by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 19, 2017 | Prime Minister's Summer Reading List, Project CivicsNZ, Project ClimateChangeNZ, Project ForesightNZ, Project Nation Dates, Project OneOceanNZ, Project PublicScienceNZ, Project ReportingNZ, Project StrategyNZ, Project TacklingPovertyNZ, Project TalentNZ
The books we have selected for the ‘Prime Minister’s 2018 summer reading list’ denotes the tools, ideas and/or skills we think the Prime Minister of New Zealand might find useful next year. Three high-level ideas shape the books we have selected: Idea 1:...
by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 20, 2016 | Prime Minister's Summer Reading List, Project CivicsNZ, Project ClimateChangeNZ, Project ForesightNZ, Project OneOceanNZ, Project PublicScienceNZ, Project ReportingNZ, Project StrategyNZ, Project TacklingPovertyNZ, Project TalentNZ
SCITILOP 2016 – the year politics was written back to front The readjustment that is taking place across the democratic world has been astonishing. For those sitting at the bottom of the planet, it has been like watching giant dominos falling, hearing the sound...
by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 24, 2015 | 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. Thinking about New Zealand’s long-term future is the overarching purpose of the Institute. It is with this in mind that we have identified the following observations from 2015...
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 Wendy McGuinness | Dec 24, 2013 | Prime Minister's Summer Reading List
Each Christmas we provide the Prime Minister with some great holiday reading, sending him a selection of books that we have found particularly insightful over the course of the year. Our selection this year includes: A Quarter Century in the Natural Sciences by Dr...
by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 20, 2012 | Prime Minister's Summer Reading List
We have really enjoyed the annual Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister released by Australian think tank, the Grattan Institute – so much so that we have decided to emulate their model across the ditch. We have designed this list to capture key issues that we...