by Wendy McGuinness | Aug 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Wendy McGuinness | Aug 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Peter Ho is the Senior Advisor to Singapore’s Centre for Strategic Futures and the Chairman of the Urban Redevelopment Authority in Singapore. He is one of the world’s leading experts in embedding foresight into government. Recently he was in New Zealand...
by admin | Aug 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Evan Davis, in his excellent book Made in Britain, makes the case that there are three basic rules or principles that all economies tend to follow: ‘first, a country will build its economy around the resources it has available. Second, a nation will deploy these...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Following on from the 1st of June post that looked big ideas in marketing, we thought you might like to look at big ideas in the creative arts, in particular how photography, music, and technology are being integrated to develop new forms of entertainment. This is a...
by admin | Jul 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
This week our Chief Executive Wendy is attending the Australia New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) Future Proofing the State Conference at Te Papa. The conference was opened last night with a keynote speech from the Rt. Hon John Key. He discussed how the...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
There is no other word to describe this event. I went along last night to hear The Valkyrie in Wellington, and it was simply ‘epic’ – it is unbelievable that one person could dream up this drama and set it to music. On Wednesday 25 July the show reaches Christchurch...