The first session in November was a sell-out! Due to popular demand, new dates have been added for 2017: Auckland: 17 February 2017 Wellington: 13 February 2017   This half-day workshop is a practical introduction to Blockchain principles and technologies for business people. Delivered by experts Mark Pascall and Paul Salisbury, topics include the enablement … Continue reading "The Blockchain and Smart Contracts"

Our one-day workshops are for cross-sector professionals, to help them navigate the new world. This workshop explores and analyses the impact and speed of change and the impact driven by new innovations and emerging technologies, forging uncommon connections between technologies as the convergence of computer processing, cloud storage, the sharing economy and specific technological advances … Continue reading "3 Years to 2020: Business Disruption & Innovation Briefing"

This week-long course explores and analyses the impact and speed of crowdsourcing and the sharing economy, new buisness models built on social networks and collaboration. Understand the fundamentals and analyse case studies in social business, platform business models, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding and lean entrepreneurship. Each day will include: Tech news and conversations Course instruction and discussions Industry-led sessions … Continue reading "Crowdsourcing and the Sharing Economy"

This is a rapidly advancing field, influencing and benefitting a broad range of sectors from health to education, tourism to construction. Smart businesses are finding new solutions to de-risk highly repetitive functions or processes, or that require high levels of sustained concentration. In New Zealand, we have seen an explosion of automation in meat processing, … Continue reading "Robotics & Automation"

Explore the key facets of cybersecurity with a practical focus on incident resopnse and risk management - what do you do when it all goes wrong? Our experts will also cover data protection, cryptography, ID and access management and governance. Through a combination of foundational knowledge and practical role-paying, get to grips with the fundamentals … Continue reading "Cybersecurity"