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Ethics is everyday

Ethics is always present. For most of us humans it’s part of everyday decision making. Whether we’re conscious of it or not. In a organisational context it’s a little more complicated. Organisations are a collection of individuals making decisions. Guided by formal and informal structures and processes. Then all the heuristically made decisions using “rules of thumb”. Those ones laden

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Consumer Data Right as the catalyst for human and planetary flourishing: part 1 – a retrospective lens

CDR can change the game. It can re-energise a stale information sharing market. It can empower people with the tools and protections to decide how they take part. It can foster meaningful innovation and creativity. It can counter the ‘brain-drain’ from our country and fuel a powerful entrepreneurial ecosystem. It can put Australia on the map as a leader and innovator in modern information society. It can help the most trustworthy organisations get closer to the communities they serve.

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Consumer Agency in Modern Data Sharing Ecosystems

There is a much public discussion on giving people control and ownership of their personal data. This is happening globally. Across jurisdictions. GDPR, Open Banking, Consumer Data Right, Financial Data Exchange, California Consumer Privacy Act, MyData, FB being grilled in congress, TED talks…the list goes on. The terms, control and ownership, are being thrown about more frequently. But how do

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Revealing the grey

The enlightenment is ongoing. It is not something that was purely limited to the time period beginning with Descartes. It’s a progressive revealing of the grey areas of our existence and increasing awareness of our ongoing moral dilemmas. I recall a 3hr conversation with somewhat of a modern day philosopher Max Kaye a few years back. We were traversing many

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Challenges of teaching tech ethics

This is really some unedited thinking on this area. It’s based on the belief I have that to learn it you have to do it. What is happening with teaching tech ethics? Note: I don’t have a clear view of the ways tech ethics is being taught everywhere. So what I express here is based on my limited reach into

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Education vs learning

I’ve encountered this often. People confuse learning with education and vice versa. But they are different. Let me try to articulate what I mean… Education is institutionalised spaces and standardised processes for learning. The accepted norms, behaviours, processes by which we transfer knowledge across time. Across generations. Universities, colleges, school, academies etc. These are spaces for institutionalised ways of learning. Following

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Origin stories

I was born into a hippy Christian cult. Moving around heaps as a child with a few years in domestic violence refuges after my mum ran away from my dad with my five brothers and sisters. Then most of my childhood and adolescence was living in government housing estates with all the shenanigans and social dysfunction. I got kicked out

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Our social dilemma and what we should be focusing on

The Social Dilemma is a great piece of storytelling. I’d even go as far as it being a masterpiece of docu-drama. It brings to life some complex and challenging topics in a way that the average netizen can relate to. It was compelling in focus and immersive in narrative. While it’s easy to criticise the lack of nuance in the

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One point for a story to start from

The playful sounds of my children doing their chaotic dance in the early morning permeates my house. Joyful screams, siblings yelling, crying, laughing. I transition from a deep dreaming state to being more lucid, aware I was dreaming. This noise and stimulus likely influenced me to shift brain wave frequency. In this moment, I’m awake but still dreaming. Aware of

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Data protection day matters more than you think.

Today, trust is at an all time low. People are gaining more control of their data. They’re taking actions to protect their privacy and security. Global regulatory landscapes are becoming more progressive. Because of this, many organisations are struggling. They’re actively searching for ways to competitively differentiate. Most aren’t doing a great job. In fact, recent moves like Facebook’s deceitful design patterns, have only eroded trust further. Much

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GDPR: wolf in sheeps clothing

Well not entirely, and if it is, it’s unlikely intentional.  More so, a misguided attempt by a growing bureaucracy to protect people and enable greater economic and social prosperity. Or maybe just a classic example of the nanny state.  I’ll admit that headline was meant to get those GDPR pundits and supporters all riled up. Clickbait if you will. To

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