by JAK | Mar 30, 2016 | culture, films, industry futures
My most important news comes from my twitter feed where I follow newsmakers and journalists around the globe. I ignore broadcast TV especially “the news” and I despair at the mainstream daily newspapers who all seem to be trapped in the death of a thousand...
by JAK | Feb 28, 2016 | big ideas, general business, industry futures
In the NZHerald a business analysis column by Brian Gaynor: NZ’s dairy giant deeper in debt adds a note of caution to general New Zealand mythology of us being the kings of the dairy universe. As Gaynor notes in his own very measured way. The dairy sector have...
by JAK | Feb 7, 2016 | big ideas, industry futures
I have been thinking about which sectors are ripe for re-invention and new thinking. I like data visualisation because it gives us the tools to engage and deal with ever increasing amounts of knowledge. I also work in infosec because I live and breathe online projects...
by JAK | Jan 27, 2016 | big ideas, industry futures
One of the big topics at the Word Economic Forum at Davos last week was a report called the Future of Jobs. Depending on who you read 47% of all jobs in the U.S are at risk of computerisation. “The Fourth Industrial Revolution is interacting with other...
by JAK | Nov 17, 2015 | culture, general business, industry futures
Recent research on 301 cities worldwide reveals that the major risk to future civilisation is in fact us. Market crash and human pandemic are the top two risks worldwide. The header image shows an “artists view” of a volcano in Auckland Harbour. (volcano...
by JAK | Oct 29, 2015 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Yesterday was the launch of the latest TIN100 results. The TIN100 is the top 100 of NZ’s high tech sectors. It includes a couple of larger companies such as F&P Appliances and Datacom alongside a wider number of software and IT services companies. New...
