Collaborative white papers

For a deeper read, I also write white papers on big issues with friends and collaborators from around the world, as well as short form "Previews".  I've shown a few examples below.

The Future of Society

A framework for tackling the social problems that will be created by the automation of everything, written with Prof Jorgen Randers

Ending Accidental Time Bias

A new methodology for making large scale investment decisions that takes proper account of long term upside and downside risks

Building Australia

Looking beyond vanilla PPPs, to provide a more flexible basis for assessing how best to fund, finance and deliver large scale infrastructure

Rise of the Robot Masters

A much distilled version of my white paper on The Future of Society, for those that don't have time for the long version.

AI, Ethics & the Unthinkable

Effective governance and control of AI is one of the biggest risks to 21st century society.  Isaac Asimov still offers the best take...

ESG: Commerce or compliance?

ESG is a hop topic in many boardrooms, but the focus is often on compliance, rather than commercial opportunities.

Writing on business and entrepreneurship

In Pottinger Perspectives, we share forward-looking perspectives on what is happening in the world of business, entrepreneurship, innovation and - occasionally - politics.  Direct links to a few of my favourites appear below.  Sign up at this link.  

Flashpoint (my column in CEO Magazine)

Few businesses can rely on incremental growth to ensure long-term success. The safety of the status quo has been consigned to history by technological innovation and the accelerating change. In Flashpoint, I explore potential disruptions and inflection points in major industries, and provide tools to help leaders guide and support their teams through this environment.  This column ran in the European and Australian editions of CEO Magazine.

In the press...

"Australia In Crisis"

This piece struck a nerve when it ran a couple of day's after Tony Abbott's near death political experience, generating over 2,000 'likes', and was one of the most read pieces on the site that year.

Australia in Crisis - Business Insider - see here

"Australia Dreaming"

his follow-up piece ran in July that year, exploring what Australia needed to do. This attracted less attention - demonstrating sadly that people enjoy the crisis more than the solution.

​​How can Australia get its mojo back - see here

"Start-ups are key to our future"

This piece ran in Australia's leading broadsheet newspaper in parallel with the Myriad start-up event hosted in Brisbane, as part of our broader efforts to develop the start-up ecosystem.

Published in The Australian - see here