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....
by JAK | Sep 9, 2013 | culture, TEDx, video
One of the magic moments at TEDxAuckland 2013 was when Grace Taylor and 2 of her Rising Voices collective shared some poetry with us. Poetry was always written to be read and so the resurgence of the spoken word movement is really a return to the roots of poetry....
by JAK | Sep 4, 2013 | big ideas, culture, TEDx, video
David Trubridge gave a TEDxAuckland 2013 talk on why art is important to us now. It was called Our need to create. During the talk he referred to various images and ideas in support of his ideas. He referred to the Chauvet cave paintings done tens of thousands of...
by JAK | Aug 27, 2013 | culture, TEDx, video
Dale Williams gave the final talk at TEDxAuckland 2013 on how his town has created a successful “transition to jobs” model for the youth of that area. This talk was the epitome of common sense and proactive planning and provides a possible template for job...
by JAK | Aug 25, 2013 | big ideas, culture, TEDx, video
Brian Sweeney is a long standing global NZ citizen who has been flying the flag for kiwi creativity and energy for many years. He has been based in New York for for a while now and one of his side projects is been nzedge which is an articulation of the kiwi spirit and...
by JAK | Aug 21, 2013 | big ideas, culture, development, TED, video
So what happens to jobs when we connect up all of the trend lines on what is already showing up in various economies around the world? We know certain jobs are disappearing because of automation and the flow on effects of this for everyone in the job markets is...
by JAK | Aug 16, 2013 | culture, TEDx, video
This week the cardboard cathedral finally opened in Christchurch. The cathedral cost NZ $5.6m which is a lot for cardboard but astoundingly it is designed to last up to 50 years. Whatever your thoughts on such buildings the actual architecture and design is worth...
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...
