Digital tomorrow: Powering transformation

In a world of accelerating change, where data and technology are a driving force of transformation, businesses are undergoing a profound shift. With this evolution moving at a breakneck pace and only going to accelerate, how can businesses keep up?

In collaboration with Newsroom, this podcast series focuses data and technology’s rapid evolution and its transformative power beyond just tools and gadgets. Across the six episodes we look at the dizzying speed of AI, the ever-evolving cyber landscape and how companies and customers will need to adjust to a cookieless world. As well as how humans and machines are changing the way we work, how data can help address the thousand wicked problems that is climate change and finally, how Space Tech is driving one of the biggest transformations of our generation.

Related topics AI Cybersecurity Consulting Workforce Climate change and sustainability

06 Episodes

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Presenters Emma Maconick Nicola Hermansson Adrian van Hest Michael Summers-Gervai Rohini Ram Meredith Wilmot Matthew Cowie Grant Hunkin

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Cookies: Adjusting to the cookieless world

Third-party cookies are tiny programmes embedded in almost every website that track your behaviour and share some personal data with marketers who want to reach you wherever you go. Pushed by regulators to do more to protect user privacy or explain what happens to data, Google and other technology giants plan to kill off these cookies next year.
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Episode 03
Duration
24m 17s

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Michael Summers-Gervai

Director, Business Consulting, Ernst & Young, New Zealand

Nicola Hermansson

EY Oceania Cyber Consulting Leader

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Cyber: The inside track

Businesses are under almost constant attack whether they realise it or not. Hackers, professional cyber criminals, state-backed cyber operations, and just opportunistic grifters are all probing the defences and weak spots across what experts call the "attack area".
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Episode 02
Duration
24m 06s

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Nicola Hermansson

EY Oceania Cyber Consulting Leader

Adrian van Hest

EY Global Incident Response Solution Lead

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AI: Harnessing the speed of change

From disinformation and deep fakes, to stolen intellectual property and purloined celebrity identity, to super-phone scams and fake student essays, it seems artificial intelligence has moved forward at such dizzying speed over the last year that it’s rarely out of the news. And it’s mostly bad news. But what about the positive side?
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Episode 01
Duration
27m 02s

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Emma Maconick

EY Oceania Data and Technology Law Leader

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Workforce: Fostering a digital-first culture

In a digital future, will your workforce still be your greatest asset? The new human-machine workplace calls for a blend of technical competence and “soft skills” such as empathy, curiosity and problem-solving across the whole workforce. It’s not just about training, but about cultivating a culture of innovation, purpose, inclusivity, and lifelong learning.
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Episode 04
Duration
24m 29s

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Rohini Ram

EY New Zealand People Advisory Services Leader

Meredith Wilmot

EY Partner, People Advisory Services

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Green data: Disclosing your climate risks

Measuring a company’s climate footprint is good for the planet and good for business, but where do you start – and where do you stop?
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Episode 05
Duration
27m 26s

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Matthew Cowie

EY Oceania Climate Change and Sustainability Services Partner

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Space Tech: The sky’s the limit

New Zealand’s an unlikely global leader when it comes to Space Tech, but more and more local businesses have got their eyes on the skies.
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Episode 06
Duration
25m 48s

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Grant Hunkin

EY Oceania | Associate Partner | Technology Consulting | EY Business Solutions (NZ) Ltd

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