Flawed Thinking
Organisations should focus more on connecting people and building relationships, and less on collecting and storing content for possible re-use. That’s according to Dianna Roberts,...
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On the move
Here’s the lineup for the inaugural board of the WELLINGTON REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (WREDA). The new agency is tasked with bringing together the region’s Grow Wellington economic...
Where's our social value?
The day I write this piece the New Zealand Herald is running a front page story on Auckland Council’s “big IT blowout: a new computer...
Three Into One
Auckland-based Optical Services, Wellington’s Trig Instruments and Christchurch-based Position Partners have formed a strategic alliance to offer a broader range of solutions and local expertise. The three companies serve New...
Water Woman
Is Raewyn Philbey the only water service woman in the land? Nelson Environmental Management Company Nelmac says it doesn’t know of any others and is...
BRUCE PEPPERELL: On rethinking emergency management
For ex-navy man Bruce Pepperell, disasters don’t abide by regional boundaries. Bruce tells Newsroom’s Stephen Olsen how innovation and emergency management are converging. Assumptions about...
Craig Stevenson: On how to get and keep happy staff
South Taranaki District Council is known for its strong organisational culture and has got the gongs to prove it. Craig Stevenson tells Ruth Le Pla...
Blair King: On reflecting your community’s values
Blair King’s practical farming background drives his innovative approach to managing Tararua District Council, writes Ruth Le Pla. My plans to interview Blair King went...
Adam Feeley: Why measuring performance matters
Less than two years into the job, chief executive Adam Feeley has made some big changes at Queenstown Lakes District Council. He tells Ruth Le...