Twenty years ago, the internet took a century-old telephone network and turned it into an information superhighway. Today, something similar is happening in the power supply industry.
The power grid has already become an ‘internet for electricity’ where suppliers and consumers trade and regulate commodities in a two-way relationship.
Read more: Asset Management in the Changing SA Power Supply Industry
Disruption and innovation often go hand in hand, but there is an important difference between the two. For example, the use of smartphones to connect online with business services was an innovation. But when Uber began using smartphones to facilitate ride-sharing, the result was a disruption that literally had people fighting in the streets.
Read more: Managing Disruption: Designing a Capability infrastructure
AMCouncil Chapter Chair Sydney, Steve Doran, presented a paper on this topic at the recent AMPEAK17 event in Brisbane.
Engineers and Engineering Students Information Night – AMCouncil Gippsland Chapter
The Asset Management Council, Engineers Australia Gippsland Regional Group, and Federation University Australia conducted an “Engineers and Engineering Students Information Night” on 30 March 2017 at Federation University Australia, Churchill Campus,
Read more: Engineers and Engineering Students Information Night – AMCouncil Gippsland Chapter
