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5 Best Videoconferencing Apps for the Covid-19 Crisis

2 April 2020 by lisacc - Comment is Closed

With everyone cast out of their offices and forced to work remotely due to the Coronavirus nightmare, one of the biggest questions is: which is the best videoconferencing platform to use?

2020: A year of vision?

19 February 202031 March 2021 by lisacc - Comment is Closed

Hyperloop travel, exoskeleton-augmented humans, brain computer interfaces, living and working on Mars – just some of the predictions for the next 20 years

Robo advice no panacea to adviser exodus

18 February 202013 October 2026 by lisacc - Comment is Closed

Despite an exodus of financial planners from the wealth industry, alternatives such as robo advice are struggling to get traction. Since the banking royal commission major banks have exited the wealth market, and many financial planners have simply quit the industry at a “breathtaking” rate, according to Professor Jerry Parwada, Professor of Finance and director […]

Banks nudged to finish line on open banking

17 February 202013 October 2026 by lisacc - Comment is Closed

The big four banks are expected to meet the extended deadline for open banking compliance in February 2020, though one bank “might be struggling”, according to delegates at the 4th Open Banking and APIs conference in Sydney this week.

The dilemma of digital clutter

30 July 201916 February 2023 by lisacc - Comment is Closed

Where is the konmari for cloud? Gigabytes of free storage have turned many of us into digital hoarders. We never need to delete photos or email because Google or Apple or DropBox offer us huge virtual repositories for our data. Computer hard drives also keep getting larger. By the time your HD starts getting full, […]

How to be charismatic on screen

8 June 201916 February 2023 by lisacc - Comment is Closed

There are some fascinating videos on YouTube that look at how celebrities perform in interviews: how “charismatic” they are. The analysis is very relevant to businesspeople being interviewed by media.

5 lesser-known future predictions

13 February 201916 February 2023 by lisacc - Comment is Closed

We’ve all heard of Big Data, IoT, AI, automation and self-driving cars – here are five different future predictions that may have slipped under your radar.

SIBOS: Banks and crypto lovers battle it out

9 November 201813 October 2026 by lisacc - Comment is Closed

Blockchain has been one of the biggest buzzwords at Sibos 2018. It’s being embraced as a way for financial institutions to have more efficient systems, removing the need to reconcile multiple disparate databases and enabling real-time accounting. But there’s still scepticism over blockchain-based virtual currencies. UBS recently claimed that Bitcoin fails to meet the basic […]

Interview with Ethereum founder Joe Lubin at SIBOS

8 November 201813 October 2026 by lisacc - Comment is Closed

I interviewed Ethereum founder Joe Lubin at SIBOS 2018 in Sydney, where he discussed crypto asset markets and whether cryptocurrencies can be made to work fairly and independently.

Workspace Design Trends: The Wellness Version

16 October 201813 October 2026 by lisacc - Comment is Closed

Demand is growing for healthier workplaces as increased evidence links sedentary work to poor health effects. Co-working spaces are among those leading the trend for healthier office design. Sedentary behaviours are a known risk factor for cancer, cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes and early death. The more hours we sit down, the worse the effects. […]