on Zoom 5.30 19 August Facebook Event
(Zoom opens at 5pm for chats)
What is Going On in Ōtautahi?
with well know researcher Carl Davidson
Thanks to Paddy Gower it’s no longer a secret that Christchurch is “New Zealand’s best city by far”. The city is facing strong growth while other cities across New Zealand face stagnation or decline.
But why is Christchurch thriving and what does it mean for marketers? In this presentation Carl Davidson will draw from the long running Te Mauri O Ōtautahi (‘The Pulse of Christchurch’) research programme to look at what is driving Christchurch’s growth, who is benefiting, and who is missing out.
on Zoom 5.30 19 August Facebook Event
(Zoom opens at 5pm for chats)
Carl will look at the trends to speculate on what this might mean for the future of both the city and New Zealand as a whole.
Carl is a Fellow of the Research Association of New Zealand and a Global Insight250 Winner. Carl has worked in the insights industry for over 30 years and is currently the Head of Insights at The Curiosity Company.
He is the author or editor of ten books about research and evidence, writes a regular insights column for NZ Marketing Magazine, and moonlights as a Senior Adjunct Fellow in the University of Canterbury’s Business School.
“Absolutely, Positively, Christchurch!”
Where we’re Absolutely certain our policies don’t work but Positively committed to repeating them anyway!
The tragic irony here is how the scale of drug policy dysfunction often doubles down with absolute certainty on approaches that have positively failed elsewhere.
It’s the bureaucratic equivalent of shouting “We’re doing great!” while the building burns down behind you.
Police have asked for a Ministry of Organised Crime. I think the brand would be better suited to “Department of Pharmaceutical Futility”
“Absolutely convinced that criminalising addiction will cure it!”
“Positively determined to ignore all evidence-based options!”
“Christchurch – where we continue to turn medical problems into legal problems with unwavering confidence! Why? That’s the annoying bit….
Because the rest of the country said we had too….