by admin | Nov 1, 2015 | Project TalentNZ
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 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...
by Wendy McGuinness | Oct 30, 2015 | Project TalentNZ
I had some very sad news this week – New Zealand lost Kevin Simpkins. I have known and worked with Kevin over the length of my career. He was also a patron of the McGuinness Institute. I valued his intellect, patience, wisdom and ethics. He worked hard to...
by admin | Sep 30, 2015 | Project TalentNZ
This video was launched during our presentation at the World Future Society conference in July 2015. 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...
by admin | Sep 30, 2015 | Project TalentNZ
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...
by Wendy McGuinness | Sep 24, 2015 | Project TalentNZ
This is a city I had always wanted to go to because the buildings are not very high – about four or five stories in the historical part of the city – and it is a city that has lasted the test of time. It is also a creative city where the arts are alive and...
by Wendy McGuinness | Sep 24, 2015 | Project TalentNZ
The German Parliament was a complete highlight! As I understand it, the German system was the basis for our system of democracy in New Zealand. There are a few nuances that are different but the basic framework is similar. I will be doing some more reading on this...
