by JAK | Jun 7, 2008 | big ideas, industry futures
I was down at the swimming pool this morning when a new T-shirt caught my eye. “Shift happens” said the shirt. (in a manner of speaking 🙂 By serendipitous coincidence I was thinking about the future of education and some recent conversations with educators...
by JAK | May 8, 2008 | big ideas, culture, idealog
Lately I’ve been to some funerals and also lots of births in the form of kids birthday parties. At both ends of the curve there are a number of recurring questions but today really looking at just two. One of the best questions ever is “What are you going...
by JAK | Apr 3, 2008 | big ideas, general business
About 8 or 9 years ago there was a real glut of conferences on the impact of the internet and most presenters felt obliged to talk about Moores law which applied then mostly to hardware. In fact we are surrounded by lots of “business cycles” and ripple...
by JAK | Feb 28, 2008 | big ideas, culture, industry futures, TED
The latest TED conference starts this week and runs from 27th of Feb to Sat March1. This time presenters range from Craig Venter, through Bob Geldof , Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Isaac Mizrahi to economist Paul Collier and many, many others. On the Friday night for example...
by JAK | Feb 7, 2008 | big ideas, culture, general business
Many years ago I studied law and even completed my law degree, however my view then and now is that commercial business law is far too important to be left to lawyers. In short the legal considerations of law in business need to be very pragmatic and practical as part...
by JAK | Jan 27, 2008 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
As someone who spends much time exploring concepts and project ideas for clients I am keenly interested in copyright and intellectual property protection. Some type of new roadmap is needed for copyright so that we can preserve hard won rights but not stifle the new...
