by JAK | Feb 2, 2013 | culture, TED
Every so often you come across a great list of things that can help you live smarter. Lately I have been talking with friends about how a bit of age is not a bad thing if it comes with perspective as well. In earlier days I use to try and write up my 10 ten things I...
by JAK | Jan 11, 2013 | culture, TED, TEDx
Today 70+ speakers were announced for TED 2013 to be held at the end of Feb in Long Beach. “This line-up features the largest number of speakers in TED’s history — more than 70. That’s because many of the talks this year are shorter. Often 12 minutes...
by JAK | Dec 18, 2012 | big data, big ideas, TED, TEDx
One of the biggest challenges of our times is how to deal with huge amounts of data. It turns out software and computing power work much better when we can use it to augment our intelligence to scale up large scale task management. What if machines/computers and...
by JAK | Sep 9, 2012 | big ideas, culture, TED
Last year I was listening to a tech software guy talk about healthcare budgets and how that was shaping up as the perfect storm for the sector. It is an important problem for our society and raises a whole range of ethical and practical questions. The key idea is that...
by JAK | Jul 10, 2012 | industry futures, TED
Back at the end of May I got to see these people all pitch 6 minute talks at Talent Search -TED@Sydney. All of them were good and I did like the Whale Shark guy but we had to try and vote for who we really, really responded to on the day. My top picks were Chantelle...
by JAK | Jun 5, 2012 | big ideas, TED
I have been waiting all my adult life for Kahneman’s “Thinking, Fast and Slow” book. Anyone who can link the world of psychology and economics is a hero to me. For Daniel to research along these lines for 40+ years – a Nobel prize doesn’t...
