by admin | Apr 30, 2012 | Book Reviews
If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 parts, how many minutes does it take 100 machines to make 100 parts? For most of us, the instinctual response to this question is ‘100 minutes’ – but our instincts are wrong. The answer is actually 5 minutes. This problem...
by admin | Apr 30, 2012 | Book Reviews
In Steven Johnson’s Where Good Ideas Come From, he argues that open platforms, collaboration and experimentation are more facilitative to innovation than market forces and competition. The book has a sizeable appendix which presents a fascinating chronology of...
by admin | Apr 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
New Zealand King Salmon plans to establish nine new salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds. We think this proposal deserves informed public debate. It is not only important for Marlborough, but for all of New Zealand as it is a national treasure worth preserving for...
by admin | Apr 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
“Science lets us see the way nature is: we experience this again as we glimpse the workings of the same great celestial clock James Cook saw when the transit of Venus began at the predicted moment on that June day in 1769. Science is the compass on the voyage we must...
by admin | Apr 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
The ongoing assets sales debate presents interesting questions for New Zealand’s future and is a debate we should all be interested in. To keep you up to date with the process, this post presents some of the key points of the proposed legislation and where it stands...
