by JAK | Apr 13, 2015 | big ideas, industry futures, TED, video
Back in the early 90’s I read a book called ‘Maverick’ by Ricardo Semler. In it he tells the story of of how the hyperinflation of Brazil opened his eyes to a radical re-thinking of the way that companies worked. The story told in the Maverick book...
by JAK | Apr 9, 2015 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
Back in 1810 on May 3rd Lord Byron swam across the Darnadelles Straits apparently inspired by the legend of Hero and Leander where Hero swims across each night to be with his lover on the other side. In 1979 Sir Bob Harvey ( TEdxAuckland 2015 speaker) did that swim...
by JAK | Mar 19, 2015 | big ideas, TED
TED 2015 is on right now in Vancouver and while I am not there (one day:) I have been watching the various media streams when I have a moment. What I was struck by on the first day was what I think is a profound dissonance between a couple of presentations on the...
by JAK | Feb 19, 2015 | culture
So there I was at 9:30am and the water is freezing cold. It had seemed like a good idea a few weeks earlier during the summer heat. And in I went because – after all it was my birthday and I had promised myself a swim/snorkel at Goat Island. How often it seems...
by JAK | Jan 8, 2015 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Back in September last year at the 2014 MORGO conference I was able to try out the Samsung Gear Oculus VR device and I was very impressed to see a swim by of a Blue Whale and more on the screen. VR as a concept; has been around for quite a while and like many others,...
