by JAK | Aug 8, 2013 | culture, development, industry futures, TEDx
Thanks to everyone who came along to TEDx Auckland 2013 last weekend. It was a huge day for everyone and a triumph for speakers, organisers and other partners. Five days later the buzz is fading a bit but hopefully you are still feeling inspired. Increasingly TEDx and...
by JAK | Jun 24, 2013 | culture, development
Earlier this week I viewed the 4 part Front line series on Money, Power and Wall Street which screened last year on PBS. One of the source interviews for that series came from Phil Angelides who had a ringside seat to look very closely at the crisis. Phil Angelides...
by JAK | Jan 10, 2013 | big ideas, development, industry futures
New Zealand has an overall objective of achieving “90 percent of our electricity generation coming from renewable energy sources by 2025, providing this does not affect security of supply.” So how have we been doing? Currently we are at 79% and making good...
by JAK | Jan 9, 2013 | big ideas, development, industry futures
This week I have been updating my notes on solar power generation. What seems clear in global terms is that in the US, Germany and Australia there has been much more proactive legislation to support and encourage the growth of renewables. New Zealand is fortunate in...
by JAK | Dec 6, 2012 | big ideas, development
Earlier this year I came across a slide show by economist Robert J Gordon in which he talks about the end of economic growth. The slideshow I have was titled “Is U. S. Economic Growth Over? Lessons from the Long 20th Century” and it spells out his view...
by JAK | Oct 21, 2012 | big ideas, development, industry futures
In the past few years China has become much more noticeable as a consumer of resources. At an intellectual level we know and understand that China ( and India also) has a growing middle class of consumers as well as having been the production engine of the planet; but...
