Government getting behind electric vehicles
The National government have announced a suite of measures to encourage uptake of electric vehicles.
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Not really undercover on the R9 Accelerator
Hannah Sutton, Better for Business Programme representative, claims her title as government spy and gives us insight into the R9 Accelerator from a programme manager’s perspective.
Idealog’s one-on-one with Jamie Beaton, New Zealand’s own entrepreneurial wunderkind
At just 21, Jamie Beaton is just about to graduate from Harvard. He’s co-founder of Crimson Consulting, a full service education consultancy that’s attracted a $85 million valuation. He’s also an analyst at hedge fund Tiger Management.
Holacracy makes good: Behind the scenes of egalitarian-business success Propellerhead
A ‘flat’ organisational structure that eliminates bosses and employees and creates an organisation of equals? Sounds crazy/impossible, right? Well, mostly it is.
Future shock: Idealog chats with a futurist
Roger James Hamilton, futurist, educator and entrepreneur was in the country recently for the Fast Forward your Business event, held in Auckland.
Impossible question time: What will it take to get NZ women into high-power roles? 10 successful Kiwi women respond
According to a recent survey New Zealand’s 'women in business' stats are not too shabby – we’re fourth in the world in fact. There’s still work to be done however, especially when it comes to women in C-suite roles...
How technology will change the way we work
Farmers using drones to catch fish; a robot chef that can cook 2,000 meals at the push of a button; why it won’t be long until we can ride in driverless cars. These are headlines from the world we live in. Today. It’s understandable that we can feel some uncertainty about stories like this. What will they mean for us, and what will our role in the future workplace be?
Morgan Godfery on the new popularism, the politics of love and his new book, The Interregnum: Rethinking New Zealand
According to a new book edited by Morgan Godfery, the anti-TPPA protests in February this year signal the beginning of the end of the neoliberal political consensus of the last 30 years. We ask Godfery what happens next.
Idealog talks to Pandora CSO Sara Clemens about AI, Kiwis abroad and whether she’s fed up with being a ‘woman-in-tech’
Idealog refuses to ask Pandora’s chief strategy officer Sara Clemens the whole ‘women-in-tech’ question. After all, that’s been done to death, right? After more than 20 years in the industry, Clemens must be sick to the back teeth of that question, right? Right?
The 3 foundations for digital strategy success
Delivering quality digital experiences is challenging. Investing in customer insights and feedback is just the starting point. To ensure success there needs to be a balance between engaging your customers and delivering tangible results.
The ‘gig’ economy: Distraction or disruption?
How can a business manage talent effectively when many, or even most, of its people are not actually its employees? Deloitte’s latest survey finds that networks of people who work without any formal employment agreement—as well as the growing use of machines as talent—are reshaping the talent management equation.
Thinking outside the the box: How Amazon’s radical reinvention is changing the face of retail (again)
OPINION: Amazon killed brick-and-mortar bookselling. Now they’re taking their out-of-the-box thinking back into the box, with a plan to quickly launch 400 physical retail locations, disrupting their category all over again.
Hacking architecture in the name of digital innovation
Little did I know, when I embarked on my first job as an architect, that I would borrow so heavily from my Bachelor of Architecture in my reincarnation as COO of a statutory trust business 13 years later.
Hey, leaders: Are you high maintenance? Or awesome?
There is a leader, and he’s been put on the stand in front of his followers, his peers, his stakeholders, his bosses and his clients.
Should philanthropy be truly selfless?
Opinion: At a time when our daily news is full of stories about communities in need, the international impact of the refugee crises, and child poverty closer to home, why are businesses giving less?
New report says New Zealand punching below (yes, below) its weight in contribution to global innovation
“Punching Above Our Weight” is one of the core beliefs (/banalities) of our fair nation. When not punching above said weight, we comfort ourselves with the infamous, “On a per capita basis”. But a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) throws a little cold water on New Zealand’s punch when it comes to contributing to global innovation. And yes, even on a per-capita basis.
Inside Bayer’s record-breaking crop-science innovations
Bayer is using its huge global research database to produce world-beating science in New Zealand.
Are you a “voyeur leader”? Four tell-tale signs and four fail-safe solutions
The voyeur leader is one of the worst of the breed. Keen to take the perks (and the pay) that goes with the job, but adds nothing to the team.
We confuse “relationship with Asia” and “selling loads of stuff to Asia” at our peril
Asia New Zealand Foundation’s incoming executive director Simon Draper worries about our short-term, mercantilist view of our interactions with Asia.
The world’s top 5 start-up visas: What can New Zealand learn?
In June 2015, Kiwi Connect hosted the leadership from Immigration New Zealand on a tour of Silicon Valley to explore how we can better build bridges to attract exceptional talent to New Zealand and create a vibrant startup ecosystem.
Victoria Crone announces mayoral bid – Idealog conducts her exit-from-Xero interview
We talk to the Xero managing director about her decision to run for Auckland mayor, after only 20 months in the job. Then we ask her boss, Rod Drury, what he thinks about the whole thing.
Shoulda Woulda Coulda: Paris Agreement across the line – Now what?
For an hour and a half on Sunday evening - in the final excruciating stages of a marathon negotiating session involving through the night meetings on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - it looked as if a typo in the final draft text might derail proceedings.
Ten* After Ten: Helen Robinson on the next 10 years and what keeps her awake at night
Digital dinosaurs, old-school boards, scary climate change, and how lack of sales expertise is holding New Zealand back.
Lightning Lab targets women with XX accelerator
Achieving fair, equitable diversity in the workplace is something we’ve covered in Idealog before.
Taking risks and doing good – or not
New Zealand should be leading the way in critical technologies around renewables, maximising resource use, and restoring food systems, says Sustainable Business Network CEO Rachel Brown, in the latest in Idealog's tenth anniversary "10 after 10" series*. Instead we are locked in a ‘do things the way we have always done them’ model, which stifles innovation. And that matters.
Great responsibility: A guide for new directors on making a real contribution
Rob Campbell talks to Henri Eliot following his speech on December 1 entitled “Ban Governance as an Idea”. Campbell discusses his top tips about making the most effective contribution as a new director.
Surprises and fun facts (oh, and the winners too) from the Deloitte Top 200 awards
Last night, Deloitte awarded the elite of New Zealand’s business community with statues and canapes. The winners have been well covered by the sponsor publication (and are listed below) so rather than another update on Fonterra,* here are the four things that surprised us and a few of fun facts about the top 200.
Top Global Food Trends: Food with a story
You know things are changing in the food sector when you get gourmet nosh from a food truck, when your beer comes bolstered with protein, and McDonald’s introduces a kale-enhanced breakfast. And the only thing that’s certain is that 10 years from now the food landscape is going to look at whole lot different again. The 2015 Idealog Export Guide examines six food trends changing what and how the world is eating and drinking, and ways New Zealand exporters can take advantage of these trends.
I am not a machine, I am a human being
How the age of technology just makes being human that much more important.
