NZBusiness and Management

In my long and not-so-illustrious career I’ve experienced working in a variety of spaces – in a shared office space (no partitions, just a bunch of individual desks all lined up in a big room); in my own separate ‘fish-bowl’; and in more recent years

Nestled amongst a mountainous backdrop next to glacial blue Lake Tekapo, entrepreneur Lucas Smith is hard at work building his merino bandage business Wool+Aid. He knows the territory like the back of his hand. At just 18, he left boarding school to

A PRODUCTIVE workplace starts with staff who are reliably attending work and are engaged when they get there. When staff are habitually absent from work, a small business can be immediately impacted. Absorbing the workload and covering the gap can qu

CHRISTMAS IS officially on its way and, like every year, I feel as though we’re all confused about how it gets here so quickly. But whether you’re prepped for the silly season or still feel like it’s July, the next couple of months are some of the mo

WELL, ANOTHER year has all but disappeared and we find ourselves in November, scrambling to figure out why no one has organised Christmas presents for your clients or customers yet. Bugger! In this all-too-common scenario, panic starts to ensue and w

With new technologies frequently emerging, it’s become increasingly important for high-performing businesses to adopt digital ways of working – which should be driven by effective leadership. Staff need to feel empowered by new technologies not intim

WHEN LOOKING at New Zealand news from afar it is often superficial and for the SME sector devoid of information and data that can assist in business development or success. However, there are some underlying issues that are remarkably like the UK’s a

By Mel Bunce. Bridget Williams Books. RRP $14.99 paperback / $4.99 e-book. Reviewed by Reg Birchfield. As the saying, roughly translated, goes; you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. And as former Kiwi journalist and now media researcher a

Almost one in four organisations (24 percent) have employed temporary or contract staff at the senior level over the past year, with another six percent utilising executive or c-suite candidates for short-term needs, according to recruiting company H

From problems stemming from the recent New Zealand census to data collected by Facebook, data has been in the news a lot lately. It may seem obvious that large organisations such as Statistics New Zealand and Facebook need to continually improve thei

RICHARD AMER, director for digital government, Unisys Asia Pacific told Management that the proliferation of smart devices – speakers, assistants, watches – is ushering in a new age of convenience. “But if a digital service delivers what you want, be

It is always difficult for business executives to grasp when a new technology is ripe for use, and blockchain is no exception. This is ironic given blockchain is often presented as the “technology of trust”. Blockchains can be thought of as networks

PAY EQUITY is a significant focus for many organisations around New Zealand. There has been extensive coverage in the media, recent government settlements and there are legislative changes on the horizon. Like many challenging problems, pay equity ha

As the digital world encroaches further and further into our daily physical lives, and as our personal digital footprints grow from perhaps a digital ant 10 years ago into something that is now bigger than a woolly mammoth, I often want to ask the qu