Where does your money come from? If there’s one area where people have consistently innovated throughout history, the way we resource ourselves would have to be it. When it comes to the creative types, the concept of quitting your day job and just pursuing your art is a great temptation. But if you’re not going [...]
How many fans does it take to quit your day job?
March 19th, 2009 · 7 Comments
Tags: · art, artists, creative, creative class, creativity, cultural creatives, fans, funding model, income, innovation, money
Category: Communication and connection
Heading to New York and DC for coffee
March 6th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Today I’m heading to NYC and DC for a two week trip, and I’m hoping you can help me make the most of it. Sure, I’ve got some work to do while I’m over there – meetings planned for my work with GetUp etc., but I want to squeeze the most out of my trip. [...]
Tags: · coffee, Crowdsourcing, dc, innovation, meetup, nyc
Category: Communication and connection · Corporate craziness · culture jamming · Guide to better living
Transmedia storytelling – media trend / innovation
September 4th, 2008 · 8 Comments
There are lots of ways to tell a story these days: websites, comicbooks, videogames, movies are but a few… So if you’ve got a great story to tell, which should you choose? Increasingly, the answer is “as many as make sense”… Welcome to transmedia storytelling. The Matrix is an example of Transmedia storytelling, as there [...]
Tags: · future of media, henry jenkins, innovation, media, Michael Moore, the matrix, transmedia storytelling, trends
Category: Communication and connection
Think Big Forum – quick post-talk notes
September 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
What a day! I’ve just arrived home from Sydney’s Think Big Forum at ANZ Stadium… I was invited to ‘keynote speak’ at the Forum when I was in Beijing and I decided to change my flights to be included on the speaker list. The way it was put to me was simple, “It’s a business [...]
Tags: · Australia 2020, change agent, Dell, E-Myth, futurist, google, Ideastorm, innovation, Innovation Programs, Kylie Kwong, NSW Business Chamber, The Clean Plumber, Think Big Forum
Category: Change Agency
Beijing’s ‘sold out’ Olympics – no tickets, but lots of empty seats?
August 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments
News organisations and journalists have been reporting that the Olympics are sold out, but thousands of seats remain empty at many events. Considering how many Beijing locals (and tourists, for that matter) would love to attend the Olympics, the ticketing allocation process is clearly inefficient if so many seats are empty at popular events like [...]
Tags: · 2008, 2012, Beijing, innovation, london, olympics, soldout, ticket, ticketing, tickets
Category: Things that make you go hmmm


