by JAK | May 7, 2012 | big ideas, music, TED, TEDx
Ever since Brian Sweeney and Remo Giuffre told me about TED back in the early 90’s or maybe before that (TED started in 1984) I have been a huge fan. Brians 7×7 events in NZ were inspired by TED and they still resonate even though today we have TEDxSydney,...
by JAK | May 3, 2012 | big ideas, culture, general business, industry futures
Last year a couple of big finance stories caught my attention. I had just seen the movie Inside Job . What was very interesting to me was the idea that economists and other academics in the finance world had been utterly compromised by the global financial meltdown....
by JAK | Apr 28, 2012 | big ideas, industry futures
As many of you know I have been working on re-development of a significant NZ government related website which focuses on the roll-out of ultra fast broadband over the next few years. That site Crown Fibre Holdings finally went live a few weeks ago. I’m very...
by JAK | Apr 23, 2012 | big ideas, WordPress
Wordcampnz is all about creating an affirming space with the best coffee, best people & looking for those magic moments and happy accidents. Why have a musician talk about his website when you can hear him sing a song he wrote ? And why say good bye when you can...
by JAK | Apr 16, 2012 | big ideas, online marketing, WordPress
Earlier this morning I was privileged to be on Radio Wammo live talking about this years #wordcampnz in Auckland next Saturday 21st of April. We talked about who should come along, why and what it is all about. The format is q & a with no real script. Glenn...
by JAK | Feb 22, 2012 | big ideas, industry futures, online marketing
So what do bananas have to do with branding? We now live in a world where the back story to our brands is as important as the one constructed by the PR people and the marketing team. Branding is a 2 way process and anyone in the branding foodchain can tell their story...
