by JAK | Nov 20, 2008 | big ideas, general business
One of my late grandmothers lived through the 1929 Depression in New Zealand and that stayed with her all her life. She lived for 90+ years but the memories of those times were never far away and it always seemed like a pivotal moment which shaped a generation...
by JAK | Nov 19, 2008 | culture
Ahh.. its that time of the year when everyone is hanging out for a Christmas break. Summer in the Southern hemisphere is a grand time and even with the “not so positive” news about an extra ray of sunshine goes a long way. After the elections in NZ it is...
by JAK | Nov 9, 2008 | culture
These results may change slightly but here are the almost definitive results in percentage terms and equivalent seats. The official table for this is over here and the seats should stay the same but may be small changes in the total numbers over the next day or so....
by JAK | Nov 7, 2008 | culture
The NZ Election is November 8 which is tomorrow. Labour needs the Greens and The Maori Party to make the numbers work and even then it probably won’t be enough. Official results from 7pm NZ time on 8th Nov. Russell Brown has made a partial assessment of Labours...
by JAK | Nov 5, 2008 | culture
Like many I have been keeping an eye on the Google chart below 2008 Election Results scroll down to the live graph/s At the moment – late afternoon its lookimng very good for Obama with 207 247! 324!* out of the 270 EV’s that he needs. *In the space of...
by JAK | Oct 27, 2008 | big ideas, culture
Back in early 2007 a book called 8 Tribes was published. It was described then by the publishers as a “snapshot of contemporary New Zealand (that) explores our unspoken class system and the hidden social boundaries that separate us from each other” In...
by JAK | Oct 21, 2008 | big ideas, culture
Over the weekend there were a growing number of policy debates around the impacts and implications of proposed changes to government investment strategy. At Public Address Russell Brown writes “Labour’s guarantee scheme was excoriated along with...
by JAK | Oct 17, 2008 | culture
Two years and 5 days ago I started this blog to be able to store up a bit of a reference library of ideas and experiences for customers, friends and myself. It has snowballed to be much more than that. Thanks to the readers in the US, Australia, NZ and UK especially...
by JAK | Oct 16, 2008 | industry futures
Following on from yesterday it seems that some of the ideas in the draft strategy for coming out of the crisis stronger -Download Full Document here have got a bit more traction with National. *Later in the day – John Key announced that he would be looking for...
by JAK | Oct 15, 2008 | big ideas
Following on from the NZ Institute / NZX draft document from Economy on the edge: Swan dive or belly flop? Or as another Jason commented – How can we take this to the next level? A draft strategy for coming out of the crisis stronger -Download Full Document here...
