by JAK | Feb 22, 2014 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
The big news here yesterday was that local Telco ( Telecom) was changing their name to Spark. In my view the real news was the announcement of ShowMeTV which is their long awaited content play. Ever since Jason Paris joined Telecom back in August 2011 some of us have...
by JAK | Feb 3, 2014 | big ideas, development, TED, video
Back in Oct 2012 I spotted a new book by economist Dambisa Moyo on the rise of the Chinese economy and the pressure on global resources. The thesis of that book was challenging then and now in 2014 we are getting used to the idea it is the Chinese economy rather than...
by JAK | Jan 31, 2014 | big ideas, culture, TED, TEDx, video
Sheryl Sandberg wrote a book called Lean In – here is what has happened since then. I watched this clip last night and just loved hearing the update. This was recorded in Dec 2013 for TEDxWomen. An excellent clip for men (and women) to listen to and learn from....
by JAK | Jan 14, 2014 | culture, industry futures
Over the Christmas break I managed I read Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and re-read Malcolm Gladwells – “Outliers – The Story of Success”. Two very different books but I was intrigued about the role of characters...
by JAK | Jan 6, 2014 | big ideas, industry futures
In a recent column on Why NZ’s return to investment in tertiary education is so low columnist Brian Fallow quotes an OECD study (440 pages) but actually gets his analysis mostly wrong. This is a big problem in mainstream media today where presumably because of...
