5. The future of work: What will be required of leaders?
Stephen Scheeler
6. The future of work: Challenges and opportunities for universities
and business schools
Dr Kristine Dery
former Managing Director of Facebook Australia Research Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management, MIT, USA
Stephen Scheeler is the former Facebook MD for Australia and
New Zealand, where he guided Facebook’s rise from quirky start-up
to media and technology titan. Working with Mark Zuckerberg and
Facebook’s Silicon Valley leaders, his tenure at Facebook saw the
ANZ business – including Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp and
Oculus – become one of the most successful Facebook markets
on earth. Kristine Dery is a Research Scientist at MIT Sloan School of
Management in the Center for Information Systems Research
(MIT CISR). Kristine leads MIT CISR’s research on the Digital
Workplace, Employee Experience and Talent for Digital. She is
regularly a key note speaker for industry and has designed and
delivered numerous MIT Executive Education courses based
around her research and the broader MIT CISR research on
digital disruption.
Today – as founder of The Digital CEO, Senior Advisor to McKinsey
& Company, and Executive-in-Residence at the Australian
Graduate School of Management – he helps the world’s leading
companies build world-beating strategies, capabilities, culture
and leadership. Prior to joining CISR, Kristine was at the University of Sydney
where she was a leading researcher on two Australian Research
Council (ARC) funded projects.
As a speaker, Stephen has appeared on the highest-profile stages
– including TEDx, the Australian Governance Summit and AMP Amplify
– and is a member of the Australian Prime Minister’s Knowledge
Nation 100, top innovation leaders in Australia. She co-founded the Digital Disruption Research Group in Sydney
and previously held management roles in the tourism and airline
industries in Australasia and the UK. She holds a Bachelor of
Arts in Political Science from the University of Auckland, an MBA
from Melbourne Business School and a PhD from the University
of Melbourne.
Catherine Friday
Partner, Oceania Education Leader, EY
Catherine is the EY Oceania Education Lead Partner. She has
23 years’ experience in professional services and has worked
extensively in domestic and international Government and University
sectors as a corporate advisor.
Her experience covers broad aspects of university management and
academic leadership including strategic planning, risk management,
transformation of services, precinct planning, student services, and
community/alumni engagement. She has also worked extensively
with government agencies to support the design and implementation
of education services delivery, at both State level (for schools and
VET); and also the Federal Department (for Universities).
Catherine’s clients include Go8, RUN and ATN providers around
Australia, as well as State Departments of Education, the Federal
Department of Education, and the Tertiary Education Quality and
Standards Agency. Catherine has also worked with Education
COAG councils. Catherine was the lead author on EY’s 2018 thought
leadership paper, The University of the Future.
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