This post is about how to use innovation to deal with the daunting impacts of the current pandemic crisis we are experiencing. Feynman quote First off, don’t be afraid of the future. The future offers huge potential for new, better developments and you having a positive impact on where things will be going. Humans typically … More Innovation in times of crisis

With the pandemic taking grip of all of our lives, it is timely to think about our present and future. Here a few interesting sources what’s been happening around the world: The Mayor of London is creating ‘physical distancing’ spaces in the centre of Europe’s biggest city The Mayor of Ponteverda, a 60,000 people town … More 2020 Vision – Challenges of our generation

With all the bizarre things happening around the world: pandemic economic downturn, the world’s growth/ growth/ growth me-first (especially promoted by the current populists like Boris J, Trump, Duterte, Bolsonaro…) global warming. there may be a wonderful re-calibration opportunity for all of us. And work out what is really important, who is important to us … More Lessons from a global economic & health crisis

Lots of people have different views on how to safeguard the future for future generations. In my opinion one of the key things is to provide young talent access to the best personal development resources and motivation to give it a go. Here is a list of skills I think are required to have a … More 21st century talent development

In July 2019 the Whangarei District Council (WDC) declared a Climate Change Emergency. Northland decided to move from talk to action. End of July 2019 a group of us met a NorthTec for a Climate Change event. As a result we started to work on a climate change declaration and develop the framework for a climate … More Climate Change Action Plan

This week was the darkest week I ever experienced in NZ. Climate Change Minister James Shaw got attacked earlier this week on his way to parliament. Yesterday many people died in a terrible act of terrorism in two mosques in Christchurch. It feels the crazyness of the rest of the world has now reached New … More Friday for Future

The world is changing very fast around us. NZ moved from the Tyranny of Distance up into the nineties to the digital age. With companies like Vista Entertainment (about 35% global market share in cinema management industry), Xero (cloud accounting services) New Zealand has now fully embraced the potential to “beat above our weight”. From … More Why Tai Tokerau/ Aotearoa should become an renewable/ river/ marine energy global leader

On 8. Feb 2019 we hosted the Northland Tech Cluster kick-off event in Whangarei. The suggested purpose of the Northland tech cluster  is to “Bring together like minded Northlanders to utilize technology for economic and social wealth” by bi-monthly networking, helping each other, sharing knowledge & equipment (like CNC, surface mount machine, 3D printer… for small runs/ prototypes), joined internship/ … More Northland Tech Cluster kick-off event 8. Feb 2019

On 10. Dec 2018 NIC and Te Kapehu Whetu teamed up for our first joined technology job fair as a pathfinder event for Year 9 – 11 students. This was a direct follow-up of the Hatea River Water Quality STEM project we initiated with ten Year 9 female students since May. For us it is … More Inaugural Technology Job Fair for TKW Pathfinders