2020 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Vicki Buck
It has been two years since the launch of our 2020 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Vicki Buck’s full interview which you can read here. Vicki is someone that likes getting out into the community and...
2020 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Tim Bennett
It has been two years since the launch of our 2020 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Tim Bennett’s full interview which you can read here. Tim is the chief executive of the securities market company NZX....
2020 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Anne Barnett
It has been two years since the launch of our 2020 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Anne Barnett’s full interview which you can read here. Anne is the Senior Commercialisation Manager at Viclink, a company focused...
2020 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Jamie Band
It has been two years since the launch of our 2020 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Jamie Band’s full interview which you can read here. Jamie is a 19-year-old, currently studying at Duke University in the...
2020 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – David Band
It has been two years since the launch of our 2020 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share David Band’s full interview which you can read here. David Band is an experienced international businessman who...
TalentNZ Newsletter Issue 11 Out Today!
In this issue we provide an update on our TalentNZ project, including Wendy’s reflections from her sabbatical, an interview with Dame Julia Cleverdon (co-founder of Step Up To Serve) and share some interesting resources that we’ve found while researching. We also discuss our upcoming workshop as part of the Civics and Media Project. If you would like...
2020 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Rik Athorne
It has been two years since the launch of our 2020 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Rik Athorne’s full interview which you can read here. Rik is the design studio manager at Weta Workshop...
TalentNZ promotional video published today!
This video was launched during our presentation at the World Future Society conference in July 2020. It showcases the journey the TalentNZ project has taken since Sir Paul Callaghan first shared his vision of New Zealand as ‘a place where talent wants to live’ at our StrategyNZ workshop in 2020. The video features individuals that we have met and filmed throughout...
TalentNZ Newsletter Issue 10 Out Today!
In this issue we share the video that we released at the WFS conference – TalentNZ: Creating a place where talent wants to live – and thoughts from Wendy’s travels through Europe. We provide an update on the TalentNZ Journal: Grow talent edition and share some interesting resources that we’ve found while researching. We also discuss our upcoming TacklingPovertyNZ...
Wendy’s Travels: Palo Alto, Paris and Berlin
See some photos and thoughts from my time in Palo Alto, Paris and Berlin.
Wendy’s Travels: Embedding talent
Travelling is fabulous for observing and thinking – and there is ample to observe. I thought I would post a few stories that are relevant for ‘creating a place where talent wants to live’. This post is the story about the Van Gogh family and the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. Everyone has heard of...
Wendy’s Travels: Hacking and Friction
How quickly the meanings of words change. Two examples were apparent at the World Futures Conference held in San Francisco. ‘Hacking’ is no longer a negative pursuit. Instead, to be a hacker can be positive, as explained to me by three young designers and futurists that asked twenty participants to ‘hack’ a futures game they...
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