A Living Wage for New Zealand
You may have heard talk in the media recently about a ‘living wage’. The campaign was launched by Living Wage Aotearoa New Zealand (LWANZ), which unites a wide range of organisations who support the living wage. I spent two days at LWANZ’s Precarious Work and The Living Wage in our Communities symposium last week, which...
‘She’ll be Right – Yeah Right’ Seminar
Last week I attended the Kensington Swan Business Ethics Seminar ‘She’ll be right – Yeah Right: Managing risk and reputation in today’s market.’ Keynote presenter Philippa Foster Back, OBE, Director of the UK-based Institute of Business Ethics, spoke about the latest global trends, successes and high-profile failures in business ethics. Following on from Philippa, Kensington...
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...
Notes from Demos
Following the fantastic Summit in Doha, Qatar, I have made my way to London where I had lunch with David Goodhart, director of Demos, a leading British think tank focused on power and politics. We had a great discussion about the role of think tanks in civil society and how they sit between academia and...
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...
More Notes from WISE
‘Building a Learning World’ Session moderated by British broadcaster Jon Snow, with panelists Rakesh Bharti Mittal from the Bharti Foundation in India, Gabriele Zedlmayer from Hewlett-Packard (HP), Prof. Roberto Carneiro from the Study Center on Peoples and Cultures, Portuguese Catholic University (UCP), and Prof. Bingqi Xiong from the 21st Century Education Research Center in China. You can watch...
Notes from WISE
I am currently in Doha, Qatar for the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE). So far it has been a fantastic experience. Some of the videos from the day 1 sessions have already been made available on the the WISE website and I encourage you to have a look. (Pictured left to right) Anver Versi from...
World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)
I am thrilled to have been invited to this year’s World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Summit in Doha, Qatar, in mid November. The Summit is themed ‘Collaboration for Change’ and will see over 2020 prominent education, corporate, political and social leaders from over 100 countries gather to discuss ‘bold ways of improving education, exploring groundbreaking new trends and...
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...
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