FutureworkNZ blog

Like us, most of you will be at home, keeping to your bubbles, isolating from others and maybe worki…

To succeed in an unpredictable and changing world, adaptability is the key. Let’s be chameleons. Tec…

In my last post, I talked about how the rough and tumble of reallocation led to productivity growth,…

In our first four draft reports, the Commission focused on questions like:

Is technology progress a…

Our technological change and the future of work inquiry has turned the hose on some burning platform…

I’ve got some bad news about Santa Claus. The North Pole may be far, but it’s not too far to avoid t…

I’m sure you’ve heard some version of this popular prediction – about two-thirds of children enterin…

Low business investment is a problem for tech adoption.  Interest rates don’t provide a convincing e…

Crazily low interest rates but NZ businesses are not investing. Why not?

It’s an important question…

Is this the reason why New Zealand doesn’t feature more prominently on global business and investmen…

There are two “expert” messages about the impact of the digital revolution on work that are hard to …

As a small country that’s far away from most of the world, it’s not surprising that many have worrie…

There’s a long lag between invention and any labour market effects from the mass adoption of technol…

Technological progress need not eliminate jobs; automation can allow new and expanded worthwhile act…

Accelerating or decelerating? Just about all the media commentary about the future of work says that…

Can automation tech keep improving at the current rate? 

First, how good is today’s AI-enabled soft…

Biotech. Nanotech. Cleantech. Gene tech. Cloud computing tech. Successive waves of technological cha…