National Statement of Science Investment (NSSI) – Our response
On Monday, 5 October the Minister of Science and Innovation, Hon. Steven Joyce, launched the National Statement of Science Investment 2020-2025 (NSSI). Following the release of the NSSI the Science Media Centre asked me to provide observations on the final document. The four objectives below were in my mind as I reviewed the document (in the tight timeframe provided). These...
The Civics and Media Project Workshop One: What is happening with civics and news media in New Zealand?
New Zealand ranks highly when compared internationally in terms of governmental transparency, media freedom and civic engagement. However, our media landscape is in a state of flux and our voter turnout is in decline, and the impacts of these changes on our nation’s culture must be monitored. Business, civil society and government must have the tools...
Introducing The Civics and Media Project
New Zealand’s civil society, businesses and branches of government all need to be armed with the appropriate tools to respond to the complex and changing needs of the media landscape in the future. The Civics and Media Project consists of three workshops and accompanying discussion papers, which will examine whether citizens and communities have the...
TalentNZ at the NZ Community Boards Conference
Last week we ran two TalentNZ sessions at the New Zealand Community Boards Conference in the Bay of Islands (15 and 16 May 2020). The theme of the Conference was ‘Influencing Change’, and it brought together local community board members, mayors, councillors, council staff and other persons interested in making a difference in their communities from throughout the...
A ‘Pacific and Southern Ocean Institute’ in New Zealand?
Last night we floated the idea of a ‘Pacific and Southern Ocean Institute’ – an independent institution charged with creating a place for bringing together ocean research and developing public policy in a considered and integrated way before it gets to the Cabinet table. See also the following media release. This idea was discussed at the...
Strategy Stewardship Think Piece
A coordinated and long-term approach to strategic thinking is essential for managing New Zealand’s health and prosperity over the long term. The Institute has just published Think Piece 21: Strategy Stewardship Matters: Utilising the Government Departments Strategies Index. The primary aim of this piece is to explain the purpose of a recent Project StrategyNZ initiative,...
Launch of the Government Department Strategies Index 2020 Is This Wednesday
This Wednesday we are launching our first ever Index, comparing 136 government departments strategies against each other, across departments and across sectors. If you would like to attend the launch, join us midday at the Institute. Please RSVP to [email protected] No government institution regularly reviews the content of government department strategies (GDSs). There is no...
The Final Version of the StrategyNZ Scorecard Is Released for Comment
The final version of the scorecard is largely a product of a discussion the Institute held on government department strategies (GDSs) on 1 October 2020. These ideas were further explored in December 2020. We would like to especially thank Stephen Cummings, Professor of Strategic Management, Victoria University; Patrick Nolan, Productivity Commission; James Palmer, Deputy Secretary...
Sir Paul Callaghan Science Meets Humanities Scholarship recipients
Sir Paul Callaghan’s vision of New Zealand as ‘a place where talent wants to live’ will be developed by two young scholars. To mark the anniversary of Sir Paul’s death on 24 March 2020, the we have announced today that Charlotte Greenfield and Darren Zhang are the joint winners of the Sir Paul Callaghan Science...
Wendy at the Harvard Business School
Wendy is currently attending a short course at the Harvard Business School. The course, ‘Driving Corporate Performance’, is for senior financial executives. Wendy has been keeping us up-to-date with what’s happening: The above is a picture of the lecture theatre with Professor Robert S. Kaplan surrounded by students at the end of a presentation. They...
Shaping Tomorrow
A friend of mine emailed me a link to this site, and I thought you might find it interesting. Shaping Tomorrow helps people and organisations better anticipate and respond to upcoming change, by setting out to help review critical uncertainties, challenges and trends. Our recent Think Piece 6, While AgResearch Fiddled, looks at critical uncertainties...
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