by JAK | Oct 9, 2013 | big ideas, culture, TED, video
One of the big idea talks at this years TED Conference was professor James Flynn on Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents. Prof Flynn taught at Otago University in Dunedin for many years and is a global expert on his topic. In simple terms our kids ( and...
by JAK | Sep 28, 2013 | big data, big ideas, TED, TEDx, video
One of the meta ideas that I have been thinking about for years now is how great ideas can appear from anywhere and sometimes these ideas overlap because of culture, education and our global mobility. I know many of you who have extensive personal networks in more...
by JAK | Sep 23, 2013 | big ideas, culture, general business, industry futures
Last week Roy Morgan Research published a slideshow about the Digital Universe in NZ and Australia. It is always great to see local research. Australian and NZ cultures adapt to a changing media mix and digital environment in similar but different ways than the U.S....
by JAK | Sep 9, 2013 | culture, TEDx, video
One of the magic moments at TEDxAuckland 2013 was when Grace Taylor and 2 of her Rising Voices collective shared some poetry with us. Poetry was always written to be read and so the resurgence of the spoken word movement is really a return to the roots of poetry....
by JAK | Sep 4, 2013 | big ideas, culture, TEDx, video
David Trubridge gave a TEDxAuckland 2013 talk on why art is important to us now. It was called Our need to create. During the talk he referred to various images and ideas in support of his ideas. He referred to the Chauvet cave paintings done tens of thousands of...
