We have a ‘crisis of listening’ and it’s adversely affecting organisations of all types. These are key findings of major international research in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom by Jim Macnamarra [1,2]. Do these findings hold here in New Zealand? Do they hold for cooperatives as much as they do for other…
“AI is perhaps the most talked about technology of our time, promising to transform fundamental aspects of how we live, work and play. The capability of AI to perform increasingly more tasks that were previously the sole preserve of humans will free people up to focus on higher value, more fulfilling activities. However, this also…
Imagine an online discussion about tax that was open to the public and hosted on a news website. What would it be like? I see something barking, almost rabid, … there’d be those who see government as bad, tax as theft from the successful. And there’d be others with a diametrically opposed view – governments…
Is the Labour-New Zealand First-Green government getting serious on climate change? Certainly, there have been some major pronouncements on the seriousness of climate change. Take for instance the Prime Minister’s comment delivered during the election that ‘climate change is the nuclear issue of our time’ or, in a more legislative vein, the Government’s intention to…
First for the bad news. Representative democracy is not in good shape and the signs for improvement are not bright. After 200 years it is on the ropes due to a laundry sized list of ailments: falling rates of voter turn-out, especially amongst the young; shrinking party membership; the low esteem and suspicion politicians are…