Sydney Business Insights
Listen to the latest insights on the future of business. Sydney Business Insights is a University of Sydney Business School initiative bringing together insights from researchers and leading thinkers in industry, government and community.
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The Future, This Week 11 Mar 22: Fake fact-checking and disinformation
03/11/2022
The Future, This Week 11 Mar 22: Fake fact-checking and disinformation
This week: fake fact-checking videos take disinformation to a different level. For MisinfoDay we talk to expert Jevin West from the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 4 Mar 22: Cybersecurity and women
03/04/2022
The Future, This Week 4 Mar 22: Cybersecurity and women
On this IWD why cybersecurity needs more women and what we can do about it with expert Dr Meraiah Foley. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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Programming note
02/18/2022
Programming note
We're making some changes to the way we deliver our podcasts to you. This won't change how you get episodes of the podcast and your app of choice should automatically update the feed for you. However, if you don't see a new episode of The Future, This Week in the next week, you may have to resubscribe in your app. To do this, search for "The Future, This Week" in your podcast app. While you're there, search for "The Unlearn Project" our new podcast on changing common sense. Learn more about our podcasts: Get in touch: Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week: the future of higher education with Professor Mark Scott
02/09/2022
The Future, This Week: the future of higher education with Professor Mark Scott
This week: what is the future of universities? As the sector navigates disruption and uncertainty, special guest Professor Mark Scott AO, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sydney joins us to discuss the future of higher education. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix. Thank you to bbc.co.uk (copyright 2018 BBC) for some of the additional sounds in this podcast.
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The Future, This Week: 31 Jan 22 - unlearn automation
01/31/2022
The Future, This Week: 31 Jan 22 - unlearn automation
This week: we’re on a break but we have something interesting in store for you, and it’s not about our longitudinal auto ethnographic research on leisure time, but rather how automation will make your job harder. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 14 Dec 21: making leisure work
12/14/2021
The Future, This Week 14 Dec 21: making leisure work
This week: how should we spend our time off? How making leisure time productive is making us efficient but also unhappy and what we can do about it Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 6 Dec 21: best business books 2021
12/06/2021
The Future, This Week 6 Dec 21: best business books 2021
This week: corporate self-help, schadenfreude, tech broccoli, and real eyeopeners: our 2021 best business books for your Christmas list. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 26 Nov 21: cobalt, not exactly the new oil
11/25/2021
The Future, This Week 26 Nov 21: cobalt, not exactly the new oil
This week: all about cobalt, a behind the scenes look at the challenges of transitioning to renewable energy technologies. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 19 Nov 21: the great resignation (or is it?)
11/19/2021
The Future, This Week 19 Nov 21: the great resignation (or is it?)
This week: with so much talk of the great resignation, the great realignment, job swap and early retirement, what is actually going on and what do we need to know about it? Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 12 Nov 21: the numbers of climate change (hint: it’s worse than you think)
11/12/2021
The Future, This Week 12 Nov 21: the numbers of climate change (hint: it’s worse than you think)
This week: all the numbers of climate change and what they mean from the COP26 in Glasgow, with our expert Professor Christopher Wright. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 29 Oct 21: Meta and the metaverse
10/29/2021
The Future, This Week 29 Oct 21: Meta and the metaverse
This week: rebranding the company and the metaverse play: we discuss the Facebook announcements, meta and verse. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 22 Oct 21: what Spotify is doing to podcasts
10/22/2021
The Future, This Week 22 Oct 21: what Spotify is doing to podcasts
This week: the podcast about podcasts, how Spotify’s ambitions might change podcasts forever, plus LinkedIn getting out of China and Norway’s EVs in other news. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 15 Oct 21: Squid Game and the future of content
10/15/2021
The Future, This Week 15 Oct 21: Squid Game and the future of content
This week: Squid Game, the biggest hit in Netflix history is re-shaping the future of movies and television. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 4 Oct 21: unlearn computers
10/03/2021
The Future, This Week 4 Oct 21: unlearn computers
This week: we’re on a break but we have something interesting in store for you, and it’s not just Mr Goxx the cryptocurrency trading hamster. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 24 Sep 21: weathering the perfect storm of container shipping
09/24/2021
The Future, This Week 24 Sep 21: weathering the perfect storm of container shipping
This week: COVID, climate and containers: how the world weathers the global logistics crisis and a quick look at the Facebook files, ByteDance, finfluencers, Shell gets out of shale and AR spiders. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 17 Sep 21: finfluencers and financial advice on TikTok
09/17/2021
The Future, This Week 17 Sep 21: finfluencers and financial advice on TikTok
This week: Finfluencers - more and more young people get their financial advice on TikTok and other social media platforms. Also, robot vacuums and pet poop AI and the epic #Epic #Apple battle comes to a temporary end. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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The Future, This Week 10 Sep 21: #BreakUpBigChicken
09/10/2021
The Future, This Week 10 Sep 21: #BreakUpBigChicken
This week: we’re back and what does #BreakUpBigTech have to do with your chicken? There's also Abba-tars, Gartner all hype no cycle, Musk’s humanoid robots and laser weed zapping ones, COVID AI disappointment, the IPCC report and everything else we’ve missed. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: Subscribe to our new podcast, . You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on , , and . Send us your news ideas to . We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.
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Coming soon: The Future, This Week season 10
08/23/2021
Coming soon: The Future, This Week season 10
Season 10 of The Future, This Week is almost here. But in the meantime, we've been working on something new… Introducing The Unlearn Project, our new podcast about changing common sense. The way the world works has changed. Things you thought you knew like automation will make our work easier, music is something to listen to, large companies can’t innovate, or data is the new oil are no longer true. Hosts Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer set out to unlearn old wisdoms and discover new ones. From Sydney Business Insights at the University of Sydney Business School. You can subscribe to our podcasts on , , , , , , , or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us on , , and to keep updated with our latest insights. Learn more: Music by Cinephonix.
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Corona Business Insights: social capital
08/19/2021
Corona Business Insights: social capital
Social capital, networking and the office: part four of a series looking at shifting working practices, distributed and hybrid work. As COVID-19 sets out to change the world forever, join us in the following weeks in thinking about what's to come in the future of business. This series is part of Sydney Business Insights, you can subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us online on , , or . For shownotes and links: Discover our COVID Business Impact Dashboard:
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Corona Business Insights: wellbeing
08/14/2021
Corona Business Insights: wellbeing
Revisiting productivity and remote work: part two of a series looking at shifting working practices, distributed and hybrid work. As COVID-19 sets out to change the world forever, join us in the following weeks in thinking about what's to come in the future of business. This series is part of Sydney Business Insights, you can subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us online on , , or . For shownotes and links: Discover our COVID Business Impact Dashboard:
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Corona Business Insights: productivity
08/04/2021
Corona Business Insights: productivity
Revisiting productivity and remote work: part two of a series looking at shifting working practices, distributed and hybrid work. As COVID-19 sets out to change the world forever, join us in the following weeks in thinking about what's to come in the future of business. This series is part of Sydney Business Insights, you can subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us online on , , or . For shownotes and links: Discover our COVID Business Impact Dashboard:
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Corona Business Insights: working from home
07/29/2021
Corona Business Insights: working from home
Revisiting working from home (WFH): part one of a series looking at shifting working practices, distributed and hybrid work. As COVID-19 sets out to change the world forever, join us in the following weeks in thinking about what's to come in the future of business. This series is part of Sydney Business Insights, you can subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us online on , , or . For shownotes and links: Discover our COVID Business Impact Dashboard:
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Corona Business Insights: still zooming
07/14/2021
Corona Business Insights: still zooming
As remote work continues for many people, what is Zoom fatigue and what to do about it, and how are videoconferencing platforms adapting their services to the hybrid future? As COVID-19 sets out to change the world forever, join us in the following weeks in thinking about what's to come in the future of business. This series is part of Sydney Business Insights, you can subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us online on , , or . For shownotes and links: Discover our COVID Business Impact Dashboard:
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Corona Business Insights: contact tracing revisited
07/05/2021
Corona Business Insights: contact tracing revisited
We look at lessons learned from the use of digital contact tracing apps, launched with great promise early in the pandemic, but now largely regarded as ineffective by many countries. As COVID-19 sets out to change the world forever, join us in the following weeks in thinking about what's to come in the future of business. This series is part of Sydney Business Insights, you can subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us online on , , or . For shownotes and links: Discover our COVID Business Impact Dashboard:
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The Future, This Week 30 Jun 21: TED Talks and science
06/30/2021
The Future, This Week 30 Jun 21: TED Talks and science
This week: What if the science behind your favourite TED Talk was wrong? Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Disruption Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. Show notes and links to this episode, including the news stories of the week, other stories we bring up and more are available at: You can follow us on , , and to keep updated with our latest insights. If you enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more in our playlists
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The Future, This Week 22 Jun 21: predicting fashion and replacing solar
06/22/2021
The Future, This Week 22 Jun 21: predicting fashion and replacing solar
This week: how COVID-19 reveals how the fashion industry predicts trends, and why the success of solar becomes a problem. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Disruption Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. Show notes and links to this episode, including the news stories of the week, other stories we bring up and more are available at: You can follow us on , and to keep updated with our latest insights. If you enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more in our playlists
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The Future, This Week 11 Jun 21: breaking the internet and the scientific paradox
06/11/2021
The Future, This Week 11 Jun 21: breaking the internet and the scientific paradox
This week: what we saw when the internet went down and changing minds about the scientific paradox. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Disruption Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. Show notes and links to this episode, including the news stories of the week, other stories we bring up and more are available at: You can follow us on , and to keep updated with our latest insights. If you enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more in our playlists
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The Future, This Week 28 May 21: emerging innovation with cabbages, eyes, cows and EVs
05/28/2021
The Future, This Week 28 May 21: emerging innovation with cabbages, eyes, cows and EVs
This week: what do cabbages, eyes, cows and electric vehicles have in common? Stories of innovation and emerging industries on The Future, This Week. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Disruption Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. Show notes and links to this episode, including the news stories of the week, other stories we bring up and more are available at: You can follow us on , and to keep updated with our latest insights. If you enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more in our playlists
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The Future, This Week 20 May 21: the business of bees
05/20/2021
The Future, This Week 20 May 21: the business of bees
This week: bees, their economic impact and why it's so important to protect them, with special guest Emily Remnant. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Disruption Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. Show notes and links to this episode, including the news stories of the week, other stories we bring up and more are available at: You can follow us on , and to keep updated with our latest insights. If you enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more in our playlists
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The Future, This Week 14 May 21: revisiting Thinking with Daniel Kahneman
05/14/2021
The Future, This Week 14 May 21: revisiting Thinking with Daniel Kahneman
This week: we revisit our interview with Nobel prize winner and renowned author, Professor Daniel Kahneman. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Disruption Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. Show notes and links to this episode, including the news stories of the week, other stories we bring up and more are available at: You can follow us on , and to keep updated with our latest insights. If you enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more in our playlists
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