‘The future arrives at different speeds’ – a presentation by Paul Saffo in San Francisco
At the 2020 annual conference of the World Future Society in San Francisco, Paul Saffo ran a session discussing pace layer thinking and its application to foresight. Paul Saffo is a forecaster with over two decades of experience exploring the dynamics of large-scale, long-term change. He is co-founder of Discern Investment Analytics, teaches forecasting at...
Going Places lunch-time book launch and discussion
The McGuinness Institute hosted a lunch-time event for the Wellington launch of the new book Going Places on Thursday, 17 March 2020. Written by Julie Fry and Hayden Glass, 2020 TalentNZ Journal contributor, the book explores the economic contribution of migration to and from New Zealand. Hayden and Julie explained their evidence and shared their conclusions that included immigrant...
It’s not too late to join us for the Going Places book launch tomorrow (Thursday, 17 March)
‘Migration and the movement of people is one of the critical issues confronting the world’s nations in the twenty-first century.’ Going Places book launch By Julie Fry and Hayden Glass Thursday, 17 March 2020 from 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm. RSVP to [email protected] See the flyer below for more information Going Places is about the economic...
Join us for the Going Places book launch on Thursday, 17 March 2020
‘Migration and the movement of people is one of the critical issues confronting the world’s nations in the twenty-first century.’ Join us for the book launch of Going Places by Julie Fry and 2020 TalentNZ Journal contributor, Hayden Glass, on Thursday, 17 March 2020 from 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm. Going Places is about the economic contribution of...
Government Economic Network Annual Conference 2020: Day one
The Government Economic Network (GEN) held their annual conference in Wellington on Monday, 30 November and Tuesday, 1 December 2020. The McGuinness Institute interns attended the conference with the aim of sharing their insights with the Institute and our community. Below is a summary of the sessions on day one. Day one sessions were centred...
World Future Society Conference – Sun’s Reflections
After the WFS conference in July we decided to each write blog posts describing the sessions we attended. You can read Hannah’s reflections and our observations from the master classes we attended here. To find out more about the conference see our website. Wendy is currently on her sabbatical and will prepare her contribution for the September issue...
World Future Society Conference Day Two – Hannah’s Reflections
This post discusses the second day of the WFS conference, Sunday 26 July 2020. You can read about the sessions I attended on day one of the conference here and about the master classes we attended here. Sun will be publishing her blog post later this week. The morning of the second day was spent preparing for...
World Future Society Conference Day One – Hannah’s Reflections
After the WFS conference in July we decided to each write blog posts describing the sessions we attended. As I was writing, I found I was struggling to contain my learning from such interesting sessions into short summaries. So I decided to split my blog post in two, one for each day of the conference....
World Future Conference Master Classes
Two days prior to the annual conference, the World Future Society offer full-day master classes. These sessions are run by leading global experts in futurism and professional foresight and are designed to provide fundamental, contextual and interactive scenario-based learning. Wendy, Hannah and Sun all attended different classes over the two days. Read below to find out...
Building a Robust Strategy in the Age of Disruption
On 31 July the Palladium Group is running an event entitled ‘Building a Robust Strategy in the Age of Disruption’ in Auckland. This should be a fascinating seminar and will be well worth a look for those interested in business strategy. See the brochure here. Register here. One of the organisers is Mathieu Liminana, a...
Food Matters Aotearoa Conference
Top scientists will examine the challenges of modern farming and propose sustainable solutions in order to produce safe, accessible and nutritious food. The Food Matters Aotearoa conference and tour is coming soon! The tour will run from 9–20 February, with the conference being held in Wellington from 14–15 February. Wellington will host a long list...
What Comes First: Innovation or Entrepreneurship?
This Thursday, Bizdojo and Victoria University of Wellington are hosting two teams of distinguished entrepreneurs and academics debating the pros and cons of innovation and entrepreneurship on New Zealand’s economy. The event is certain to be fascinating, and will also give attendees a chance to see Bizdojo’s new collaborative, creative and innovation-friendly premises. If this...
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