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Recently, I’ve been diving into research about our declining appetite for uncertainty. In an age where information is instantly available, the idea of being uninformed can be deeply unsettling. Most of us wouldn’t dream of going to a restaurant, booking a hotel, or planning a tour without reading reviews first. While some of this is about avoiding disappointment, it also reflects a broader need to feel a sense of certainty and control over the future—even if, deep down, we know this is just an illusion.

The Road Ahead for Real Estate - 5 Key Trends that Shape the Next 5 Years

The residential real estate landscape in Australia is poised for significant shifts over the next five years. From technological innovations to changing buyer expectations, here are the five key trends set to define the future of the industry:

With AI making waves across industries and hybrid work demand still strong, HR leaders find themselves in a unique moment of needing to reassess some of the systems they have in place. Rather than fight the tide that has well and truly turned, leaders need to rethink how in-person work, corporate culture, and human-AI collaboration function

Here are 3 things HR leaders would do well to consider in the new world of work:

We need to learn how to disagree. In today's culture, we are disagreeing constantly - but we are doing a terrible job of it. When it's done well, disagreement is necessary in guiding us further in pursuit of truth, but on the other hand it also has potential for being highly destructive.

Edward De Bono put it best when he observed that there is a big difference between disagreeing with someone and being merely disagreeable.

While many of us assume that being persuasive is about learning to present our arguments impactfully, the way we respond to individuals and ideas we disagree with is just as important. Speaking to the theme, venture capitalist and author Paul Graham devised a spectrum for describing different forms of disagreement—from the toxic to the constructive.

AI is making waves in every industry, and healthcare is not exempt. While the health industry is undoubtedly one in which the presence of humans is essential, the ever-increasing capabilities of artificial intelligence are opening up possibilities for processes to be streamlined in a way that benefits both healthcare professionals and patients.

Here are 3 ways in which AI is impacting the future of healthcare: