I still find the idea of watching midweek soccer (Liverpool v AC Milan - Champions League Cup Final from Athens is live on Sky at present), whilst eating breakfast weird. Back in London right now, it would be Wednesday evening, the Black Lion in West Hampstead and a pint of Fullers.
I had the same feeling earlier, reading Rod Drury's latest diary entries from Wales. He talked about the revelation of speaking to people focused on building a Knowledge Economy, co-ordinated Agency planning, digital infrastructure and the fact that people don't use the word 'Export'. In the UK, he says, all the talk is about participating in the global economy. Sound familiar? - (see previous blog posts)
New Zealand exports. Things like logs, dairy, beef and sheep body parts.
In a Knowledge Economy, you do not export. You do not disengage from the global economy and say - 'hey, this is a great New Zealand SaaS application...let's export it'. In the global Knowledge Economy you engage, you partner, you participate. In the global Knowledge Economy, you access a market of hundreds of millions of users. That's as it should be.
Sitting in Tauranga right now, eating a bowl of weet-bix, London really does seem a long way away.
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