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Practical thoughts on strategy, projects and getting results.
Learning while doing builds stronger capability
Learning while doing makes us more productive more quickly. Active or experiential learning builds stronger capability. People remember up to 75% of what they practice compared to just 10% from…
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Project impact on operating performance
Pulling together Projects usually exist to improve operating performance. The project creates something to improve output, speed, quality or safety, to be more competitive, or to save money. Often the project does two…
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Perspective matters – New Zealand’s place in the world
Perspective matters – Image credit World Projection Lab Perspective matters when considering anything. New Zealand has challenges but they are outweighed by opportunities. This map adopts the equal earth approach just…
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Successful AI Adoption starts with the right Foundations and Capability
New Zealand is moving quickly when it comes to generative AI. Tech NZ’s August 2026 report Digital Foundations First: A Practical Pathway for New Zealand SMEs places New Zealand third among APEC economies for generative…
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Does your organisation have the capability to deliver its strategy?
Every organisation has a strategy. Most have strategic plans, investment priorities and annual work programmes. Yet even with considerable effort and investment, we can struggle to achieve the outcome we have set. The…
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Pursuing Excellence requires targets
Edward De Bono invented the word “PO” – a provocative operation. A po is an idea (often silly) to take us out of the comfort of an existing pattern and move to a new one. The po generates possibilities. De Bono…
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