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We’re Not So Smart
The Global Irish Economic Forum is being held the weekend after next in Farmleigh at a cost of €300,000 to the taxpayer. This forum sees a gathering of Ireland’s elite business people based at home or...
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Big Ideas from Global Irish Economic Forum
The Irish government hosted a two day event this weekend at Farmleigh bringing together 180 successful business people, native-born or of Irish descent. The stated agenda was to come up with policy...
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Recommendations from the Global Irish Economic Forum
The official report from the Global Irish Economic Forum held in Farmleigh a few weeks back was published this week. Having been at the event but not given access to most of the sessions I was...
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Is Ireland Really an Innovation Island?
The agency responsible for foreign direct investment onto this island, IDA Ireland, has recently launched a new marketing campaign in North America. This campaign is pitching Ireland as an innovation...
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Does Ireland Need a Network for Innovators?
The post I wrote a couple of weeks back – Is Ireland Really and Innovation Island? – received more interest than usual and in particular generated a very interesting discussion in the comments that is...
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Is Online Collaboration Helping Us Get Smarter?
Listening to Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia speak in Dublin this week, I found myself wondering whether all the content that is being created in collaborative online projects is actually enhancing...
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