Tag: Future of Work

Future jobs: Made by kids, gamers and old people

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
In 2007, Byron Reeves, Professor of Communications at Stanford University stated: “If you want to see what business leadership may look like in three to five years, look at...

Hard questions on soft skills

Posted on   |  by Andrew Herrmann
Technology is rapidly reshaping the workplace, bringing demand for new skills. But the skills that will define successful future workers have always been integral. As many of the routine...

Senate on the future of work

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government should establish a central body to oversee long-term planning for the future of work, a senate committee has recommended. The select committee on the Future of...

Workforce skills still a problem

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal budget did not provide a clear direction or funding path for future of work issues in preparing the Australian workforce for digital disruption, according to shadow minister...

Gig job reform not a priority

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox has urged the government to move forward in reforming existing workplace relations laws, but says the rise of gig economy jobs should...

McManus on gig economy problems

Posted on   |  by James Riley
ACTU chief Sally McManus has logged a claim for a big wage rise for Australian workers saying industrial relations law is a decade behind the gig economy and needs...

MC-B on tech talent shortfalls

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Atlassian co-founder and co-chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes has told a senate committee investigating the future of work and workers that Australia must get behind the local industry and called...

Ed Husic and the Future of Work

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor’s spokesman on the digital economy Ed Husic has become a fixture in the innovation and startup sector in the past couple of years. He is a pragmatic original...