A proactive government seamlessly delivers information and services to citizens based on their needs, circumstance, personal preferences, life events, and location. A proactive government forecasts an occurrence of a life event and provides a service before the citizen even asks, reducing the latency of government services.

Monica Bradley speaks with Pete Townson, from the PwC Chair in Digital Economy, to explore the impact and characteristics of a proactive government.

The Digital Week | Proactive Government | 1 November

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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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

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

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 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

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 | Proactive Government | 1 November

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