by admin | Jan 27, 2015 | Project CivicsNZ, Project ClimateChangeNZ, Project ForesightNZ, Project OneOceanNZ, Project PublicScienceNZ, Project ReportingNZ, Project StrategyNZ, Project TacklingPovertyNZ, Project TalentNZ
This year we have decided to publish an in-depth newsletter at the beginning of the year and provide a brief newsletter in July. This newsletter gives updates on our work since our May 2014 newsletter and sets out the work programme for 2015. We are excited about the...
by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 26, 2014 | Prime Minister's Summer Reading List, Project CivicsNZ, Project ClimateChangeNZ, Project ForesightNZ, Project OneOceanNZ, Project PublicScienceNZ, Project ReportingNZ, Project StrategyNZ, Project TacklingPovertyNZ, Project TalentNZ
Welcome to our annual recommended summer reading list for the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Our starting point is what insights the Prime Minister might need in 2015. Before moving to the books, it is worth reflecting on the year of 2014 and, in particular, spending...
by admin | Nov 15, 2013 | Project ForesightNZ
On the 7th of October the McGuinness Institute’s CEO Wendy McGuinness was interviewed for Face Television’s ‘In Conversation with Noel Cheer’. In this interview Wendy discusses the structure and role of think tanks, their relationship with public institutions and an...
by admin | Oct 21, 2013 | Project ForesightNZ
As our library has been growing considerably over the past few months we realised the need for more shelves to house the collection. After talking to many people and looking through numerous books about book shelves we decided to go for a custom build. These shelves...
by Wendy McGuinness | Sep 5, 2013 | Project ForesightNZ
Next Monday the Institute will be meeting with Professor Shaun Hendy, author of the recently released Get Off the Grass; Bryce Johnson, Fish and Game; and some representatives from youth climate change organisation Generation Zero, to discuss progress of our joint...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 31, 2013 | Project ForesightNZ
We have been thinking a lot about foresight at the Institute recently. Earlier this month we met with Professor Shaun Hendy from the New Zealand Association of Scientists, Bryce Johnson from Fish & Game and Madeleine Foreman and Miranda Corin from Generation Zero...
