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Category: Disruption

Posted onOctober 10, 2026October 10, 2026AI

The gravity of networks

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When Japan opened the Tokaido Shinkansen between Tokyo and Osaka in 1964, it seemed obvious that both cities would benefit. Osaka was already the commercial…

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Posted onJune 20, 2026Disruption

Media has never sold content

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My first job was as an eleven-year-old paperboy, hauling bundles of the local newspaper around a country town three nights a week. At the time,…

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Posted onMarch 17, 2026March 17, 2026AI

The graduate employment panic

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A small dip in graduate employment and suddenly the media shouts that the robots are coming for the entry level jobs.  For students approaching graduation,…

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Posted onDecember 20, 2025Disruption

Trust, transform and transfer

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I was recently asked by a graduate what it meant to advise a client in the age of AI. My answer was to refer to…

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Posted onNovember 23, 2025December 15, 2025AI

From population bomb to productivity boom

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This month I had the privilege of speaking at an event focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, organised by SEVENTEENx. The topic couldn’t have…

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Posted onOctober 25, 2025October 25, 2025Disruption

Ghosts of MySpace

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The internet’s story is one of amazing revolutions that no one recognises until it’s too late.  Once, Telnet ruled, a text-only frontier where each server…

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Posted onAugust 23, 2025Disruption

Decoupling revenue from cost

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NVIDIA is doing something remarkable, selling silicon chips at prices unimaginable a decade ago.  Artificial intelligence has decoupled demand from cost for a company built…

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