by JAK | Dec 17, 2011 | big ideas, culture
Since the global financial crisis (GFC) started in 2008 (or was it ’07) it has become more obvious that business as usual is one of the first casualties. Some of us have been working on more sustainable business ideas as it has been clear for a long time that...
by JAK | Nov 21, 2011 | culture, TEDx
Here is what all the 10 year olds will be doing next. Thomas makes some other good points during his presentation – like most of the kids know way more about the technology than their teachers which is a real challenge for educators. ‘Thomas Suarez is a...
by JAK | Sep 1, 2011 | big ideas, industry futures, online marketing
Here is a glimpse into the future of online shopping from Korea. What is exciting and significant here is that customers using mobile phones are able to use QR codes to short cut straight to a shopping cart by scanning those codes directly off a poster. We have seen...
by JAK | Jul 10, 2011 | big ideas, development, industry futures
In 2011 we are all born global and to do well in the competition for capital and other resources we need to develop better measurement frameworks for promoting New Zealand as a centre for innovation to the rest of the world. Its election year in New Zealand and one...
by JAK | Mar 10, 2011 | big ideas, TED
Last week was the annual TED conference 2011 in Monterey. Would have loved to be there but lucky for us David Cowan was and he wrote up his TED Talks 2011 guide over here – David said “The 2011 speaker lineup lived up to prior years. You can never tell...
