What is in an experience?

We are living in an era where we believe that things such as look, process, action, and activity need to be updated in order to be better.
I wonder if we haven’t gotten it all wrong?
I was at the Dubai Fish Market on the 24th of December and the 1st thought that went through my mind [...]

It is all about the experience

We hear and read a lot about how our social, political and economic environments are in an unprecedented state of change.
As we address the change around us we often think about cuts, re-deployment, product delivery, those things we tend to be able to monetize.
I think we are being distracted from the one thing we can [...]

Media, Culture and Economics my return.

Last night I had the pleasure of speaking to Mr. Michael-Ryan Fletchall of Experience Media Studios in Abu Dhabi.
We spoke about the 1st United Arab emirates based action film called Abdulla Omar and the Lost City of Sand. (the link to the audio is below)
Why this conversation was very interesting to me was becasue it [...]

The Cirque du Soleil Model!

Why doesn’t every activity we participate in have the same impact as Cirque du Soleil?
Why is it that everything we do does not embody the spirit of Cirque du Soleil?
In particular, but not exclusively, I am thinking about how I teach at Zayed University or broadcast at Dubai Eye.
Wait a second why can’t everything be [...]

TED2009 my final TED experience!

At 3:30pm yesterday on the 7th of February I was leaving, trying to make my way to the door of the arena at Long Beach to physically pull away from the TED experience.
It is not that I wanted to leave, I didn’t/I don’t, but I must.
I must leave because I need to take these connections, [...]

Why

JamesEd is very simply about learning from the experiences we observe or are part of on a daily basis. JamesEd is a living toolbox to help understand and deal with the world we live in.

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