COVER STORY: One year of Digital Nation Australia

A year ago, we launched Digital Nation Australia. Its mission is to report on the business impact of transformation. In our first year, almost a quarter of a million people have visited the site, and 10s of thousands more have watched videos and listened to our minicasts on channels like Linkedin.

Some key themes have emerged in that time.

These include the impact of accelerating digitalisation which have been supercharged by the pandemic, the rise of AI, the challenges to people and culture in new hybrid working environments, sustainability as a business driver, the rise of Web3, the evolution of the cybersecurity threat landscape – and by extension the regulator landscape, and the transformation of marketing and CX.

We’ll let our readers take it from here - We’ve picked a selection of executives who have spoken about the key themes covered by Digital Nation from the perspective of their own businesses.

These include;

• Gerard Florian, group exec – technology, ANZ
• Lisa Kozaris, chief innovation and legal solutions officer, Allens
• Warren Clarke, director of finance, eHealth NSW
• Rob Pickering, CTO, AFL
• Ramona Vijeyarasa, human rights lawyer and senior lecturer at UTS
• Zali Steggall, Federal Independent Member for Warringah
• Karsten Fruechtl, digital practice leader and partner at Bain & Co.
• Dee Monaghan, head of culture, engagement and behavioural risk and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
• Brian Reaves, chief belonging, diversity and equity officer, UKG
• Sandro Bucchianeri, chief security officer, NAB
• Adam Carey, CTO, Royal Flying Doctors Service Queensland
• Daniel Smith, CISO at Hearing Australia
• Katherine Cole, director of product – technology, News Corp Australia
• Simon Edwards research and insight lead at ANZ Group

We have made documentaries and case studies a feature of our coverage. As we plan our second year, we encourage you to get in contact and share your stories of digital disruption and sustainable transformation.