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Wake Up: The Nine Hashtags of Digital Disruption

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Wake Up: The Nine Hashtags of Digital Disruption by David Fagan explores how technology is rapidly changing our world, homes and businesses. The book identifies nine key areas where digital disruption is most impactful, offering insight into how these changes influence our daily lives and future landscapes. Perfect for anyone curious about the intersection of technology and society, it's a timely examination of our digital era.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in understanding the impact of digital disruption on modern society. It explores how technology reshapes industries and personal lives, providing insights into navigating the digital world with adaptability and awareness. Ideal for those fascinated by the intersection of technology and human behaviour.

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Everything you need to know about the digital revolution and how it affects your life.

Everything you need to know about the digital revolution and how it affects your life.

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The big trends in emerging technologies are in place if we want to be alert to them. In this book, I traverse the worlds of social media, driverless cars, online retailing, travel, education, health, employment, and the consequences of the great sin of any age - denial.

Wake Up: The Nine Hashtags of Digital Disruption is your guide to the biggest economic revolution in more than a century. Engaging and thought-provoking, author David Fagan explores the challenges and opportunities we face as we continue to adapt in the digital age.

Highlighting the latest technologies at the forefront of this change, Fagan examines the disrupters who have gone on to become billionaires and those who have failed to adapt.

Whether you are a parent trying to understand digital technology, an entrepreneur looking to chart success, or a manager wanting to understand how your customers live and behave - Wake Up chronicles the rise of social media, including Twitter and Facebook, the Uber and Airbnb phenomenon, the upending of traditional industries, and the threat to jobs from robots. It explains what this means for how we live, work, and play. This is the book we all need to Wake Up with, now.

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Wake Up: The Nine Hashtags of Digital Disruption by David Fagan is praised for its engaging and insightful exploration of the digital revolution. It offers a balanced view of future technology without bias, providing an entertaining and perceptive look at the new challenges and opportunities. The book serves as a call to action, illustrating the importance of adaptability through vivid examples.

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ISBN: 9780702259869

Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 October 2017

Country: Australia

Imprint: University of Queensland Press

Edition: None ed.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 238g

Pages: 240

About the Author

David Fagan has lived and breathed the digital revolution for almost two decades - first as one of Australia's most senior newspaper editors, and now as an executive charged with helping drive digital change at one of Australia's biggest universities. He's sat in a room with Rupert Murdoch studying how technology was upending journalism and the rivers of gold that have been the mainstay of newspapers. As editor-in-chief, he's designed and driven one of the biggest online news sites in the country. Now, as director of Corporate Transition at Queensland University of Technology, he uses his breadth of experience to run the Real World Futures program, which is dedicated to exploring and explaining how digital disruption is changing how we think, work and live. The Brisbane-based father-of-three is also a convert, of course, to Uber, Airbnb, social media, online shopping and drone racing.

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