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 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...
by JAK | Aug 25, 2013 | big ideas, culture, TEDx, video
Brian Sweeney is a long standing global NZ citizen who has been flying the flag for kiwi creativity and energy for many years. He has been based in New York for for a while now and one of his side projects is been nzedge which is an articulation of the kiwi spirit and...
by JAK | Aug 21, 2013 | big ideas, culture, development, TED, video
So what happens to jobs when we connect up all of the trend lines on what is already showing up in various economies around the world? We know certain jobs are disappearing because of automation and the flow on effects of this for everyone in the job markets is...
by JAK | Aug 5, 2013 | big ideas, TEDx
One of the highlights of TEDxAuckland 2013 was a talk by NZ ex PM Helen Clark. Helen was Prime Minister of New Zealand for 9 years and is based in New York where she now works for the UN. The theme of the talk was advocating for more women in leadership. She opened...
by JAK | Aug 4, 2013 | big ideas, culture, music, TEDx
The talks and other performances at TEDxAuckland 2013 this year were of a very high standard and a great day was had by 2000+ people at the event plus many more tuned in from around the world for the live stream. A TEDx event is a bit like the conference equivalent of...
