by JAK | Oct 1, 2014 | big ideas, culture, TEDx, video
Back on August 16th, we in Auckland celebrated TEDxAuckland # 5 with another series of inspiring talks from locals with big ideas and great stories. Now a number of those 2014 talks are online and you can check them out. One of the talks I was most looking forward to...
by JAK | Aug 17, 2014 | culture, TEDx
Today is the day after TEDxAuckland 2014. It is almost too soon to tell how good it really was. That may not make much sense but every TEDx talk has at least 3 lives. These are: 1/ On the day – impressions & impacts from the live audience and secondary...
by JAK | Aug 2, 2013 | big data, culture, TEDx, video
Tomorrow is TEDxAuckland 2013 and I will be there with bells on. I love ideas and thinking “across the universe” as I see it. Modern education ( it has been said) forces us to concentrate more and more on less and less and I think we should aim a bit wider...
by JAK | Dec 13, 2012 | big ideas, TEDx
Anyone who has worked in marketing or sales roles especially knows that it is much easier to support a product or service that you believe in when the idea behind it is compelling and believable. Understanding why companies do what they do turns out to be a big part...
by JAK | Oct 25, 2012 | culture, TEDx
Architect Andrew Paterson presented at the recent TEDxAuckland 2012. What I love about TEDx events is that we can have an architect talking on the same stage as a medical doctor and a poet and so on. This year 17 speakers all had a great time. Andrew’s talk was...
