by JAK | May 19, 2016 | culture, development, films, music
Sonita the movie is based on the story of Sonita Alizadeh. Sonita moved to Iran as a 10 year old from Afghanistan and started writing songs and wanting to perform as a rap artist. “After her family attempts to sell her into marriage, a young Afghan refugee in...
by JAK | May 16, 2016 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
A few weeks ago Samuel Gibson spoke at TEDxAuckland where he wowed the audience with his personal story of being born “the luckiest boy in the world” despite having osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disorder that makes for brittle bones that fracture...
by JAK | May 11, 2016 | culture, general business
Over at Public Address there is a post called Forgetting what we didn’t know which is about the New Zealand media / government response to the #PanamaPapers. In short various stories and government comments imply that the revelations have amounted to nothing....
by JAK | May 6, 2016 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
Since the first TEDxAuckland events back in 2009 there have been a huge number of speakers (100+) and attendees (7000+) who come along each year to be surprised, challenged, inspired, entertained and informed. In the early days finding speakers was easy because the...
by JAK | May 4, 2016 | big ideas, culture, industry futures
The Democrats in the U.S have a serious problem. Their preferred candidate Hillary Clinton was supposed to have everything stitched up by now. And then Bernie has gone and won Indiana. His 18th win in a race that was supposed to be a slam dunk for Clinton. The Clinton...
by JAK | Apr 25, 2016 | big ideas, culture, TEDx
TEDxAuckland 2016 is a bit different this year as it is spread out over a day and a half with 22+ speakers. It also takes place on a Thursday and Friday rather than a weekend. “TEDxAuckland 2016: flipside will feature two days of talks, events, activities and social...
by JAK | Apr 22, 2016 | culture
There is a saying that the “road to hell is paved with good intentions.” I was thinking of this when I heard that Oliver James was being interviewed on a local radio station. You can listen below if you like. The talk gave James a chance to talk about his...
by JAK | Apr 11, 2016 | general business
With greater mobility comes greater promise and greater potential for dodgy dealing. None of these off shore tax haven systems are new. What is newish is speed at which transactions and structures can be “managed” for good or for the few. The beneficiaries...
by JAK | Apr 11, 2016 | culture, general business
Here is some math for you all. What is 51% of $400b? The simple calculation says $200b. However when half of all trading bank lending is on the personal housing market the correct answer is a giant speculative bubble. That 200b number looks like a very measurable and...
by JAK | Apr 8, 2016 | online marketing, WordPress
There has been a fair amount of speculation that the #Panamapapers leak about tax havens and private trusts may have been at least partially enabled by old versions of WordPress and Drupal which are being used by Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm. ( Note: I...
