by JAK | Jan 28, 2007 | big ideas, culture, idealog
One of the things I like to do when I visit or revisit a new city is to check out the art galleries for signs of cultural exploration and pathways to the future. It is one way of learning more about a culture. Art once collected by a gallery often tells us as much...
by JAK | Dec 31, 2006 | big ideas, culture, development, idealog
It is the end of 2006 and the beginning of 2007 which is a popular time to take stock and think about what we might want to do differently in the coming year? When we are growing up we have many well meaning people trying to guide us. We may even be doing this to our...
by JAK | Dec 6, 2006 | general business, idealog, industry futures
It is a truism that people don’t trust companies – they trust individuals. An example of this comes from a recent Australian survey. “Trust is the way most Australians define a great brand. When asked to rate factors that defined a great brand, nearly all the...
by JAK | Nov 22, 2006 | big ideas, culture
I liked this poem / tribute to Milton Friedman by David Slack (see below) and reproduced by permission. Go to the original source on public address to check for comments and responses to the original. Linking Friedman with policies followed in Pinochet’s Chile...
by JAK | Nov 19, 2006 | general business
Rod Drury (in his excellent blog) has raised again the tremendous waste of resources around the RFP processes for bidding on government contracts. He offers some actual suggestions that I’d like to see debated more widely. As procurement policy is so important...
