TheJakartaPost

Please Update your browser

Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.

Jakarta Post

LOG IN / REGISTER

LOG IN

Don’t have an account? Register here Give your organization full access to The Jakarta Post. Register here

innovation

The early signs of platform power in our ride-hailing economy

Academia 4 days ago

PREMIUM
The early signs of platform power in our ride-hailing economy

As ride-hailing drivers report increasing scarcity and pay-to-participate barriers, the invisible hand of the algorithm is reshaping our digital economy. We must ask whether platform innovation is expanding opportunity or quietly redefining the terms of fairness for millions.

Feudalism, meritocracy and why innovation becomes performative

Academia 1 week ago

PREMIUM
Feudalism, meritocracy and why innovation becomes performative

Indonesia has mastered the aesthetics of innovation through endless incubators and certificates, yet true ventures are consistently traded for the safety of status and hierarchy. Until the culture stops rewarding symbolic participation and starts embracing the risk of public failure, entrepreneurship will remain performative rather than practiced.

Investors can still outwit AI, but only if they’re unpredictable

Academia 1 week ago

Investors can still outwit AI, but only if they’re unpredictable

When dealing with problems that have a large degree of qualitative uncertainty or where the answer requires a judgment call, genAI is just as biased as most humans.

As disasters increase, climate adaptation funding lags behind

Academia 2 weeks ago

PREMIUM
As disasters increase, climate adaptation funding lags behind

As disasters become more frequent, contingency funds prove insufficient, forcing local administrations to seek support from the central government, which seems to focus on its own priority programs.

Why we keep building innovation that never innovates

Academia 3 weeks ago

PREMIUM
Why we keep building innovation that never innovates

It is time to restructure the current system, which is set up to keep building one technology facility after another that produces everything but actual innovation, by addressing the incentives that make repetition more attractive than real change.

Why digital transformation must be on the leadership agenda

Academia 3 weeks ago

PREMIUM
Why digital transformation must be on the leadership agenda

In companies that succeed, adoption is driven from the top down and reinforced from the bottom up, making digital tools integral to daily decision-making and execution.

Those who most need to understand AI don't get it

Academia 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Those who most need to understand AI don't get it

Just as war is too important to be left to the generals, AI is too important to be controlled solely by those inventing it.

Physician-scientist: The missing link in Indonesia’s health system

Academia 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Physician-scientist: The missing link in Indonesia’s health system

Indonesia’s aspiration for health system sovereignty, particularly in pharmaceuticals, medical devices and precision medicine, remains elusive, partly due to a lack of physician-scientists.

AI tide no longer lifts all boats, and may sink today's winners

Academia 1 month ago

AI tide no longer lifts all boats, and may sink today's winners

AI's rising tide no longer lifts all boats, and those that are sailing along smoothly one quarter could find themselves sunk the next.

Universities may be killing their innovators softly

Academia 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Universities may be killing their innovators softly

We are witnessing a "soft kill" of university innovators, not by policy, but by a measurement system that renders entrepreneurial labor invisible. It’s time to move toward a differentiated academic career path.

The Jakarta Post - Premium Subscription Banner

follow our Social media

Your Opinion Matters

Share your experiences, suggestions, and any issues you've encountered on The Jakarta Post. We're here to listen.

Let us know what you think:

Enter at least 30 characters

0 / 30

Thank You

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We appreciate your feedback.