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… read more →
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 something… read more →
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… read more →
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… read more →
Yesterday was the annual TEDxAuckland event which was held at the Aotea Centre (capacity about 2200) for a full house. There were 20 “acts” which included great speakers and musical performances by all. This is the fourth TEDxAkl event in Auckland with the first events being held in ’09, 10… read more →
Back in the 90’s many of us in the tech community talked about the convergence of technology making for changes in the value chains of many businesses. Some of that was obvious as telcos and media companies started to feel the business impacts of change. Back then many of us… read more →
As with previous TEDxAuckland events I am very pleased to be helping out again. The event is on Saturday August 3rd at Aotea Centre and is a brilliant and inspiring way to spend a day. One of the things that I love about the TEDx format is being able to… read more →
Here is the actual debate between Gordon and Brynjolfsson from TED 2013. Towards the end it goes in some surprising directions. Gordons first question relates to artificial intelligence and single purpose machines. The rebuttal is that machines solve problems in a different way. The goal is not to mimic human… read more →
Here is the Prof Robert Gordon TED2013 talk on the end of growth which was answered by the Erik Brynjolfsson counter view (posted on last week.) Then the two of them had a 12 minute debate. The first point I noted is that instead of the 6 headwinds the presentation… read more →
Back in 2007 law Professor Elizabeth Warren gave a talk on “The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class”. Last November Warren was elected to the US senate and now quite predictably some of her academic work has come under the microscope. Whenever anyone mentions the word “class” the risk is… read more →