Get sh*t done: Eight of the best productivity hacks for leaders
<p>Keeping focused may not be easy, but there's ways to not lose concentration while still getting everything you need to get done sussed, explains Suzi McAlpine.</p>
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Three innovation lessons from World War II bombers
<p>We can learn quite a bit about the importance of innovation through the story of how the Allies developed more effective bombers in World War II, says Creativate director Jeremy Suisted.</p>
MOTAT’s ‘The Innovators’ goes into the heads of clever Kiwis
<p>New Zealand is a nation of innovation. And that’s the message a new exhibition at Auckland’s <a href="http://www.motat.org.nz/">Museum of Transport and Technology</a> (MOTAT) is trying to get across.</p>
Dear boss: here’s what you need to change in 2017
<p>Hey bosses, it’s not just you who did some ‘reflection’ over the holiday period. Thinking about last year and considering some potential ‘work ons’, Suzi McAlpine has crafted a list of ‘personal development’ goals for team leaders of all kinds. </p> <div> <div> <div> <div></div> </div> <div> <p></p> </div> <p></p> </div> <div> <p></p> </div> <div></div> <p></p> <p></p> <div></div> </div> <div></div>
Done Deal: Recent fundings secured, contracts inked and deals did, for the tl;dr crowd
<p>All the deals done, did.</p>
Idealog Year in Review: Robett Hollis
<p>In the latest edition of our series asking some of Aotearoa's best-known businesspeople and visionaries to take a step back and offer their insights on how the past year has gone and how the future might unfold, we chat with Aranui Ventures' Robett Hollis</p>
Idealog Year in Review: Velox Innovation co-founder Colart Miles
<p>In the latest edition of our series asking some of Aotearoa's best-known businesspeople and visionaries to take a step back and offer their insights on how the past year has gone and how the future might unfold, we chat with <a href="http://veloxinnovation.com/">Velox Innovation</a> co-founder Colart Miles.</p>
Idealog Year in Review: Suzi McAlpine
<p>In the latest edition of our series asking some of Aotearoa's best-known businesspeople and visionaries to take a step back and offer their insights on how the past year has gone and how the future might unfold, we chat with leadership coach <a href="http://www.mcalpinecoaching.org/">Suzi McAlpine</a>.</p>
Take a peek at the Entertainment Venues Association of New Zealand Awards winners
<p>Christchurch, New Plymouth, Hamilton and Auckland have all won big at the Entertainment Venues Association of New Zealand (EVANZ) Awards</p>
How women entrepreneurs can get more funding, as told by women entrepreneurs
<p>We spoke with Mum's Garage founder and CEO Natalie Robinson and Fantail Network trustee and co-founder Jane Kennelly about what we can do to achieve greater equality in terms of business funding.</p>
Take a gander at the 2016 Deloitte Top 200 Business Awards winners
<p>Social responsibility is a major theme among the winners of this year's edition of the Deloitte Top 200 Business Awards.</p>
Air New Zealand flies away at Sustainable Business Network Awards
<p>Air New Zealand does far more than make entertaining inflight safety videos – and its win at the 2016 NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards proves it.</p>
2016 New Zealand Innovation Awards Young New Zealand Innovator: Jamie Beaton
<p>The winner of the Young New Zealand Innovator award is... Jamie Beaton of Crimson Education!</p>
What Trump means for New Zealand businesses
<p>New Zealand's economy could see big changes as a result of a Donald Trump presidency in the United States.</p>
Vodafone xone Innovators Series: Springfree’s Dr. Keith Alexander and Doug Hill on getting past no, global domination and gamifying trampolines
<p>To mark the arrival of the <a href="https://xone.vodafone.co.nz/">Vodafone </a><a href="https://xone.vodafone.co.nz/">xone</a><a href="https://xone.vodafone.co.nz/"> business accelerator</a>, <em>Idealog</em> is interviewing heaps of established New Zealand innovators, as well as the founders of the 10 startups selected by Vodafone to receive mentorship, funding and the potential benefits of working with a global network. In this edition, publisher and editorial director Ben Fahy talks with Dr. Keith Alexander, the inventor of the Springfree trampoline, and Doug Hill, the owner of the company.</p>
Previously Unvailable study of 44 CEOs details the ‘wicked’ problems hurting innovation
<p>Innovation in New Zealand is in decline, according to a new study of the country’s biggest companies and public sector organisations.</p>
How the future of HR is all about experiences
<div>HR is on the move – shifting from transactional compliance-related tasks to creating meaningful employee experiences.</div>
The winners of the 2016 Best Awards
<p>From a card game designed to encourage literacy to wool shoes, and even an automated pest trap to protect native birds, this year’s Best Awards certainly didn’t disappoint.</p>
More women are running small businesses, but equality still eludes us
<p>More women than ever are owning and operating businesses in Aotearoa – but there’s still a ways to go to achieve equality.</p>
2016 AUT Business School Excellence in Business Support Awards Supreme Award winner: Plant & Food Research
<p>Plant & Food Research has been awarded the Supreme Award in the 2016 AUT Business School Excellence in Business Support Awards. Formed in 2008, its research is used to add value to New Zealand’s plant and food industries. And, in an effort to maximise that impact, it’s proven itself as a leader of best practice.</p>
How Sir Ed’s legacy is helping bring the world’s best to Aotearoa
<p>The Edmund Hillary Fellowship has been named the implementation partner for the new Global Impact Visa programme. Next up: bringing the world's best innovators to New Zealand.</p>
Recruitment in a digital world
<p>With more reliance than ever on digital technology, it comes as no surprise that it's an important way to recruit the very best employees for your business. But there's a right, and wrong, way to go about it.</p>
On demand: Dil Khosa and Parrot Analytics
<p>Jessica-Belle Greer meets Dil Khosa, operations manager at <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj6g6Sv6ZzPAhVIjZQKHQ_8ARoQFggcMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parrotanalytics.com%2F&usg=AFQjCNEfQo1u97l1ppgERekWPxkh-s05zA&sig2=umg1B_--ux6scu1NfH5rvA">Parrot Analytics</a>, who sees a world of opportunity in the TV datasphere.</p>
Wellington startups that stayed up
<p>Wellington's startup scene is thriving. Here are six companies that not only have thrived, but are setting a standard for others to follow.</p>
Exit interview: Kym Niblock, Lightbox
<p>As Lightbox chief executive Kym Niblock prepares to bid farewell to the SVOD industry, we sit down with her for a long chat about her stint at the centre of one of the fastest changing industries in New Zealand.</p>
M?ori business: Six digital weavers
<p>Yesterday, Suzanne Middleton looked at how <a href="https://idealog.co.nz/casestudies/maori-business-weaving-fibres-future">M?ori businesses are adapting to to the digital age</a>. Today, she profiles six M?ori? business using technology to transform the way they work.</p>
Digital ethics and the high cost of complacency
<p>How to establish digital ethics in the workplace.</p>
The Leader’s Digest App: shaping those who will shape our future?
<p>Leaders can most certainly be made – at least that’s the claim the woman behind a new leadership app is making.</p>
State of the sector: Technology
<p>Each year Greg Shanahan and his <a href="http://www.tin100.com/">Technology Investment Network</a> publish the TIN100 Report, charting the performance of the New Zealand technology sector over the previous financial year. Here, he delivers <em>Idealog</em>'s inaugural State of the Sector address, slaughtering some sacred clichés along the way.</p>