by JAK | Apr 18, 2007 | big ideas, culture, idealog, TED
If anyone mentions/raves about a 20 minute video featuring spaghetti sauce by Malcolm Gladwell (remember Tipping Point & Blink) don’t be surprised. The video is found on Ted Talks which is a bit like a youtube channel for adults. TED (Technology...
by JAK | Apr 7, 2007 | culture, this blog
Some of the very best writing is to be found in poetry. It being Easter – here is an Easter poem by Keith Newman*. Reproduced by kind permission of the author. FULL HOUSE When Abraham was asked If he would sacrifice his son It wasn’t out on highway 61: On a...
by JAK | Feb 28, 2007 | big ideas, culture
Every so often among the 400+ feeds that I follow, I come across something that stops me in my tracks. “In My Language” by Amanda is directed by a non-speaking autistic person who is able to communicate directly in our language via the web by using a voice...
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 29, 2007 | crmthinking, culture, general business, idealog
One of the keys to better communication is to understand the way that groups of people around you and especially our/your customers view the world. When we speaking with our customers we need to align ourselves with their needs, goal and desires to better serve them....
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...
