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...
by JAK | Aug 5, 2013 | big ideas, TEDx
One of the highlights of TEDxAuckland 2013 was a talk by NZ ex PM Helen Clark. Helen was Prime Minister of New Zealand for 9 years and is based in New York where she now works for the UN. The theme of the talk was advocating for more women in leadership. She opened...
by JAK | Aug 4, 2013 | big ideas, culture, music, TEDx
The talks and other performances at TEDxAuckland 2013 this year were of a very high standard and a great day was had by 2000+ people at the event plus many more tuned in from around the world for the live stream. A TEDx event is a bit like the conference equivalent of...
by JAK | Aug 4, 2013 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
Yesterday was the annual TEDxAuckland event which was held at the Aotea Centre (capacity about 2200) for a full house. There were 20 “acts” which included great speakers and musical performances by all. This is the fourth TEDxAkl event in Auckland with the...
by JAK | Aug 2, 2013 | big data, culture, TEDx, video
Tomorrow is TEDxAuckland 2013 and I will be there with bells on. I love ideas and thinking “across the universe” as I see it. Modern education ( it has been said) forces us to concentrate more and more on less and less and I think we should aim a bit wider...
by JAK | Jul 29, 2013 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
Back in the 90’s many of us in the tech community talked about the convergence of technology making for changes in the value chains of many businesses. Some of that was obvious as telcos and media companies started to feel the business impacts of change. Back...
by JAK | Jun 27, 2013 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
As with previous TEDxAuckland events I am very pleased to be helping out again. The event is on Saturday August 3rd at Aotea Centre and is a brilliant and inspiring way to spend a day. One of the things that I love about the TEDx format is being able to spend a day...
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 | Jun 23, 2013 | culture, industry futures
Last year on PBS Frontline there was a 4 part documentary series called Money, Power and Wall Street which tells the inside story of the GFC. As other media commentators have found out before a number of the contributing factors are well known 1/ Banking regulation...
