Why does the Chair exist?  What economic drivers are changing business and how can businesses respond to stay relevant in the new economy? 
Hear professors Rowena Barrett (Business Management) and Michael Rosemann (Information Systems) uncover their thinking with Monica Bradley from Purposeful Capital.

PwC Chair Digital Economy Podcast 001 | Why?

Professor Michael Rosemann and Monica Bradley explore the Digital Week.

.  Who’s in bed with Calvin Klein?  fashion in the digital world
.  What digital mechanism can encourage customers to love your brand
.  Spotting trends with data – how can you protect your revenue streams
.  Crowd source your look
.  Fashion advice as a service 
.  Why is Macy’s seen as being better placed to take advantage of digital than other retailers?

Digital Week |  Are you a data fashionista? | 8 May 2015

With guest Trent Lund, Lead Partner, Innovation and Digital Ventures, PwC, Professor Michael Rosemann and Monica Bradley explore the science and art of digital disruption.

Is disruption a villain?
Do you embrace self-disruption?
Disrupting both how and what you do


Digital Week | A date with Disruption | 15 May 2015

Megan Houghton, CEO of CitySmart joins Monica Bradley on the Digital Week talking about sustainability, economics, digital enablers and how data is used to change my behaviour.

Topics include:
*  gamification to engage the citizens of Brisbane
*  Easy Green - online program saving citizens approx $40m in energy costs
*  Reduce your Juice - targeting the biggest energy sucking behaviours
*  New world infrastructure
*  Digitisation and asset utilisation and management

Digital Week | is data changing my behaviour? | 4 June 2015

Monica Bradley and Georgie Sommerset explore entrepreneurship and digital business in rural and remote Queensland.  Does the digital divide limit participation?  

Rural startups in Toowomba (@StartupTSG), Townsville (@tsv_Startups) and Cairns (@theSpaceCairns) provide support for startups in rural Queensland and attended Startups in Parliament 2015 with Minister Leanne Enoch.  Minister Enoch announced a $40 Million Business Development Fund to complement $300,000 DSITI Startup Queensland Fund. 
@Tsv_Startups @StartupTSG @theSPACECairns @birdsnestonline

Digital Week | The Digital Divide | 23 June 2015

Innovation is the latest buzz word. What is innovation and how to identify the game changing innovations in the digital economy?

Professor Michael Rosemann and Monica Bradley explore the reality and the rhetoric of the innovation cycle:
- how the internet enabled economy creates new value
- consumer centric design intensive innovation
- the full innovation cycle
- innovation sprints from idea to market in 90 days
- inside our labs, 3 fundamentals that convert innovation ideas to market ready offerings or new businesses.

Digital Week |  Using Digital to Drive Game Changing Value Creation |  29 June 2015

Professor Michael Rosemann and Monica Bradley explore education, today, tomorrow and into 3.0 - the not too distant future state.  They discuss:

- How education can raise the stakes of the innovation economy to ensure Australia¹s prosperity
- Students gaining industry experience and experimental learning
- Student with a service contract for lifelong learning
- Education advisors - a new job for the future?

Image by Marcus Kwan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/aperturismo/4488250788)

Digital Week | Education 3.0 | 10 July 2015

Professor Michael Rosemann and Monica Bradley discuss public good 3.0*, a future state where governments may not be the only supplier of standardised public value.  They explore: 

- How can the digital economy assist with providing smarter public goods
- Digital public goods provided by non-public sector providers
- The new skill set required to monetise digital public goods
- How the theory of public goods helps us to understand future developments

Image supplied by Francisco Osorio (http://tinyurl.com/nk8mbrz)

*3.0 concepts articulate a future state impacted by the digital economy and technologies; where new supply chains, networks, data and access will radically change business models and value exchange.  Web 3.0 centres around common platforms of exchange (data, value, machines) where networks can be accessed by humans and non-humans.  Similarly other 3.0 concepts discuss customer centric responsive business models.

Digital Week | Digital public goods | 24 July 2015

Professor Michael Rosemann and Monica Bradley welcome Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz to the digital week and the role of PwC Chair in Digital Economy.  Professor Kowalkiewicz discusses:
- Brisbane's global reach in the digital economy;
- the domestic opportunities in robots; and
- DIY and the maker movement

We want to hear your thoughts and comments in response to jobs you'd like to see robots do and job opportunities in the future - can you imagine a day when we accessorise our robots? 

tweet us @chairdigeconomy or comment at our website www.chairdigitaleconomy.com.au 

Digital Week | Silicon Valley meets Bris-Vegas | 7 August 2015

Listen to the Digital dialogue featuring Australia Post National Director of State Government Sector & QLD/TAS, Tracey Gosling.

In this edition Monica Bradley explores:

- changing consumer trends
- digitising product offerings beyond automation to future services offerings
- helping communities prosper
- providing immersive learning experiences and
- below the line vs above the line innovation

Digital Dialogue | Tracey Gosling Australia Post | 27 August 2015

Pragmatic, academic, emotional and now digital intelligence, i.e. the capacity to be aware of, participate and contribute in the digital economy for both personal and professional reasons.

Travel bookings, news, entertainment, communication, personal fitness are just a few services that require a certain level of digital intelligence to access, else be precluded from these services.

What are the technical, behavioural and even artistic skills required to access, craft and succeed in the digital age? Is the digital intelligence of a nation a leading indicator for its productivity?

What skills should parents teach their kids about the digital age?  What are the social norms in the digital age? 
 
Join Professors Michael Rosemann and Marek Kowalkiewicz with Monica Bradley who explore the many facets of digital intelligence on the digital week.

Connect with us at www.chairdigitaleconomy.com.au


Digital Intelligence | Digital Week | 14 October 2015

Professors Michael Rosemann and Marek Kowalkiewicz explore the various facets of disruptive innovation. 

A revenue resilience assessment is proposed as a way to identify those revenue streams in danger of being disrupted. Early identification of disruptive trends reduces latency and increases the window for self disruption.

Catalyzing ideas and a well designed innovation system allow proactive disruption putting organisation into the driver seat. Revenue analysts, corporate disruptors and stand up ideators are emerging jobs in this area.

Digital Week | Disruptive Innovation | 9 November 2015

A world leading researcher on neuroplasticity, Professor Selena Bartlett discusses new brain function discoveries including why changing your brain is so challenging and what we can do about it.

Selena also explores the impact of the digital economy and digital exposure on brain neuroplasticity and whether  digital natives are fundamentally ‘wired’ differently.  

Digital technologies such as big data, apps and democratisation of information are explored as catalysts for a changing research landscape.  

Want a job of the future: how about a Brain Fitness Coach.

Digital Dialogue | Neuroplasticity with Professor Selena Bartlett | 13 November 2015

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.

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Digital Dialogue | Smart Cities – People, Place and Technologies | 23 November 2015

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

The Digital Week | Retail: 5.0: Check-out the Future

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.

The Digital Week - Fake News

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.

Digital Week | Digital Strategy of the Future

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.

The Digital Week | Digital Human Rights

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/

The Digital Dialogue - with special guest Michael Evans

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.

The Digital Week | The Big Wave of Job Creation

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.

The Digital Week | Evolution of Employment

Monica Bradley is joined by Audeara co-founders Chris Jeffery and James Fielding.

Digital Dialogue | with the founders of Audeara

Professor 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.

The Digital Week | Are you digitising or digitalising?

Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz and Monica Bradley take a deep dive into the role of government in the new economy.

The Digital Week | Role of government in the digital economy

Monica 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.

The Digital Week | Health 5.0

Welcome 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.

The Digital Week | Healthcare — from evolution to revolution

The 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”.

The Digital Week With Jocko Willink | Leadership in the digital age

QUT'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

The Digital Week | Will the benefits of automation be shared equally?

Researcher 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.

The Digital Week | Opportunity

In 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 technology is a pertinent concern for the CDE, with more research being necessary to explore these issues further in the future.

The Digital Week is produced by the CDE - follow us on Twitter and read our articles on Medium.

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The Digital Week | Responsible Technology

Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz and Professor Michael Rosemann discuss the ART of excellence with Oliver Bolton.

The Digital Week - The ART of Digital

Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz and Dr Mark Pedersen of KJR discuss Digital Maturity with Oliver Bolton.

The Digital Week | Digital Maturity

This 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.

The Digital Week - Blockchain With Leanne Kemp

On 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.

The Digital Week - Interactive Business Models

In 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.

Hiding In Plain Sight - Part 1 - Trends shaping the way we WORK

In 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.

Hiding In Plain Sight - Part 2 - Trends shaping the way we LIVE

In 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.

Hiding In Plain Sight - PART 3 - Trends Shaping The Way We THINK

On 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.

The Digital Week - Automation: Hype vs. Reality

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. 


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