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A baby dolphin is born

December 29, 2016
Holiday-makers heading to the Gold Coast’s Sea World this summer have an extra marine mammal to ooh and ahhh over: baby Dusty, a bottlenose dolphin, born to Jinx in early December and on show to visitors to the
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More big ideas for 2017

December 29, 2016
In this era of maximum disruption and its twin, brilliant innovation, the opportunities and the challenges for businesses, utilities and industries of every stripe are enormous.
As we pause for a break to reflect on the year that’s been, it’s also a time to look to the future and imagine what it looks like.

We canvassed eight super-smart leaders from a broad spectrum, including avionics, mental health, energy, carbon markets, research and academia and asked them the same two questions:
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    Big ideas for 2017

    December 28, 2016
    In this era of maximum disruption and its twin, brilliant innovation, the opportunities and the challenges for businesses, utilities and industries of every stripe are enormous.
    As we pause for a break to reflect on the year that’s been, it’s also a time to look to the future and imagine what it looks like.

    We canvassed eight super-smart leaders from a broad spectrum, including avionics, mental health, energy, carbon markets, research and academia and asked them the same two questions:
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      10 things we learned by Decoding Genius

      December 28, 2016
      Genius! A frequently used word, it’s a rare and precious anomaly in the scope of human ability. Throughout our known history individual geniuses have uncovered solutions, and illuminated possibilities for humanity that might otherwise have remained unrealised.
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      What are we made of? Finding our pioneering spirit to drive growth

      December 23, 2016
      Presented to Melbourne Business School, October 24th, 2016
      I was lucky enough to be in Rio for the Olympic Games this year.

      Like many Australians, I love my sport. Rio was my fourth Olympics and it was a really great experience – I saw Usain Bolt win the hundred metres, I watched the final of the beach volleyball on Copacabana, which was one of the more unique sporting experiences – the game started at midnight.
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      Beth Comstock: 6 ways companies can be faster, smarter and more adaptive

      December 22, 2016
      By the time you’ve gathered enough information to make a decision, the time to make that decision has already passed. This has been a periodic problem faced by managers for decades, but with the speed and volatility we face today, it’s become our default condition. How to adapt? By taking a page from nature. In the second post of a new series on Medium, Beth Comstock, Vice Chair at GE, explores six ways companies can mimic nature so that an understanding of emerging problems and their solutions happens in real time and at market speed.
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      5 podcasts to tech up your holidays

      December 21, 2016
      As Australasian audiophiles head into summer in the golden age of digital audio, it’s time to load up your device with a feast of podcasts and audiobooks. (Remember the bad-back old days when you had to haul books and boom boxes to your holiday hideout?)
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      7 bright ideas on renewable energy

      December 16, 2016
      Meet Nick Miller, a US power-systems engineer with a passion for integrating renewables into electricity grids. Here's a guy who can ramp up a high-energy discussion just by rubbing wind and sun together.
      His work in applied engineering and research over the past 36 years has amassed a sheaf of patents; many relating to the control systems of  GE wind turbines and wind farms are designed to make these renewable powerhouses ever better citizens on the world’s electricity grids.
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      From Super Hornet to Growler—RAAF aircraft engines in formation

      December 14, 2016
      The in-flight capability of the RAAF’s new fleet of 12 EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft is to disrupt, deceive and deny enemy radar systems and communications; on the ground, the strategy for maintaining these GE-powered Boeing mission leaders is to buddy up—work with trusted partners to ensure reliability and availability. 
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      Don’t let the lights go out in Australia

      December 09, 2016
      Energy runs your life. Most commonly transmitted as electricity, it runs your home, your workplace, your city and our nation. Without it everything stops and the lights go out.
      Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879. Almost instantly it became indispensable to modern life. He went on to create General Electric, sometimes better known as GE.
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