by JAK | Jan 14, 2014 | culture, industry futures
Over the Christmas break I managed I read Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and re-read Malcolm Gladwells – “Outliers – The Story of Success”. Two very different books but I was intrigued about the role of characters...
by JAK | Jan 6, 2014 | big ideas, industry futures
In a recent column on Why NZ’s return to investment in tertiary education is so low columnist Brian Fallow quotes an OECD study (440 pages) but actually gets his analysis mostly wrong. This is a big problem in mainstream media today where presumably because of...
by JAK | Jan 4, 2014 | culture
It is the Christmas holidays in New Zealand and in the Southern Hemisphere we are all in t-shirts and at the beach for the most part. Business in New Zealand closes down for most of January and is pretty sleepy in February as well on account of the summer music...
by JAK | Nov 9, 2013 | big data, industry futures, online marketing
So this week after 7 years of business, Twitter finally listed on the NYSE in an IPO. Shares were valued at $26 and only 70m were on offer. Predictably the shares went as high as $50.9 inside the first 2 days and have now dropped back to $44.9 which gives them a...
by JAK | Nov 2, 2013 | big ideas, culture, industry futures, TEDx, video
On Dec 7th ( NZ time) TEDxHomebushRdWomen becomes the first TEDxWomens event in New Zealand. It runs from 1:00 – 6.00 pm at the City Gallery in Wellington. The #TEDxHomebushRdWomen event is timed to coincide with a global TEDxWomen event being held on Dec 5th in...
by JAK | Oct 21, 2013 | big ideas, development, TEDx, video
On Saturday TEDxChristchurch held their annual 2013 event which is the 8th event by the Christchurch team. The day was divided into 4 sessions with a selection of speakers and other performances in each session. The 4 themes chosen were:- Exploration, Justice,...
by JAK | Oct 16, 2013 | big ideas, culture
Today we heard that NZ author Eleanor Catton has just won the Man Booker prize and she is the youngest winner for, at 832 pages, the longest novel. This is the second time a NZ author has won the Man Booker prize and this is a good thing for booksellers everywhere and...
by JAK | Oct 9, 2013 | big ideas, culture, TED, video
One of the big idea talks at this years TED Conference was professor James Flynn on Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents. Prof Flynn taught at Otago University in Dunedin for many years and is a global expert on his topic. In simple terms our kids ( and...
by JAK | Sep 28, 2013 | big data, big ideas, TED, TEDx, video
One of the meta ideas that I have been thinking about for years now is how great ideas can appear from anywhere and sometimes these ideas overlap because of culture, education and our global mobility. I know many of you who have extensive personal networks in more...
by JAK | Sep 23, 2013 | big ideas, culture, general business, industry futures
Last week Roy Morgan Research published a slideshow about the Digital Universe in NZ and Australia. It is always great to see local research. Australian and NZ cultures adapt to a changing media mix and digital environment in similar but different ways than the U.S....
