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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...
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TEDxDunedin 2012
TEDxDunedin was held tonight at the Apartment. Thanks to organisers and helpers – Jason Leong, Stuart Barson, Sam Schuurman, Luke Thompson, Michael Barker, Andy Weston and all the others who helped to...
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Nethui 2012
This week I am at a 3 day internet conference. Unlike many events that I attend this one appears to be quite generalist although there are specific streams. First session that I attended was “Ms....
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Is Healthcare heading for a Perfect Storm?
Last year I was listening to a tech software guy talk about healthcare budgets and how that was shaping up as the perfect storm for the sector. It is an important problem for our society and raises a...
View ArticleThe Dunedin Study
Back in July I went down to Dunedin (1100k South) to TEDxDunedin for an evening. One of the speakers was Professor Richie Poulton who is director of the Dunedin Study. “The Dunedin Multidisciplinary...
View ArticleWhat’s so funny about Mental Health and Understanding?
This week in New Zealand and 149 other countries around the world it is Mental Health Awareness Week. The theme this year is : Depression: A Global Crisis For very many reasons it is tricky to talk...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2013
We are in the last week of 2012 which is a great time to reflect on the year that has past and think about doing better for the 2013 year. Why be good when you can be great? Christmas is a time for...
View ArticlePandemic Planning 1580 Style
As unprecedented as Covid-19 is we have all been here before. This is not the first time the human population has faced off against a pandemic. The Great Plague of Marseille in 1720 was started because...
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