by Wendy McGuinness | Aug 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
27 September 2010 Forum Stephen Hay of People and Process will lead this engaging discussion on how an unrelenting focus on efficiency has distorted the value creation logic of service organisations, with long-lasting and unintended consequences. Starting with a...
by Wendy McGuinness | Oct 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Last Thursday I spoke at the TEDx event held in Auckland (TEDx is a program of local, self-organised events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience). It was a brilliantly organised event, and I was honoured to be involved. My presentation as the...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jun 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
I was lucky enough to be invited along to the Second Hillary Symposium in Christchurch on Friday, World Environment Day. While the symposium had a significant focus on Christchurch, the take-away lessons dealt more with the global situation, and how any city could use...
by Wendy McGuinness | Sep 5, 2008 | Uncategorized
Friday saw Wendy participating in a Plenary discussion of the annual Human Resources Institute New Zealand conference. The theme for the whole conference was Sustainability, and every effort was made by the Institute to ‘walk the talk’. Details such as...
by Wendy McGuinness | Aug 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Tuesday, 26 August saw the final evening of the 7X7 Ideas Forum. Wendy decided to use her 7 minutes to discuss a few insights she had whilst attending the World Future Conference in Washington D.C. The theme of the evening was Seven Imaginations, a perfect complement...