John Eyles

Current

Research and Alliances Leader at Telecom New Zealand
Chair at EON Foundation
Owner at Neosophy Limited

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Past

Senior Lecturer Postgraduate Studies at Auckland University of Technology
CEO and Co-Founder at English-To-Go
Manager Auckland Language Institute at The University of Waikato

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Education

Auckland University of Technology
University of Cambridge
University of Gloucestershire

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Connections

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Industry

Telecommunications

John Eyles’s Summary

I'm an ideas person obsessed with pragmatic outcomes. I invent the future and enable it to happen.

I work with the Research and Venturing group at Telecom New Zealand, looking 3-5 years into the future to identify opportunities and threats for the business. I'm also director of a new media company and chair of the EON Foundation.

My current expertise is in Social Networking, E-Learning, Social Media, Virtual Worlds, Online Collaboration, Mobile Services and understanding what the Future Telco looks like. I enjoy speaking at conferences and other events as well as meeting and sharing with others .

My Vision:

Education towards freedom for an inclusive and sustainable world though cooperation, mutual respect and understanding, supported by new communication technologies.

My Goals:

* Working to create a sustainable future through engaging, globally connected and supportive communities
* Working with visionary thinkers and creators
* Working in the online learning, social media and communications space
* Working to meld audiovisual mobile media and virtual world gaming into learning games and new knowledge systems

John Eyles’s Specialties:

Thought Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Creative Thinking & Strategic Problem Solving
Web 2.0 / Web 3.0
Virtual Worlds and Web 3D
Harnessing potential of distributed groups through digital media
E-Learning / Mobile Learning
Group Facilitation
Research Practice and Methods
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Conference Keynote and Public Speaking

John Eyles’s Experience

Research and Alliances Leader

Telecom New Zealand

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NZT; Telecommunications industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Looking 3 to 5 years into the future for threats and opportunities for the business. Providing thought leadership, innovation, creative problem solving and strategic insights - followed through with action. Managing research and alliances for the research and venturing unit at Telecom New Zealand.
Chair

EON Foundation

(Philanthropy industry)

August 1997 — Present (12 years 4 months)

A not for profit social enterprise dedicated to advanced global learning.
See website: http://www.e-o-n.org
Owner

Neosophy Limited

(Online Media industry)

January 1997 — Present (12 years 11 months)

Providing consultancy in strategic thinking, new knowledge systems and e-learning.

Additional Information

John Eyles’s Groups:

TUANZ, Telecommunications Users Association New Zealand, Humanities Research Network, ParticipatioNZ - State Services Commission Community of Practice, Teaching and Learning Online (TALO), Future of Learning in a Networked World (FLNW), EON Foundation, Neosophical Society, Global Issues Special Interest Group (GISIG) of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL), Global Issues Network, New Zealand Tourism Research Institute, NZTRI, Auckland Plus - Advisory board - leveraging international networks