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Invitation to comment: Draft Discussion Paper 2015/01: Proposal for the Creation of an Oceans Institute
The oceans round-table discussion held on 16 June 2015 was a great success; see our previous blog post for details. Since then, we have summarised the key discussion points and published them as Initial Notes From the One Ocean Round-table: Proposal for a Pacific and...
TalentNZ: Menu of Initiatives – Attract 3. Attract international talent
Each day of August, the Institute will feature one initiative from the TalentNZ Menu of Initiatives. The Menu showcases four integrated work-streams – grow, attract, retain and connect. Today are showcasing ‘Attract 3. Attract international talent’. For examples of...
Showcasing Others’ Work: Two Weeks Without Charity Challenge
Two Weeks Without is a new social enterprise to help businesses fundraise for local charities they care about by going two weeks without something. This creative corporate challenge can be tailored to your business’ needs and can be as quirky or challenging as you...
TalentNZ: Menu of Initiatives – Attract 2. Identify the talent you want
Each day of August, the Institute will feature one initiative from the TalentNZ Menu of Initiatives. The Menu showcases four integrated work-streams – grow, attract, retain and connect. Today we are showcasing ‘Attract 2. Identify the talent you want’. For examples of...
TalentNZ: Menu of Initiatives – Attract 1. Map the ecosystem
Each day of August, the Institute will feature one initiative from the TalentNZ Menu of Initiatives. The Menu showcases four integrated work-streams – grow, attract, retain and connect. Today we are showcasing ‘Attract 1. Map the ecosystem’. For examples of this...
TalentNZ: Menu of Initiatives – Grow 7. Seek out a youth voice
Each day of August, the Institute will feature one initiative from the TalentNZ Menu of Initiatives. The Menu showcases four integrated work-streams – grow, attract, retain and connect. Today we are showcasing ‘Grow 7. Seek out a youth voice’. For examples of this...
TalentNZ: Menu of Initiatives – Grow 6. Promote storytelling (Pūrākau)
Each day of August, the Institute will feature one initiative from the TalentNZ Menu of Initiatives. The Menu showcases four integrated work-streams – grow, attract, retain and connect. Today we are showcasing ‘Grow 6. Promote storytelling (Pūrākau)’. For examples of...
TalentNZ: Menu of Initiatives – Grow 5. Cultivate new entrepreneurs
Each day of August, the Institute will feature one initiative from the TalentNZ Menu of Initiatives. The Menu showcases four integrated work-streams – grow, attract, retain and connect. Today we are showcasing ‘Grow 5. Cultivate new entrepreneurs’. For examples of...
TalentNZ: Menu of Initiatives – Grow 4. Incentivise young people who want a university education to complete their undergraduate degree in New Zealand
Each day of August, the Institute will feature one initiative from the TalentNZ Menu of Initiatives. The Menu showcases four integrated work-streams – grow, attract, retain and connect. Today we are showcasing ‘Grow 4. Incentivise young people who want a university...
TalentNZ: Menu of Initiatives – Grow 3. Incentivise young people who want to be makers
Each day of August, the Institute will feature one initiative from the TalentNZ Menu of Initiatives. The Menu showcases four integrated work-streams – grow, attract, retain and connect. Today we are showcasing ‘Grow 3. Incentivise young people who want to be makers’....
TalentNZ: Menu of Initiatives – Grow 2. Build a curriculum fit for the future
Each day of August, the Institute will feature one initiative from the TalentNZ Menu of Initiatives. The Menu showcases four integrated work-streams – grow, attract, retain and connect. Today we are showcasing ‘Grow 2. Build a curriculum fit for the future’. For...
TacklingPovertyNZ Workshop: Registrations are now open
We are seeking young people between the ages of 18 and 25 to attend the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop. Purpose: The workshop will bring together 30 young New Zealanders, who will work together to prepare a youth perspective on the issue of poverty in New Zealand and how...
TalentNZ: Menu of Initiatives – Grow 1. Put the student at the centre
Each day of August, the Institute will feature one initiative from the TalentNZ Menu of Initiatives. The Menu showcases four integrated work-streams – grow, attract, retain and connect. Today we are showcasing ‘Grow 1. Put the student at the centre’. For examples of...
TalentNZ: Menu of Initiatives – The TalentNZ Ecosystem
The TalentNZ Ecosystem is part of our Project TalentNZ and illustrates the key components and major flows of a talent-based economy. The Ecosystem was designed to demonstrate how the four work-streams – grow, attract, retain and connect – interact. Understanding how...
TalentNZ: Menu of Initiatives – August Campaign
For the month of August, the Institute will be showcasing the Menu of Initiatives. The Menu is part of our Project TalentNZ and focuses on how best to identify and distribute tools for councils, businesses and communities to design their own unique strategy for...
TalentNZ Newsletter Issue 8 out today!
In this issue we discuss the recent World Future Society conference in San Francisco where we attended master classes and ran a session on ‘Building a talent-based economy in New Zealand’. We provide an update on the TalentNZ Journal: Grow talent edition, our TalentNZ...
McGuinness Institute Newsletter Issue 15 Out Now!
This newsletter gives updates on our work since our January 2015 newsletter and sets out the work programme for the next six months. We have a lot planned for the rest of the year, which you can see on our updated work programme (July 2015). If you are interested in...
World Future Conference Master Classes
Two days prior to the annual conference, the World Future Society offer full-day master classes. These sessions are run by leading global experts in futurism and professional foresight and are designed to provide fundamental, contextual and interactive scenario-based...
Building a Robust Strategy in the Age of Disruption
On 31 July the Palladium Group is running an event entitled 'Building a Robust Strategy in the Age of Disruption' in Auckland. This should be a fascinating seminar and will be well worth a look for those interested in business strategy. See the brochure here. Register...
The James Duncan Library ‘Gold’ Shelves
New Zealand’s first sci-fi novel, Anno Domini 2000, written by New Zealand’s former premier Julius Vogel, was not exactly the sort of story Virginia Dobson was expecting to find when tasked with re-cataloguing the ‘gold books’ section of the James Duncan Reference...
Watch Dr Bernard Cadogan Discussing What Makes a Good Political Speech in New Zealand
On 8 May Dr Bernard Cadogan discussed what makes a good political speech in New Zealand. Bernard presented us with a ‘perfect speech’, discussing the place of irony, wit and a range of other tools in political speeches today. It was an informative and...
Eighteen US States Introduce Bills for GMO Labelling
A recent article in Time magazine, entitled 'Meet the new lab-made foods', discusses new GMOs that may soon be available on American shelves and asks: 'will people want to eat them?' Pink pineapples, non-bruising potatoes and non-browning apples are among the GMOs to...
Nation Dates Third Edition – Inviting Public Feedback
The Institute is currently working on the third edition of our flagship publication: Nation Dates. This book presents a timeline of significant events that have shaped New Zealand, as well as identifying 'historical threads' (which link related events and illustrate...
Interview With Gabriel Makhlouf, Secretary & Chief Executive of the NZ Treasury
I think transparency is a good thing. My experience of it here has been positive. I mean, sure there are costs to operating a system of publishing advice and one needs to think about how you actually administer a system like that, but the principle of transparency, I...
Q & A Session With Richard Louv
In November 2014 we travelled up the Whanganui River with 35 young New Zealanders aged between 18 and 25 as part of the LocalNZ workshop. During this trip the LocalNZ participants had the opportunity to hear Richard Louv discuss connections between family, nature and...
One Ocean Round Table Generates Excellent Discussion
The round table on the proposed 'Pacific and Southern Oceans Institute' (a working title) saw a compelling discussion, and it generated a wide range of ideas and observations regarding our ocean space. This event forms part of Project One Ocean. On Tuesday evening, 16...
TalentNZ Newsletter Issue 7 out today!
In this issue we discuss the six TalentNZ worksheets developed for the TalentNZ sessions we ran at the New Zealand Community Boards Conference in May and provide an update for the TalentNZ Journal: Grow talent edition and for our Menu of Initiatives website. We also...
Proposed Pacific and Southern Oceans Institute Round-table Discussion
The feedback generated by the report, Report 10: One Ocean: Principles for the stewardship of a healthy and productive ocean, has been very encouraging thus far. It has made clear both that there are many issues facing New Zealand's oceans management and that there...
An Interview With Karleen Marshall
In November 2014 we travelled up the Whanganui River with 35 young New Zealanders aged between 18 and 25 as part of the LocalNZ workshop. During this trip we visited the Te Wainui a Rua school, the only school on the Whanganui River and interviewed the school's...
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 2015). The theme of the Conference was ‘Influencing Change’, and it brought together local community board members, mayors, councillors, council...
Congratulations to James Tremlett – Duke University Global Fellow
We at the Institute were delighted to hear of former policy analyst James Tremlett's appointment as a Global Fellow in Marine Conservation at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. James will venture to America in July to begin his tenure, during which he will be...
TalentNZ Newsletter Issue 6 out Today!
In this issue we discuss the launch of the TalentNZ sessions we are running at the New Zealand Community Boards Conference in May and the World Futures Societies Conference In July. We also discuss our upcoming TalentNZ work, including work contributing to our...
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...
Dr Bernard Cadogan Speaks on What Makes a Good Political Speech in New Zealand
Today we had the pleasure of hosting a lunch time discussion on what makes a good political speech in New Zealand. Dr Bernard Cadogan presented us with a 'perfect speech' discussing the place of irony, wit and a range of other tools in political speeches today....
Upcoming event: What makes a good political speech in New Zealand?
Please join us for lunch this Friday at 1 pm to listen to Dr Bernard Cadogan talk about what makes a good political speech in New Zealand. Please see the invitation below. We have been fortunate to have the pleasure of Dr Bernard Cadogan joining us at the Institute...
One Ocean Report – Auckland Discussion Evening and Launch
Please join us on Tuesday, 12 May from 5.30–7.00 pm for a discussion on New Zealand's oceans management and the Auckland launch of the report, One Ocean: Principles for the stewardship of a healthy and productive ocean. Please note that hard copies of the report are...
One Ocean Perspectives – Dr Morgan Williams
Each day during the month of April, the Institute will feature one of the 30 'perspectives' from the One Ocean report. These short articles include a diverse range of views regarding oceans management in New Zealand. Enjoy! Today: Dr Morgan Williams, Chair of the...
One Ocean Perspectives – Barry Weeber
Each day during the month of April, the Institute will feature one of the 30 'perspectives' from the One Ocean report. These short articles include a diverse range of views regarding oceans management in New Zealand. Enjoy! Today: Barry Weeber, Co-Chair, Environment...
One Ocean Perspectives – Cath Wallace
Each day during the month of April, the Institute will feature one of the 30 'perspectives' from the One Ocean report. These short articles include a diverse range of views regarding oceans management in New Zealand. Enjoy! Today: Cath...
One Ocean Perspectives – Rear Admiral Jack Steer
Each day during the month of April, the Institute will feature one of the 30 'perspectives' from the One Ocean report. These short articles include a diverse range of views regarding oceans management in New Zealand. Enjoy! Today: Rear Admiral Jack Steer, Chief of...
One Ocean Perspectives – Dr Vaughan Stagpoole
Each day during the month of April, the Institute will feature one of the 30 'perspectives' from the One Ocean report. These short articles include a diverse range of views regarding oceans management in New Zealand. Enjoy! Today: Dr Vaughan Stagpoole, Head of the...
One Ocean Perspectives – Professor Liz Slooten
Each day during the month of April, the Institute will feature one of the 30 'perspectives' from the One Ocean report. These short articles include a diverse range of views regarding oceans management in New Zealand. Enjoy! Today: Professor Liz Slooten, Department of...
Remember What Is Important to You This Anzac Day
I took this picture early Tuesday morning on the way to work. I had turned to read the chalked text to find not only some great words left by some clever person but also a terrific sunrise, with all my follow companions walking towards me. It somehow captured Anzac...
One Ocean Perspectives – Katherine Sammler
Each day during the month of April, the Institute will feature one of the 30 'perspectives' from the One Ocean report. These short articles include a diverse range of views regarding oceans management in New Zealand. Enjoy! Today: Katherine Sammler, PhD...
One Ocean Perspectives – Professor Dame Anne Salmond
Each day during the month of April, the Institute will feature one of the 30 'perspectives' from the One Ocean report. These short articles include a diverse range of views regarding oceans management in New Zealand. Enjoy! Today: Professor Dame Anne...
One Ocean Perspectives – Stuart Prior
Each day during the month of April, the Institute will feature one of the 30 'perspectives' from the One Ocean report. These short articles include a diverse range of views regarding oceans management in New Zealand. Enjoy! Today: Stuart Prior, Honorary Consul of 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...
One Ocean Perspectives – Reawyn Peart
Each day during the month of April, the Institute will feature one of the 30 'perspectives' from the One Ocean report. These short articles include a diverse range of views regarding oceans management in New Zealand. Enjoy! Today: Raewyn Peart, Policy Director,...
One Ocean Perspectives – James Palmer
Each day during the month of April, the Institute will feature one of the 30 'perspectives' from the One Ocean report. These short articles include a diverse range of views regarding oceans management in New Zealand. Enjoy! Today: James Palmer, Deputy...
One Ocean Perspectives – Gregory O’Brien
Each day during the month of April, the Institute will feature one of the 30 'perspectives' from the One Ocean report. These short articles include a diverse range of views regarding oceans management in New Zealand. Enjoy! Today: Gregory O’Brien, Poet, artist, 2015...