) Small Business Digital Task Force – Going Digital – Stories from small business – https://publications.industry.gov.au/publications/smallbusinessdigitaltaskforcecasestudies/index.html
  • (May 19) Small Business Digital Taskforce: Report to Government – https://www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/small-business-digital-taskforce-report-to-government
• Info-Tech
  • (Jan 19) the 2019 CIO Trend Report – https://go.infotech.com/download/2019-cio-trend-report
• Australian Government Innovation Initiatives
  • (Nov 18) Boosting innovation and science http://www.industry.gov.au/strategies-for-the-future/boosting-innovation-and-science
  • (Nov 18) Australia 2030: Prosperity through Innovation https://www.www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/australia-2030-prosperity-through-innovation
• CSIRO – Data61
  • (June 19) Australia 2060: Our crossroads today – future prosperity or slow decline – https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2019/Australia-2060-Our-crossroads-today-future-prosperity-or-slow-decline
  • (Oct 18) Digital Innovation: Australia’s $315b Opportunity – https://www.dropbox.com/s/p6vexlg8n1azdd6/Digital%20innovation%20PRINT.pdf?dl=0
• Credit Suisse
  • (Dec 18) Global Equity Themes Disruptive forces in Europe – a great set of insigths that are driving disruption – including the average age of companies on the S&P 500 https://research-doc.credit-suisse.com/docView?language=ENG&format=PDF&sourceid=csplusresearchcp&document_id=1079753961&serialid=0FaMPipwKOHKsuTLB1cQRu0GKKYVKgdRcvdIgMPRbEs%3D
• Dell
  • (Dec 18) Realizing 2030: A survey of future technologies and digital transformation https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/perspectives/realizing-2030.htm#
• Global Network of Director Institutes
  • (Nov 18) If you want to understand what the Directors of companies around the world are focusing on then the (inaugural) GNDI Global Director Survey 2018 is a great place to start, this link to the PDF is via the NZ Institute of Directors https://www.iod.org.nz/Portals/0/Governance%20resources/IOD%20011%20GNDI%20Survey%20document_FINAL%20v2_IOD.pdf
• Australian Computer Society
  • (Oct 18) Australia’s IoT Opportunity: Driving Future Growth – https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-publications/ACS-PwC-IoT-report-web.pdf
• World Economic forum
  • (Aug 21) Which countries are making the most progress in digital competitiveness? – https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/09/which-countries-are-leading-the-way-in-digital-competitiveness/
  • (Dec 19) Soft skills will boost your employability especially “problem solving, critical thinking, innovation and creativity” – https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/10/critical-thinking-key-skills-future-work
  • (Jan 19) The Global Shapers Survey 2017 (Youth Matters) – a survey of 30k+ influencers of the future (35 and under) – http://www.shaperssurvey2017.org/
  • (Aug 18) The 4th Industrial Revolution – www.weforum.org/pages/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-by-klaus-schwab/
  • (Aug 18) Home for reports from WEF – https://www.weforum.org/reports
  • (Aug 18) The Future of Jobs Report 2018 – https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs-report-2018
• Burrus Research
  • (Oct 18) Improve Planning By Separating Hard Trends From Soft Trends https://www.burrus.com/2014/02/improve-planning-by-separating-hard-trends-from-soft-trends/
• Qantas Magazine
  • (Aug 18) eCommerce insights, Point Cook the most enthusiastic online shopping suburb. http://travelinsider.qantas.com.au/qantas-magazine#view=catalogue2&saleId=22977&page=121
• IDG Connect
  • (Aug 18) Is Australia set to emerge as a global blockchain hub? https://www.idgconnect.com/abstract/30763/is-australia-set-emerge-global-blockchain-hub
• (May 18) CBA (2017) : most (78%) Australian retailers don’t have a strategy for Amazon https://www.businessinsider.com.au/cba-most-australian-retailers-dont-have-a-strategy-for-amazon-2017-9
• Altimeter Digital Transformation reports
  • (Oct 18) The 2017 State of Digital Transformation https://marketing.prophet.com/acton/media/33865/altimeter–the-2017-state-of-digital-transformation
  • (Apr 17) The 2016 State of Digital Transformation – http://www2.prophet.com/The-2016-State-of-Digital-Transformation (free-walled)
• Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC)
  • (Mar 19) The 2018-2022 Corporate Plan ie what ASIC are focusing on – https://download.asic.gov.au/media/4855947/asic-corporate-plan-2018-22-focus-2018-19-published-31-august-2018.pdf
  • (Oct 18) ASIC enforcement outcomes: January to June 2018 https://download.asic.gov.au/media/4841269/rep-585-published-9-august-2018.pdf
  • (Jun18) If you want to know what the body charged with oversight of Australian businesses is focused on then have a look at their Corporate Plan 2017–18 to 2020–21 http://download.asic.gov.au/media/4439405/corporate-plan-2017-published-31-august-2017-1.pdf
  • (Mar 17) 6 monthly “enforcement outcome” reports showing where ASIC are focusing their enforcement efforts e.g. Digital Disruption and Malicious Cyber Threats http://asic.gov.au/about-asic/asic-investigations-and-enforcement/asic-enforcement-outcomes/
• Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
  • (Nov 19) Handbook for the 2019 AICD Annual “Essential Director Update” – http://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/-/media/cd2/resources/events/essential-director-update/2019/pdf/07346-6-edu-2019-handbook-a4sp-4a.ashx
  • (Sep 19) A wake-up call on innovation – why boards struggle to innovate – https://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/membership/membership-update/a-wake-up-call-on-innovation
  • (Nov 18) The annual “Essential Director Update” 2018 https://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/events/essential-director-update
  • (May 18) The AICD carry out advocacy and research, with some of it freely available https://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/advocacy/research
  • Director Sentiment Index – a great resource, published half yearly, that shows what Directors are thinking about
    • (Nov 18) Second Half 2018 https://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/advocacy/research/director-sentiment-index-second-half-2018
    • (Jun 18) First Half 2018 https://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/advocacy/research/director-sentiment-index-first-half-2018
  • (Feb 17) Research suggests optimal balance of non exec directors for stock price performance is between 40-60% http://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/advocacy/governance-leadership-centre/governance-driving-performance/new-glc-research-by-dr-alex-frino-on-director-independence-balanced-boards-out-perform
  • (Apr 17) “Governance in the new machine age” Report http://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/advocacy/governance-leadership-centre/governance-driving-performance/governance-in-the-new-machine-age
• IDC reports
  • (Jul 21) 2020 Futurescape – a bit late on this, but the on-demand recordings are in the same place – https://www.idc.com/events/futurescape?tab=on-demand
  • (Oct 18) 2019 Futurescapes are now out same web address https://www.idc.com/events/futurescape
  • (Oct 17) 2018 Futurescapes are being released https://www.idc.com/events/futurescapes
  • (Jan 17) Futurescapes – http://www.idc.com/idcfuturescapes2017
  • (Jan 17) The booming Cloud Opportunity – aka.ms/boomingcloud
• IDG reports
  • (Feb 17) 2016 Cloud Computing, Exec summary (basic registration required) http://www.idgenterprise.com/resource/research/2016-cloud-computing-executive-summary/
• IoT Analytics
  • (Nov 18) Overview of IoT investments https://iot-analytics.com/iot-investments-m-and-a-market-update-2018/
• Channel Futures
  • (Nov 18) the Annual 2018 MSP 501 report on the global top 501 MSPs https://channelfutures.tradepub.com/free/w_chag14/
• Chartered Accountants ANZ
  • (Feb 17) Interesting summary on the Future of Blockchain aka distributed ledger technology https://www.charteredaccountantsanz.com/news-and-analysis/insights/future-inc/the-future-of-blockchain
• Cisco
  • (Sep 17) IoT homepage – https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/internet-of-things/overview.html
  • (Sep 17) IoT “at a glance” report from 2016 –https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/se/internet-of-things/at-a-glance-c45-731471.pdf
• Citrix
  • (Jan 17) A useful resource of articles on the Future of Work https://www.citrix.com/perspectives-by-citrix/
  • (Apr 17) A series of research reports from Ponemon Institute on security and compliance https://www.citrix.com/it-security/resources/ponemon-security-study.html
• Deloitte
  • (Feb 17) Digital Disruption – Retail Financial Services https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/Financial-Services/dttl-fsi-Digital-Disruption-2014-04.pdf
  • (Feb 17) TMT Predictions 2017 Infographic https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/au/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/deloitte-au-tmt-predictions-2017-infographics-110117.pdf
  • (Apr 17) 2017 Rewriting the rules for the Digital Age https://dupress.deloitte.com/content/dam/dup-us-en/articles/HCTrends_2017/DUP_Global-Human-capital-trends_2017.pdf
• EY
  • (Nov 18) Top priorities for European Boards 2018 https://www.ey.com/us/en/issues/governance-and-reporting/ey-board-agenda-2018-top-priorities-for-european-boards
  • (Nov 18) Top priorities for US Boards 2018 https://www.ey.com/us/en/issues/governance-and-reporting/ey-top-priorities-for-us-boards-in-2018
  • (Feb 17) Top priorities for boards and audit committees in Europe 2017 http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/ey-top-priorities-for-european-boards-in-2017/$FILE/EY-top-priorities-for-european-boards-in-2017.pdf
  • (Feb 17) Top priorities for US boards in 2017 http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/ey-top-priorities-for-us-boards-in-2017/$FILE/ey-top-priorities-for-us-boards-in-2017.pdf
• ForbesA wake-up call on innovation – why boards struggle to innovate – https://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/membership/membership-update/a-wake-up-call-on-innovationDepartment of Industry Innovation and Science
  • (May 19) Small Business Digital Task Force – Going Digital – Stories from small business – https://publications.industry.gov.au/publications/smallbusinessdigitaltaskforcecasestudies/index.html
  • (May 19) Small Business Digital Taskforce: Report to Government – https://www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/small-business-digital-taskforce-report-to-government
• Info-Tech
  • (Jan 19) the 2019 CIO Trend Report – https://go.infotech.com/download/2019-cio-trend-report
• Australian Government Innovation Initiatives
  • (Nov 18) Boosting innovation and science http://www.industry.gov.au/strategies-for-the-future/boosting-innovation-and-science
  • (Nov 18) Australia 2030: Prosperity through Innovation https://www.www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/australia-2030-prosperity-through-innovation
• CSIRO – Data61
  • (June 19) Australia 2060: Our crossroads today – future prosperity or slow decline – https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2019/Australia-2060-Our-crossroads-today-future-prosperity-or-slow-decline
  • (Oct 18) Digital Innovation: Australia’s $315b Opportunity – https://www.dropbox.com/s/p6vexlg8n1azdd6/Digital%20innovation%20PRINT.pdf?dl=0
• Credit Suisse
  • (Dec 18) Global Equity Themes Disruptive forces in Europe – a great set of insigths that are driving disruption – including the average age of companies on the S&P 500 https://research-doc.credit-suisse.com/docView?language=ENG&format=PDF&sourceid=csplusresearchcp&document_id=1079753961&serialid=0FaMPipwKOHKsuTLB1cQRu0GKKYVKgdRcvdIgMPRbEs%3D
• Dell
  • (Dec 18) Realizing 2030: A survey of future technologies and digital transformation https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/perspectives/realizing-2030.htm#
• Global Network of Director Institutes
  • (Nov 18) If you want to understand what the Directors of companies around the world are focusing on then the (inaugural) GNDI Global Director Survey 2018 is a great place to start, this link to the PDF is via the NZ Institute of Directors https://www.iod.org.nz/Portals/0/Governance%20resources/IOD%20011%20GNDI%20Survey%20document_FINAL%20v2_IOD.pdf
• Australian Computer Society
  • (Oct 18) Australia’s IoT Opportunity: Driving Future Growth – https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-publications/ACS-PwC-IoT-report-web.pdf
• World Economic forum
  • (Jan 19) The Global Shapers Survey 2017 (Youth Matters) – a survey of 30k+ influencers of the future (35 and under) – http://www.shaperssurvey2017.org/
  • (Aug 18) The 4th Industrial Revolution – www.weforum.org/pages/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-by-klaus-schwab/
  • (Aug 18) Home for reports from WEF – https://www.weforum.org/reports
  • (Aug 18) The Future of Jobs Report 2018 – https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs-report-2018
• Burrus Research
  • (Oct 18) Improve Planning By Separating Hard Trends From Soft Trends https://www.burrus.com/2014/02/improve-planning-by-separating-hard-trends-from-soft-trends/
• Qantas Magazine
  • (Aug 18) eCommerce insights, Point Cook the most enthusiastic online shopping suburb. http://travelinsider.qantas.com.au/qantas-magazine#view=catalogue2&saleId=22977&page=121
• IDG Connect
  • (Aug 18) Is Australia set to emerge as a global blockchain hub? https://www.idgconnect.com/abstract/30763/is-australia-set-emerge-global-blockchain-hub
• (May 18) CBA (2017) : most (78%) Australian retailers don’t have a strategy for Amazon https://www.businessinsider.com.au/cba-most-australian-retailers-dont-have-a-strategy-for-amazon-2017-9
• Altimeter Digital Transformation reports
  • (Oct 18) The 2017 State of Digital Transformation https://marketing.prophet.com/acton/media/33865/altimeter–the-2017-state-of-digital-transformation
  • (Apr 17) The 2016 State of Digital Transformation – http://www2.prophet.com/The-2016-State-of-Digital-Transformation (free-walled)
• Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC)
  • (Mar 19) The 2018-2022 Corporate Plan ie what ASIC are focusing on – https://download.asic.gov.au/media/4855947/asic-corporate-plan-2018-22-focus-2018-19-published-31-august-2018.pdf
  • (Oct 18) ASIC enforcement outcomes: January to June 2018 https://download.asic.gov.au/media/4841269/rep-585-published-9-august-2018.pdf
  • (Jun18) If you want to know what the body charged with oversight of Australian businesses is focused on then have a look at their Corporate Plan 2017–18 to 2020–21 http://download.asic.gov.au/media/4439405/corporate-plan-2017-published-31-august-2017-1.pdf
  • (Mar 17) 6 monthly “enforcement outcome” reports showing where ASIC are focusing their enforcement efforts e.g. Digital Disruption and Malicious Cyber Threats http://asic.gov.au/about-asic/asic-investigations-and-enforcement/asic-enforcement-outcomes/
• Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
  • (Sep 19)
  • (Nov 18) The annual “Essential Director Update” 2018 https://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/events/essential-director-update
  • (May 18) The AICD carry out advocacy and research, with some of it freely available https://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/advocacy/research
  • Director Sentiment Index – a great resource, published half yearly, that shows what Directors are thinking about
    • (Nov 18) Second Half 2018 https://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/advocacy/research/director-sentiment-index-second-half-2018
    • (Jun 18) First Half 2018 https://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/advocacy/research/director-sentiment-index-first-half-2018
  • (Feb 17) Research suggests optimal balance of non exec directors for stock price performance is between 40-60% http://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/advocacy/governance-leadership-centre/governance-driving-performance/new-glc-research-by-dr-alex-frino-on-director-independence-balanced-boards-out-perform
  • (Apr 17) “Governance in the new machine age” Report http://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/advocacy/governance-leadership-centre/governance-driving-performance/governance-in-the-new-machine-age
• IDC reports
  • (Oct 18) 2019 Futurescapes are now out same web address https://www.idc.com/events/futurescape
  • (Oct 17) 2018 Futurescapes are being released https://www.idc.com/events/futurescapes
  • (Jan 17) Futurescapes – http://www.idc.com/idcfuturescapes2017
  • (Jan 17) The booming Cloud Opportunity – aka.ms/boomingcloud
• IDG reports
  • (Feb 17) 2016 Cloud Computing, Exec summary (basic registration required) http://www.idgenterprise.com/resource/research/2016-cloud-computing-executive-summary/
• IoT Analytics
  • (Nov 18) Overview of IoT investments https://iot-analytics.com/iot-investments-m-and-a-market-update-2018/
• Channel Futures
  • (Nov 18) the Annual 2018 MSP 501 report on the global top 501 MSPs https://channelfutures.tradepub.com/free/w_chag14/
• Chartered Accountants ANZ
  • (Feb 17) Interesting summary on the Future of Blockchain aka distributed ledger technology https://www.charteredaccountantsanz.com/news-and-analysis/insights/future-inc/the-future-of-blockchain
• Cisco
  • (Sep 17) IoT homepage – https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/internet-of-things/overview.html
  • (Sep 17) IoT “at a glance” report from 2016 –https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/se/internet-of-things/at-a-glance-c45-731471.pdf
• Citrix
  • (Jan 17) A useful resource of articles on the Future of Work https://www.citrix.com/perspectives-by-citrix/
  • (Apr 17) A series of research reports from Ponemon Institute on security and compliance https://www.citrix.com/it-security/resources/ponemon-security-study.html
• Deloitte
  • (Feb 17) Digital Disruption – Retail Financial Services https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/Financial-Services/dttl-fsi-Digital-Disruption-2014-04.pdf
  • (Feb 17) TMT Predictions 2017 Infographic https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/au/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/deloitte-au-tmt-predictions-2017-infographics-110117.pdf
  • (Apr 17) 2017 Rewriting the rules for the Digital Age https://dupress.deloitte.com/content/dam/dup-us-en/articles/HCTrends_2017/DUP_Global-Human-capital-trends_2017.pdf
• EY
  • (Nov 18) Top priorities for European Boards 2018 https://www.ey.com/us/en/issues/governance-and-reporting/ey-board-agenda-2018-top-priorities-for-european-boards
  • (Nov 18) Top priorities for US Boards 2018 https://www.ey.com/us/en/issues/governance-and-reporting/ey-top-priorities-for-us-boards-in-2018
  • (Feb 17) Top priorities for boards and audit committees in Europe 2017 http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/ey-top-priorities-for-european-boards-in-2017/$FILE/EY-top-priorities-for-european-boards-in-2017.pdf
  • (Feb 17) Top priorities for US boards in 2017 http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/ey-top-priorities-for-us-boards-in-2017/$FILE/ey-top-priorities-for-us-boards-in-2017.pdf
• Forbes

• (Nov 18) 10 Charts That Will Challenge Your Perspective Of IoT’s Growth https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2018/06/06/10-charts-that-will-challenge-your-perspective-of-iots-growth/#177b20733ecc
• (Oct 18) Roundup Of Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates, 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2018/09/23/roundup-of-cloud-computing-forecasts-and-market-estimates-2018/