Leadership Insights

Australia’s $315bn digital opportunity – Data61 CEO talk at D61+Live

Digital innovation can deliver $315 billion in gross economic value to Australia over the next decade. Adrian Turner shares how we can capture this value and build our competitive advantage in key areas, as well as re-think our innovation system to drive scale.

Calling out data competitiveness as Australia’s top business priority

What’s our moonshot? Precision health, agriculture, robotics. As a country we need to rally around industries we can be the best at.

CEO opinion – Adrian Turner on why Australia’s missing the chance to lead on AI

The key to achieving long-term structural change from AI lies in the power of these emerging systems to learn and modify themselves without human intervention

Leadership and diversity during change and disruption – a personal perspective

Data61's Hilary Cinis is going to be delivering a keynote talk at D61+ Live in September 2018 - read about her personal experiences with leadership, AI and ethics here.

The new program creating Australia’s next batch of product leaders

There’s a gap in Australia’s tech ecosystem - product managers. They guide the creation, execution and finalisation of a product - creating something that users love. In Australia, there just aren’t enough of them.

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How can government lead during times of digital shake-up?

We spoke with Cheryl George,  Group Leader in Government Business and Stakeholder Engagement at CSIRO's Data61, about government, collaboration and leadership during a time of digital disruption.

An interview with Adrian Turner on privacy

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, OAIC, have created a week dedicated to focus on the need for organisations to develop and re-assess systems, processes, culture and practice to make sure they put their customers’ personal information first.

Adrian Turner at AFTRS – Full Video

Data61 CEO Adrian Turner's full presentation at the Australian Film and Television Radio School. Entitled 'Shift Happens', Adrian explores the fourth industrial revolution. What it is, what it means, and what the CSIRO's Data61 unit is doing about it.

If Australia were a company, would you buy its shares?

Below is an extract from an op-ed published in the Australian Financial Review in March 2018, entitled "If Australia were a company, would you buy its shares?", by Data61's CEO, Adrian Turner.