NZ Ted Fellow 2009

NZ Ted Fellow 2009

It’s true I’m a TEDhead and if we’ve met it would be unusual if I didn’t mention the TED conference videos at some point. One of the incredible delights of the today is that even though we read less; if we can find time to watch an 18 minute...
Creative generalists rock the tesseract!

Creative generalists rock the tesseract!

Lately I’ve been to some funerals and also lots of births in the form of kids birthday parties. At both ends of the curve there are a number of recurring questions but today really looking at just two. One of the best questions ever is “What are you going...
The 10,000 hours rule

The 10,000 hours rule

At the recent New Yorker conference, called “2012: Stories from the near Future” was a piece by Malcolm Gladwell on two ideas of Genius. The video link is here – but check the size – it is 27 minutes long (and my HD version is 350mb! – HD...

Creative Visualisation of numbers

A key challenge for policy makers is how to tell a compelling story with numbers. It is not easy to visualise the impact of change in a meaningful way—but help is now at hand. Ironically it doesn’t come from the business intelligence (oxymoron alert)...
NZ Ted Fellow 2009

Spaghetti Sauce & other chunky content

If anyone mentions/raves about a 20 minute video featuring spaghetti sauce by Malcolm Gladwell (remember Tipping Point & Blink) don’t be surprised. The video is found on Ted Talks which is a bit like a youtube channel for adults. TED (Technology...