Lessons from the Air New Zealand Social Media Breakfast
‘Don’t be lame.’ One of several key take-home messages from the AirNZ Social Media Breakfast this morning at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland. Speakers Ross Dawson, author of the 2020 book Living Network, and Teddy Goff, Digital Director of Barack Obama’s 2020 presidential campaign, provided insights on social media and the opportunities it presents. Four of...
Big Data Discussion Series begins tomorrow
The first of five discussions chaired by Kim Hill on big data is being held this Thursday night (Feb 14), timed to coincide with the National Library’s major reopening exhibition entitled “Big Data: Changing Place”, which will run until April. Kim will be joined by a panel of experts who will explore the nature and implications...
Congrats to Power Shift, 7-9 December
Young people are often accused of being apathetic, but that cannot be said of the 600 young people from around New Zealand and the Pacific that will descend on Auckland on 7-9 December 2020 for the youth climate summit: Power Shift. Organised by the climate change action groups 350 Aotearoa and Generation Zero, the summit follows...
Festival for the Future
This weekend we were fortunate enough to attend the incredible Festival for the Future. Hosted by Guy Ryan and his team at the Inspiring Stories Trust, the event brought together a group of vibrant, innovative people to tell their own ‘inspiring stories’ and demonstrate how effective collaboration can combat complex issues we face in our...
Future Proofing the State
This week our Chief Executive Wendy is attending the Australia New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) Future Proofing the State Conference at Te Papa. The conference was opened last night with a keynote speech from the Rt. Hon John Key. He discussed how the Government has recently set 10 challenging results for the public sector to...
EPIC! – Book within the next 24 hours in Christchurch and ‘Pay Your Age’
There is no other word to describe this event. I went along last night to hear The Valkyrie in Wellington, and it was simply ‘epic’ – it is unbelievable that one person could dream up this drama and set it to music. On Wednesday 25 July the show reaches Christchurch and the NZSO are offering...
Craig Nevill-Manning: Why New Zealand Needs Planes
At the Transit of Venus Forum we were fortunate enough to interview Craig Nevill-Manning, a kiwi computer scientist who founded Google’s first remote engineering centre in New York. In this video he discusses how New Zealand business people benefit tremendously from experiencing the world: ”I think for New Zealand to succeed even more than it does...
David Skilling: The World is Lumpy
At the Transit of Venus forum last week inspired by Sir Paul Callaghan, we asked David Skilling, Director of Landfall Strategy Group, four questions: What is your current focus? What makes the world lumpy? Why over-invest in external relationships? What makes the Transit of Venus important? David is the perfect example of the talent we want...
Follow up to the Transit of Venus Forum
Rory and I spent three terrific days in Tolaga Bay and Gisborne. We have uploaded photos to our Facebook page for those interested in getting a feel for the event. In the next few weeks we will also be uploading interviews with some of the speakers to our Youtube channel. For those that are interested in the outputs and...
At Tolaga Bay for the Transit of Venus
This week our CEO, Wendy McGuinness and our Head of Research, Rory Sarten are in Gisborne for the Transit of Venus Forum. The forum, organised by the MacDiarmid Institute, Victoria University, and the Royal Society of New Zealand, brings together New Zealand’s leading thinkers to discuss the late Sir Paul Callaghan’s vision – making New...
One Week Until the Transit of Venus
One week from today, on Wednesday 6th of June, we will have the last opportunity in our lifetime to witness the Transit of Venus. To coincide with this historic event, next week the Royal Society of New Zealand, Victoria University and the MacDiarmid Institute are hosting a national forum on New Zealand’s future – which we...
Dr Ian Yeoman: Crystal Ball Gazer
On Wednesday 6th June the New Zealand Planning Institute is hosting a free lunchtime seminar with futurologist Dr Ian Yeoman, who will be speaking about his new book 2050: Tomorrows Tourism. The book explores the future of tourism, discussing complex topics such as sex tourism, new technologies, climate change, food tourism, urbanization and transport. Dr Ian Yeoman is the world’s...
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