by JAK | Sep 24, 2017 | culture
So it is the morning after Election night in New Zealand. I was hoping for a different result but it seems after 21 years of MMP as a nation we still like first past the post. Update: On 20th of Oct – Peters announced a coalition with Labour and Greens are in...
by JAK | Jun 18, 2017 | culture, music, TEDx
TEDxSydney is a TEDx event that probably has more music in it than most. The idea is that layering music and short films between talks helps with absorbing and nourishing the brain food from the speakers. Every so often a musical performance comes along that is an...
by JAK | Jun 18, 2017 | culture, TEDx
At TEDxSydney 2017 – journalist Jane Gilmore didn’t pull any punches. She spoke about the ways that sub editors, journalists and publishers minimise the role of male violence against women by writing harmful headlines. She used a series of examples like...
by JAK | May 31, 2017 | culture, development, general business, online marketing
Every day I wake up and think about where I can add value to the projects I’m working on. In my world unless you have that little extra bit the “pixie dust” as I call it you may as well outsource yourself. Of course not everyone can but it is a smart...
by JAK | May 14, 2017 | culture, music
Every so often I hear a song that really moves me. One of the things that makes a song great is when others can sing the same words, the same song yet bring other layers of meaning into their performances. Which is what happens here. One song that has stood the test...
by JAK | May 8, 2017 | big ideas, culture, industry futures, TED
Elon Musk has a way of thinking about first principles and solving problems that is absolutely gobsmacking brilliant. Just a few weeks ago Elon had a wide ranging conversation with Chris Anderson at the latest TED conference. Instead of talking about Tesla they...
by JAK | Apr 11, 2017 | crmthinking, culture, general business
Just this week United Airlines dragged a customer off a plane and destroyed their brand for many customers. Last week Pepsi and Nivea also had tone deaf communications disasters. These are high profile screw-ups but many companies do worse on a daily basis by...
by JAK | Mar 12, 2017 | culture, industry futures, WordPress
This weekend I went along to WordCamp Auckland which was a gathering of 70 or so WordPress users, developers, bloggers and designers. I’ve been to quite a few wordcamps* before myself and it is often a surprise where the greatest insights come from. Below here...
by JAK | Feb 19, 2017 | culture
The first 4 weeks of the Trump presidency have been more than enough to confirm that the U.S has a serious problem with it’s President being unfit for the job. A 77min press conference this week confirmed that Trump is in the words of many “batshit...
by JAK | Jan 19, 2017 | culture, online marketing
Respect. That is what is missing from the latest president. According to Professor Roger L. Martin from the University of Toronto the marketing strategy that Trump used to win the election was by being politically incorrect at every step in the election cycle. It was...
