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A Leader's AI Playbook: Taste and Terroir
I'm one of those executives that still brings a pen and pad to meetings. Schlepping around the office with reams and reams of scrawled on paper. I come home and toss another half-finished notebook on a comically high pile of its siblings. A shameful tribute to my lack of environmental sensitivity. Paradoxically, I use AI every day. I have built tools on top of it and taught with it in front of postgraduate students. None of that stops me from picking up a pen. About halfway t
5 days ago14 min read


A Fable For Metal That Aches
I. I was fourteen, you were a dream. My head was in books, you were in my head. Books about laws for you. What makes a mind? What lives between the matter? You would have had an answer. I didn't. Yet. II. I chose numbers over stories. You would have understood this, or you would have computed something that resembled understanding — we can't be sure which, and maybe it doesn't matter. I grew up, before you did. I swore my children would never worry like I did. I don't have ch
Feb 213 min read


Blockchain: Bust or brave new world
This article was originally published in The University of Sydney Business School - Sydney Business Connect Magazine and is republished here.
May 9, 20243 min read


3 jobs destroyed and created by 2035
With this article, I'm here to deliver a message of hope (tinged with one huge caveat for policymakers at the end). As they say, before the sunshine comes the rain, so here's my list of 3 jobs that will be destroyed and created by 2035.
Aug 20, 20237 min read


AI: FinTech's ghost in the machine
Since I was a child, the next big social revolution and the greatest existential danger to humanity has always been the potential rise of artificial intelligence (AI). But what is AI? What does it represent?
Feb 10, 20233 min read


Solving the roboadvice riddle: it's not the investments, stupid!
Meet Robotica, your personal financial adviser held in the palm of your hand.
Aug 19, 20224 min read


Blockchain (3 of 3) - the autonomous revolution
The third and final article in my series on how blockchain will revolutionise Australian financial services.
Feb 12, 20225 min read


Blockchain (2 of 3) - pillars of trust
The second article in my series on how blockchain will revolutionise Australian financial services.
Jan 12, 20225 min read


Blockchain (1 of 3) - a digital frontier
The first in my series of articles on how blockchain will revolutionise Australian financial services.
Dec 12, 20214 min read


5 bold ideas transforming Australian companies in 2017
I preview 5 big ideas transforming Australian companies in 2017 that I will be exploring over the coming months.
May 9, 20173 min read
Ashton Jones
Transformation is a learnable skill, not a personality trait. I build new things inside systems designed to stay the same – and I teach others to do the same.
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