As somebody who has been in the thick of change much of my life, I have formed some pretty strong views on Institutional behaviour. In both the public and the private sectors. However, because how institutions have been run the past thirty or so years, we have ended up with significant loss of … [Read more...]
It’s OK to say “we cocked it up”, Labour Party, and I’ve got a suggested repentance exercise for you
I have told the story before of being stopped in an alley one day when I was first standing for Mayor. This guy, who turned out to be a leading business person in Christchurch, said “I’m going to vote for you. Do you want to know why?” I said “Yes I do”. He said “because you said recently you had … [Read more...]
It’s time to expect much more from our Economic Development Agency
In the article below Stuff’s Dileepa Fonseka has written a really good summary of how the Cities will be the growth drivers of our economy. As somebody who has been totally committed to this important area for decades I agree with his writing. However, one part of the article worried me. He … [Read more...]
Let’s focus on Jaime Lerner, Mayor of Curitiba, and some things we can learn from him
Last week I said that I would write something about Jaime Lerner. Well Carl Davidson (who wanted to demonstrate that he reads the Tuesday Club notes) sent me the article below which was written about Jaime a few years ago. Here’s one of his quotes: If you want creativity, cut one zero from the … [Read more...]
Garry writes – Its time to increase taxes
When will those in Treasury start to realise that the three decades of “reduce tax” “reduce the size of the state” “the private sector will show how to run Government (Central and Local)” are over? There is increasingly discussion around the world on taxes. There will be resistance toward … [Read more...]
Last Week Farid Ahmed
Last week was very different from our normal presentation. Farid is an amazing man who is completely driven by his faith journey. Others who share his faith journey have not all agreed with his forgiveness of those who have done him wrong, like the man who mercilessly murdered Farid’s wife and 50 … [Read more...]
When do our leaders get time to think?
I was due to have a meeting with a senior public servant this week. It didn’t happen for a variety of reasons. I was staggered when I discussed when we could next catch up with his wonderful pa that his diary was booked weeks in advance. This made me think about when I was told after I had … [Read more...]
Why do politicians play games with each other which merely props up the status quo?
From my perspective Andy Foster increasingly proves that he is unsuited to be Mayor of Wellington. Last week he called for an investigation into why a Councillor had met with a Minister which is, quite frankly, pathetic. I bet if the person who met a Minister was promoting the same policies as … [Read more...]
A challenge for us as a country from Sir Paul Callaghan which could assist the direction for our City
In Newsroom last week there was an article on the speech which Sir Paul Callaghan gave 10 years ago challenging our society to reform and to accommodate new approaches towards how we address our challenges. As I read the article, I wondered how we could apply this to our City and for Greater … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker: Farid Ahmed
This week we are honoured to have Farid Ahmed who has become internationally recognised for his promotion of peace after the dreadful Mosque massacre two years ago. This photo is when he received an international Peace Award in Abu Dhabi. Here’s what was written about him in the International … [Read more...]
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