by JAK | Feb 21, 2007 | big ideas, development, idealog, industry futures
Or alternative title – “How to amplify relationships & build trust in banking” using the power of of social peer networks. About 5 years ago I wrote about the potential of the web to change the finance sector in new and exciting ways. The...
by JAK | Feb 12, 2007 | big ideas, culture
They Work for You is the title of an online project that: “aims to make it easy for people to keep tabs on the activity of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Parliament. You can browse parliamentary debates going back to November 2005, grouped by their relationship to...
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 | 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...