1. The future of work: Professional service firm perspective
2. The future of work
Simon Blackburn Dr Ben Hamer
Simon is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company’s Sydney
office. He has a strong technology background and is one of the
leaders of Digital and Advanced Analytics Practice, serving clients
across multiple industries to help them respond to disruption and
capture opportunities enabled by new technologies and ways
of working. He was the lead author of the 2017 Digital Australia
report and has a passion for helping Australian organisations
transform their performance at the intersection of technology and
organisational change. Dr Hamer is an AHRI-awarded strategic human capital practitioner
with extensive experience as an executive across both federal and
state government, having managed large-scale workforce projects
in politically volatile and industrially sensitive environments.
Senior Partner, McKinsey
Simon spent 11 years at McKinsey’s Boston office as a leader of
their High Tech practice prior to returning to Australia in 2008.
Simon holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge
and a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Computer Science
from the University of Sydney.
Director – People & Business Consulting, PwC
Leveraging this expertise, Ben is a Director within the People and
Organisation consulting practice at PwC, where he partners with
public and private sector clients to help them plan for, design,
and transition towards their workforce of the future. In doing so,
he applies emerging research to inform his approach to highly
complex problems, which is aided by his doctoral studies as well
as enhanced by his tenure as a Visiting Scholar at Yale University’s
School of Management.
Ross Dawson
CEO and Chairman, Future Exploration Network
Ross Dawson is globally recognised as a leading futurist, keynote
speaker, entrepreneur, and authority on business strategy. He is
Founding Chairman of futures think-tank Future Exploration Network
and ventures and publishing firm Advanced Human Technologies,
and the bestselling author of four books including the highly
prescient Living Networks.
Strong global demand has seen him deliver keynote speeches
in over 30 countries, while frequent media appearances include
CNN, Bloomberg TV, SkyNews, ABC TV, Today and Sunrise shows,
Washington Post and many others.
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