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Experts predict generative AI’s business impact over the next 5 years

Generative AI has ignited widespread interest and debate. We called on UQ experts to share their insights on how this technology will impact different sectors over the next 5 years.

Embracing neurodiversity: 6 ways to support employees and colleagues

Encouraging and supporting diversity in the workplace boosts business performance and efficiency. Dr Miriam Moeller shares how attracting, engaging and supporting neurodivergent employees can build stronger and more effective workplaces.

Wishful thinking: How businesses can avoid 'greenwishing' and create a meaningful net zero plan

‘Greenwishing’ is an emerging trend that sees more companies unintentionally overpromise and underdeliver on proposed sustainability targets. UQ experts explain how to avoid greenwishing with 5 research-backed steps.

Strategy researcher honoured with international trailblazer award

Published on: 13 August 2024

UQ Business School’s Professor Paula Jarzabkowski has received the Academy of Management’s Joanne Martin Trailblazer Award in recognition of her leadership in organisation and management theory.

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Should we be concerned by AI in the consulting industry?

Published on: 1 August 2024

THE CONVERSATION | Dr Tapani Rinta-Kahila explores the rapid uptake of AI by consulting firms and asks why the industry sees such potential for transformation – and is hurling itself headfirst at this technology a good idea?

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What will a robot make of your résumé? The bias problem with using AI in job recruitment

Published on: 10 June 2024

THE CONVERSATION | Soon all business areas and operations will be under pressure to adopt AI in some form or another – including job recruitment. But the very nature of AI means human biases are being embedded in the technology.

Food AI: A game changer for Australia’s food and beverage sector

Published on: 6 June 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) will be central to the future prosperity of Australia’s food and beverage sector, as it transitions to an era in which AI is an essential element in the design, manufacturing and delivery of products that consumers love.

Sophia’s mission – changing the future, one city at a time

Published on: 31 May 2024

Sophia Arkinstall is on a mission. The UQ MBA graduate is setting out to make smart cities a reality, taking the concept beyond infrastructure, to look at how our cities will enable us to live healthier, happier lives into the future.