Category: leadership
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The Inner Development Goals
Climate Action Tai Tokerau has set up a Whangārei IDG Community Hub, joining more than 700 other hubs globally. A group of Europeans established the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) based on the realisation that we will not achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Indeed, for many of the goals, we are going…
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U.N. 2.0 – The Real U.N.
Several agencies of the United Nations do great work globally. And there are more. The Security Council – a fundamental flaw But there is a fundamental flaw in the UN – the Security Council – that turns out to be not that secure at all. The UN and its predecessor were born out of the…
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Redefining management for the 21st Century
Management texts do a brilliant job of categorising and detailing management thinkers – the people that have shepherded or at least recorded the impressive rise of industrialisation in the 20th Century. Industrialisation generated unprecedented material advances for us. The down side is the impact on the environment and the ossification of management practice. I have…
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Teacher or midwife?
“One of the only places operating largely as it did more than 50 years ago would be the local school.”[1] That was written in the early days of the Internet, and the pace of change is accelerating – is education keeping up? Otto Scharmer’s book Leading From the Emerging Future: From Ego-systems to Eco-Systems enable…
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If we want a better world, we need to be heard
As I write this, we are still in the grips of a severe storm. I can’t recall experiencing such winds – strong enough to break concrete power poles! Of course one weather event is not proof of climate change, but the evidence is lining up. The severe winds that have created damage in Northland (from…
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All Blacks culture drives their success
The All Blacks are arguably the most successful International sports team. This year they won all 14 games against the top teams in the world. The All Blacks culture is the foundation for their success. I teach organisational culture, so I know the theory well and I am always looking for strong examples. They are…
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A policeman’s lot is more engaged – national | Stuff.co.nz
A policeman’s lot is more engaged – national | Stuff.co.nz. Improvements in staff engagement in the Police can partially be attributed to technology innovations. The New Zealand Police have introduced technology that enables police to report incidents remotely. That information is then processed by administrative staff enabling the police to focus on their front-line work.…
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A tribute to Stephen Covey (1932 – 2012)
Stephen Covey made an enduring contribution to both business thinking and personal development. His book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People published in 1989 has sold over 25 million copies. Time Magazine rated The 7 Habits as one of the 25 most influential business management books. He has featured in all of the Thinkers…
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