by JAK | Feb 7, 2016 | big ideas, industry futures
I have been thinking about which sectors are ripe for re-invention and new thinking. I like data visualisation because it gives us the tools to engage and deal with ever increasing amounts of knowledge. I also work in infosec because I live and breathe online projects...
by JAK | Jul 18, 2012 | industry futures, TEDx
Talks from TEDxSydney are now up. Two of the most exciting ones for me and anyone interested in education thinking are the talk by Evan Kidd. And the talk by Chris Anderson which starts out “Teachers are heroes..” “Evan (Kidd_ argues that we need to...
by JAK | Dec 17, 2011 | big ideas, culture
Since the global financial crisis (GFC) started in 2008 (or was it ’07) it has become more obvious that business as usual is one of the first casualties. Some of us have been working on more sustainable business ideas as it has been clear for a long time that...
by JAK | Sep 1, 2011 | big ideas, industry futures, online marketing
Here is a glimpse into the future of online shopping from Korea. What is exciting and significant here is that customers using mobile phones are able to use QR codes to short cut straight to a shopping cart by scanning those codes directly off a poster. We have seen...
by JAK | Feb 13, 2011 | culture, industry futures
One of the nicer things about getting older is being able to take a longer term perspective on the future. More specifically; how our lives and those of our friends turn out based on decisions and actions in time past. It is a truism that we often don’t know or...