QUT ExecInsights

Distinguished Professor Stuart Cunningham, OAM, is a leading QUT researcher in media, cultural studies and the workforce of the future. Stuart speaks to Kate about how the humanities will be vital to creating a community and workforce capable of meeting the challenges of technology, population ageing, globalization and climate change.

Esports is a billion dollar industry worldwide and growing. Michael Trotter, a Phd student, brought Australia’s first university Esports program to QUT. Michael talks to Kate about why universities would invest in Esports and how the industry of both tournaments and gaming is structured and evolving.

Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz, QUT Chair in Digital Economy and Michael Rosemann, QUT Professor for Innovation Systems speak with Kate about using the processes of structured ideation to create the preferred digital future for your organisation.

Distinguished Professor Matt Brown, QUT Director of Genomics, talks to Kate about the collaborative research which is revolutionising our understanding of the causes of rare and common heritable diseases, cancers and even infectious diseases. Kate and Matt speak about the speed of technological change in genomic research and the inherent challenges of international collaborative research.

Kate speaks to Rob Setter Chief Executive of the Queensland Public Service Commission on how our approaches to delivering for our communities are evolving. The Future of Public Purpose Work is IPAA Qld theme for 2019, an organisation and theme with which QUT eX is proud to partner.

QUT Vice-Chancellor Margaret Sheil talks to Kate about changes in the higher education landscape, and how universities can survive and thrive in the 21st century.

QUT Distinguished Professor Kerrie Mengersen, Deputy Director ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics and Statistical Data speaks to Kate about rich opportunities for business and policy insights from burgeoning sources of data and new techniques of data analytics. Among many examples, Kate and Kerrie cover airport congestion and measuring the impact of the $3.6B Queen's Wharf casino and retail development project in Brisbane’s CBD.

Head Coach and Owner, FITA U Performance Centre, Paddington, talks to Kate about the challenges of starting out in small business and the mindset for success. Kate and Ash also share some insights from a recent Entrepreneurship Summit they attended, and agreed to disagree on what went down.

Don Meij, CEO Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd and recent inductee in into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame speaks to Kate about the journey from delivering pizza in Red Hill, Brisbane to being the CEO of a company which is a market leader in seven countries. The conversation ranges through the importance of a laser-like customer focus, risk taking, digital retail, working with your Board, and the future of work in the pizza and food delivery business. Yes, there will be drone delivery!

Associate Professor Gary Mortimer speaks to Kate about recent significant shifts in Australian retail, the changing competitive forces and how different sectors are adapting.

Professor Patsy Yates, Head of QUT’s School of Nursing and distinguished researcher in palliative care, speaks to Kate about achieving access to high quality end of life care for the whole community.

Professior Michael Milford, Chief Investigator at the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision at QUT, shares with Kate his thoughts and predictions about what everyday life could look like in the near future with the onward march of technologies around robotics, automation and artificial intelligence. He also shares a strategy for using a bot to replace the romance of choosing an engagement ring!

Marcus Foth, Professor of Urban Informatics in the QUT Design Lab, speaks to Kate about creating, applying and using information technology and data to create cities and urban environments in which people can thrive.

Sean Druitt is the Studio Manager of QUT’s The Cube, one of the world's largest digital interactive learning and display spaces, dedicated to engaging young and old in the wonder of STEM. Sean talks to Kate about the team behind the Cube, digital art and Fruit Ninja.

Author and executive coach Susan Goldsworthy brings insights into high performance from her background as an elite athlete and corporate communication manager. She talks with Kate about ideas from he co-authored book, ‘Care to Dare Unleashing astonishing potential through secure base leadership.’

Rachel speaks to Kate about the complexities and challenges of the negotiation task for leaders and how we are all less rational than we think.

Meg speaks to Kate about how leaders need to create islands of sanity in complex times.

Brook Dixon, Managing Director, Delos Delta, speaks to Kate about how technology, smart thinking and leadership can build inclusive, productive and sustainable cities.

Changing the culture of an organisation is not for the faint-hearted leader is the message of Martin Moore, CEO of CS Energy in Queensland. It requires persistence and the ability to make sometimes heart-breaking decisions about moving people on. Martin shares his story and insights about change with host Kate Joyner.

Ruth speaks to Kate about how to keep learning and growing for a thriving 21st century worklife.

Responsible leaders grow through slow and thoughtful processes of experience, interpretation and dialogue says Professor Paul Hibbert, Dean of the Faculties of Arts and Divinity at the University of St Andrews.

Compelling forces are unwinding establishment law. New platforms such as LawPath and Lawyers on Demand are emerging, disrupting traditional business models of law firms. David Williams, Mullins Lawyers Partner gives us a tour of the changing landscape of the legal industry.

We pay multi-millions, but do leaders actually have an effect on organisational performance? Eminent Oxford scholar Professor Andrew Pettigrew steps out the evidence.

As PWC Chair in Digital Economy at QUT, Marek Kowalkiewicz joins Kate Joyner in a conversation about the gig economy, predicting and proactively meeting the needs of customers, environmental sensing to avoid disruptive blindsiding and digital intelligence (or stupidity). Find out Marek’s thoughts on how our homes may evolve for in a digital future.

If we have been in organisational life for any length of time, we will have experienced coaching. We may have had someone coach us, we may have been a coach ourselves to our team, or to colleagues, or we may have had some help from a professional coach. Dr Geoff Abbott is Director of Executive and Organisational Coaching at the Graduate School of Business, QUT and an experienced executive coach. He has recently developed the innovative Executive Graduate Certificate in Business (Leadership through Coaching and Mentoring) program. Geoff talks with host Kate Joyner about how the practice of coaching is changing in line with the complexity and volatility of our environments.

Do you feel there is a depth of connection among the people with whom you share your worklife? Leadership coach, lecturer and writer Aubrey Warren talks with host Kate Joyner about how to improve our skills in dialogue so that our organisations can achieve their goals, one conversation at a time. Aubrey also discusses how the nature of our conversations is changing with technology. He talks about his book with Dr Tim Bakker Conversations at Work, and also his excitement and alarm around the ideas in the book The Seventh Sense.