Productivity is the quiet force behind almost everything: the wages we can pay, the standard of living we can sustain, and the competitiveness of the institutions we lead, study and build.

Yet for the better part of two decades, productivity growth across the advanced world, Australia included, has slowed to a crawl. That slowdown helps explain stagnant wages, a widening gap between profits and household incomes, and the intensifying global contest for technological and critical-industry advantage.

History shows that periods of major technological change are usually turbulent, but until recently, they were also periods of surging productivity. The question now facing scholars and innovators alike is why that link has broken down, and what we do about it.

You are invited to join us for a fireside conversation with Emeritus Professor Roy Green AM, one of Australia's foremost thinkers on innovation, industry policy and the economics of productivity.

Roy's work has shaped national conversations on manufacturing, skills and management practice, grounded equally in rigorous evidence and real-world practice.

His new book (with Dr Phillip Toner), Understanding Productivity, draws on mainstream economics and on institutional and political economy alike, in the spirit of open, evidence-based inquiry and takes on genuinely contested ground including:

how we define and measure productivity
the role of research and innovation
the effects of financialisation and business dynamism
the weight of management quality and workplace relations, and
the risks and opportunities climate change presents.

MODERATOR

The session will be moderated by Portal Global CEO, Maria MacNamara, and will include a facilitated Q&A, giving attendees the chance to put their questions directly to the panel.

VENUE

This event will be held online. You will receive a link 24 hours prior to the event.

TIMEZONES

The session has been timed to enable members of our ecosystem to join from Australia at 17:30 - 18:30 and the United Arab Emirates from 11:30 - 12:30.

ZOOM LINK

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