Jul 2, 2017 | Community Engagement, Creative Cities, Planner Tech, Social Media
At JOC Consulting we’re excited to be working with Newcastle City Council on their Smart City Strategy. Last year we delivered the community and stakeholder engagement and this year we’re helping facilitate a series of ‘Innovation Quarterly’...
Dec 8, 2016 | Planner Tech, Urban Trends
At JOC we’re fortunate to come across many entrepreneurs working in the Built Environment. These innovators are both inspiring and aspiring, often chasing their own journey as much as they are changing the industry, and for the better! It’s this passion...
Dec 2, 2016 | Economic Development, Planner Tech, Social Media, Startup, Sustainability, Urban Planning, Urban Trends
The latest PlannerTech column looks at 3 trends happening in NSW (Australia) right now! These trends are set to impact on our overall experience of the city, but also on us as built environment professionals. After starting PlannerTech in 2013, this will be...
Sep 5, 2016 | Creative Cities, Economic Development, Planner Tech, Social Media, Sustainability, Urban Planning
Over the past few weeks, JOC Consulting has been working with David Lock Associates and Cred Consulting on a new Smart City Strategy for Newcastle (NSW). Newcastle City Council has commissioned the Strategy to investigate ways in which the region, and city, can be...
Jun 22, 2016 | Creative Cities, Economic Development, Planner Tech, Uncategorized, Urban Planning, Urban Trends
John was recently invited to speak at the pop up CBA Innovation Lab in Melbourne. He was asked to discuss how we can create smarter regions and highlighted case studies, looking at cities and businesses, that were optimising technology to improve their operations and...
Jun 9, 2016 | Creative Cities, Economic Development, Planner Tech, Uncategorized, Urban Planning
My latest article for the Planning Institute of Australia’s New Planner magazine looking at Australia’s newest Smart City – Lake Macquarie. Extract – “The ‘Lake Mac Smart City, Smart Council Digital Economy Strategy’ delivers a bottom up...
