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 ‘Retain 7. Share community goals’. For examples of this initiative, please see the Menu of Initiatives webpage. If you know of an organisation or initiative that should be included as an example on the website, please email us at talentnz@mcguinnessinstitute.org.

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Retain 7. Share community goals

This is about:

  • Creating a space where organisations and employees can use their resources and skills to further the greater public good. These are in effect entrepreneurs who work on the inside and are known as intrapreneurs. This way relationships and infrastructure can be built on the shared wants and needs of businesses and communities to improve the overall ecosystem.

About TalentNZ
The Menu of Initiatives 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 creating a talent-based economy. TalentNZ builds on Sir Paul Callaghan’s vision of making New Zealand ‘a place where talent wants to live’. Sir Paul outlined the reasons why his vision is important in a 20-minute video at the Institute’s StrategyNZ workshop in 2011. The focus of the Menu is on the ‘how’ – we are testing Sir Paul’s assumptions and exploring ways New Zealanders might turn this vision into a reality.