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Embracing Chaordic Leadership: Dee Hock’s Vision for Digital Inclusion Whanganui

Alistair Fraser / 14 May 2025

In the late 20th century, Dee Hock, the visionary founder of VISA, introduced a revolutionary concept he termed “chaordic”—a blend of chaos and order that reshaped the possibilities of organisational design, technology deployment, and leadership. Today, his once futuristic ideas have become profoundly relevant, guiding innovative initiatives like Digital Inclusion Whanganui. Who was Dee Hock?

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Leaving a Digital Legacy: Reflections on Purpose and Inclusion

Alistair Fraser / 13 March 2025

Tuesday evening was a special and humbling experience. I had the opportunity to present a talk on the progress of Digital Inclusion Whanganui, sharing where we are at and outlining our first major milestone coming up : presenting a needs analysis report at Techweek 2025, scheduled for 19-20 May. This was, in many ways, my

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A Sense of Purpose

Alistair Fraser / 30 March 2024

It seems incredible to me that I am now on the higher side of 75 years old. I can easily remember thinking in my twenties that being 45 years old was unimaginable. Looking ahead, every year that comes and goes with me participating will be a bonus. I want to do the best I can

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Machine Learning with Images for ALL

Alistair Fraser / 12 March 2024

Here is a write up about machine learning with images and a great Webinar run by TUANZ recently. Unsupervised machine learning has become highly influential in our lives and needs to be more widely understood. Here are some descriptions of some of the key concepts involved, discussion about the implications of its use, plus commentary

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