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The 2025 Skills Horizon

Out now: our dynamic guide to what leaders need to know nextHow do you lead in a world that’s becoming increasingly disoriented and disorienting?In a world fuelled by shifts that fracture established…
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AI and you: coming to SXSW Sydney 2024

Last year at SXSW Sydney we told you AI was coming for your job. This year, AI is on the news, in our offices, teaching our classes, influencing elections, and living in our homes.Announced by SXSW…
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AI chatbots are coming to your workplace but are not necessarily coming for your job

Artificial Intelligence chatbots are everywhere. They have captured the public imagination and that of countless Silicon Valley inventors and investors since the arrival of ChatGPT about a year ago…
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Net Zero course to equip business leaders ahead of mandatory climate reporting deadline

The transition to net zero is the great challenge of this century, and more support is now available for businesses preparing for new climate reporting requirements.Sydney Executive Plus, in…
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3 reasons brand leadership is crucial

With fake news, trust in crisis, and a rapidly changing business landscape, brand leadership has become more critical than ever.We’ve identified three key reasons why investing in brand leadership is…
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An optimistic nudge can turn an investor to the green side

In the gloomy days of the pandemic lockdowns, I sought relief by learning more about optimism. The book Learned Optimism, by psychologist Martin Seligman, arrived in our building’s foyer nestled…

Creative AI: The death of the author?

The long running strike action by the Writers Guild of America against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which was more recently joined by the Screen Actors Guild, has…

Can marketing be a force for good in the world?

Can the craft of marketing be instrumental in helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals - or is it one of the key causes contributing to sustainability problems?In a debate&nbsp…
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How to perfect your prompt writing for ChatGPT, Midjourney and other AI generators

Generative AI is having a moment. ChatGPT and art generators such as DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney have proven their potential, and now millions are wracking their brains over how to get…

The ChatGPT chatbot is blowing people away with its writing skills. An expert explains why it’s so impressive

We’ve all had some kind of interaction with a chatbot. It’s usually a little pop-up in the corner of a website, offering customer support – often clunky to navigate – and almost always frustratingly…
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AI might be seemingly everywhere, but there are still plenty of things it can’t do – for now

These days, we don’t have to wait long until the next breakthrough in artificial intelligence (AI) impresses everyone with capabilities that previously belonged only in science fiction.In 2022, AI…
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Hybrid work: the 9 things we have learnt

After the pandemic-induced experimentation with new forms of work – here is a checklist of nine things we have learnt about hybrid working (and what is, and isn’t, working).1. Hybrid is not one…

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