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  • The Future Summit 2: Artificial divides

    The Future Summit 2: Artificial divides

    I took a lot from the Melbourne Future Summit, many good and some worrying. One of the worrying aspects was the hostility from the “creative thinkers” towards Engineers and scientists.
  • Big, hairy broadband

    Big, hairy broadband

    This column first appeared in SmartCompany. Since writing it, I’ve also done an ABC spot on the National Broadband rollout. The more I research and reflect on the proposal, the...
  • Motivation

    Motivation

    I was listening to a speaker yesterday describing the difference between public sector and private employees. An interesting point was that the motivations are different; public sector staff are more...