What does Big Data mean for Australian businesses right now?

It is claimed that 90% of the data ever created in the world was created in the past two years. Big Data is the term that has come to loosely describe how this ever growing volume of data can be harnessed and turned into something of value.

The use of Big Data in business ranges from business intelligence to measure how things have performed in the past, to predictive analytics to discover patterns that help identify potential future outcomes. One way or another it is still data. All businesses have it and few use it as well as they could.

We are pleased to announce that Ray Dhillon, IBM’s Big Data and Analytics leader for Aust/NZ will be joining Rod Jacka to discuss the practical application of data both big and small to business.

Panel speakers:

Rod Jacka, MBT 2004, Managing Director of Panalysis
Ray Dhillon, Big Data and Analytics leader for Aust/NZ, IBM

The session will be facilitated by Nick Wailes, Director of MBT Program and AGSM Online, Australian Graduate School of Management.

About Rod Jacka

Rod Jacka is one of the pioneers of web analytics in Australia. His authority is built on 16 years experience in the business, many speaking engagements, published articles and recognition by other international thought leaders. He is also a graduate of the MBT Program.

Analysis requires both creativity and the discipline of the scientific method to create real value for companies. Rod Jacka, with a strong background in both the arts and online measurement, spans both worlds.

About Ray Dhillon

Prior to rejoining the Aust/NZ practice in mid-2013, Ray led the Business Intelligence and Performance Management competency within IBM's Business Analytics and Optimisation in the growth markets.

During that time, Ray also worked on a number of major client engagements. He was the Programme Director of a key analytics engagement in Malaysia and a Senior Project Manager on a strategic integrated account engagement in China. Before that, he spent two years in Tokyo as IBM Japan's Cognos Leader.

Since joining IBM in 2006, Ray has held numerous delivery and business development roles and has worked extensively on enablement of cross-brand teams across the Growth Markets. He has also gained experience with large consulting firms, numerous software vendors as well as large corporate clients. 

For more info about the Master of Business & Technology (MBT) at UNSW please visit - http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/futurestudents/postgraduate/mbt/Pages/default.aspx

Big Data: The potential and the pitfalls

Grace in Abilene, Texas, says her grandmother, who was of German descent, would tell children to stop sulking or pouting with a word that sounded to Grace like “mooksie.” Her grandmother was probably using a form of the German dialectal terms mucksig or mucksch, which describe someone “sullen,” “sulking,” “moody,” or “defiant,” and are related to the verb muckschen meaning “to fuss.” In German, a child who is mucksig might express it with a pouty, protruding lower lip, which goes by the fanciful name Schippchen, literally “little shovel.” http://waywordradio.org

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The expression to go chalk has to do with rankings in an athletic tournament and harks back to when seeded teams or players were listed on a chalkboard. To pick chalk means “to choose one’s favorite competitor, and you can also speak of a chalk player or a chalky player. Originally, the phrase to go chalk comes from chalkboard rankings in horse racing. http://waywordradio.org

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The expression to run the traps means “to perform due diligence” or “solicit a wide variety of opinions” or “investigate every angle thoroughly.” This metaphor derives from the literal sense of running the traps, which refers to hunting and fishing, where someone inspects an entire line of traps to ensure no animals remain caught in it, each trap has bait, and everything else is in order. http://waywordradio.org

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When describing shoes, which is correct: close-toe, close-toed, or closed-toe? And what about forms of footwear that leave those pedal digits exposed? Open-toe shoes? Open-toed shoes? http://waywordradio.org

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Alisa from Memphis, Tennessee, shares a story about her mother emerging from sedation after a significant head injury. Her mom’s first words were Let’s get down to brass tacks. The phrase means “Let’s get to the point” or “Let’s get down to business,” but where did it originate? Word historian Pascal Tréguer notes on his website Word Histories that an earlier version of the phrase was to come right down to the brass, which referred to the brass studs on coffins—in other words, to come right down to the essentials, or to a point as fundamental as the finality of death. http://waywordradio.org

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Poet and priest Spencer Reece joins Leader’s Way host Brandon Nappi for a moving conversation about the power of poetry as an act of remembrance, as a response to violence, and as a culture maker and culture keeper. Listen to Father Reece offer spontaneous recitation and remind us of the ways poetry can bring us closer to the Divine.   

Host: Brandon Nappi

Guest: Spencer Reece

Production: Goodchild Media

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65: Poetry Holds Us Together with Spencer Reece

In this episode, we explore a subject that’s deeply important to us as educators: the role of climate in the classroom. How are schools and universities placing climate change at the heart of learning—not just in science lessons, but across the whole school experience?

We look beyond the curriculum to discover how educators are fostering sustainable living and embedding green practices into everyday school life. From encouraging active travel and connecting students with the natural world, to making conscious, eco-friendly choices part of the school culture, we’ll share inspiring examples of how teaching can shape a greener future.

We’re thrilled to welcome three inspiring champions of climate education:
🌱 Jenny Wilson – A passionate advocate from the Green Schools Revolution, Jenny is actively involved in the Teach the Teacher initiative. She collaborates with schools in underserved communities, empowering students to create their own Climate Action Plans and become agents of change.

🌍 Will Wale – A student at LSE and the outgoing Youth Focal Point for Sustainability and Climate Change at the Department for Education, Will brings a wealth of experience. He’s worked closely with young people, educators, civil servants, and ministers to advance climate and sustainability education across the UK.

🏫 Professor Nicola Walshe – Pro-Director of Education at UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, Nicola is also the co-founder and Executive Director of the UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education. Her work focuses on transforming how climate education is delivered in schools nationwide.

Date of episode recording: 4th August 2025
Duration: 00:42:16
Language of episode: English 
Presenter: Professor Mark Maslin and Dr Simon Chin-Yee 

Guests:  
Jenny Wilson, Green Schools Revolution https://www.greenschoolsrevolution.uk/
Will Wale, LSE student and Youth Focal Point for Sustainability and Climate Change at the DOE
Nicola Walsh, Professor and Pro Director of Education UCL IOE and CoFounder and Executive Director of UCL’s Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/ucl-centre-climate-change-and-sustainability-education
 
Producers: 
Adam Batstone
Caitlin Mullin

Season 5, Episode 9 - Climate in the Classroom: the green revolution in schools and universities


In this episode, we talk about the importance of sociology to Annie Ernaux’s Nobel-Prize-winning literary project, specifically focusing on the influence of Pierre Bourdieu’s notion of ‘habitus’. Our special guest, Clare Carlisle, Professor of Philosophy at King’s College London, introduces the concept, explaining what Bourdieu hoped to achieve by coining a new term to designate the idea of a collective disposition or class sensibility. Together, focusing on the opening of The Years (2008), Ernaux’s magnum opus, we consider the ways in which the book’s treatment of self, class, and nation can be read as ‘applied Bourdieu’. 

Our philosophical starting-point is a chapter by Karl Maton entitled ‘Habitus’ and published in Pierre Bourdieu: Key Concepts, ed. Michael Grenfell, 2012. 

Our literary focus is on pages x-51 of Annie Ernaux’s The Years in Alison L. Strayer’s translation (Fitzcarraldo, 2018).

Hosts: 

Scarlett Baron, Associate Professor of English at University College London.
Alice Harberd, PhD student in the Philosophy Department at University College London.

Guest: 
Clare Carlisle, Professor of Philosophy at King’s College London.

Keywords: 

#AnnieErnaux #TheYears #LesAnnées #NobelPrize #Literature #Autofiction #contemporaryculture #sociology #PierreBourdieu #aesthetics #philosophy #philosophyofmind #theself #interdisciplinarity #contemporarywriting #RachelCusk #Outlinetrilogy #class #habitus #subjectivity #sharedsubjectivity


Season 2, Episode 1  - The Sociological Self, with special guest Prof. Clare Carlisle

In this episode, we discuss Annie Ernaux’s The Years alongside, an article by Prof. Lucy O’Brien entitled ‘Shameful Self-Consciousness’. Shame, according to this paper, is a feeling which arises when we become conscious of ourselves as diminished by another’s appraisal of our social value. Prof. O’Brien joins us in the studio to discuss Ernaux’s frequent portrayals of shame in The Years and to consider how well they fit the theory outlined in her paper.
 
Hosts: 
Scarlett Baron, Associate Professor of English at University College London.
Alice Harberd, PhD student in the Philosophy Department at University College London.
 
Guest: 
Lucy O’Brien, Richard Wollheim Chair of Philosophy at University College London.

Season 2, Episode 2 The Shamed Self, with special guest Prof. Lucy O’Brien

Dwight Zscheile is a professor of congregational mission and leadership at Luther Seminary, and his wife, Blair Pogue, is a priest and canon for vitality and innovation in the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. They join Leader’s Way host Brandon Nappi for a conversation about their joint passion for engaging the innovative ways the Church is renewing its commitment to community and communion by meeting people where they are.  Brandon talks with Dwight and Blair about their new book, Embracing the Mixed Ecology: Inherited and New Forms of Christian Community Flourishing Together, which unpacks the theological language of “mixed ecology,” and how this language can help us imagine what is possible in our church communities.

Host: Brandon Nappi

Guests: Dwight Zscheile and Blair Pogue

Production: Goodchild Media

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Embracing the Mixed Ecology of the Church with Dwight Zscheile and Blair Pogue

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