• Could The Canterbury Region Become Carbon Positive?

    8 Jun 2009 The REAL NEW DEAL symposium in Christchurch was convened by the HILLARY LEADERSHIP Institute. The purpose of the meeting was to bring together a number of key stakeholder groups in Christchurch to explore the implications of a carbon positive region. Read more.

  • Web 2.0 and Social Media

    2 Apr 2009 REVOLUTIONISING LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Early technology e-Government has traditionally focused on the automation or computerisation of paper-based services of central and local government agencies, e-commerce functionality, e-mail etc. The aim... Read more.

  • Judging the Commission's Plan for Auckland

    1 Mar 2009 Dr Nick Marsh, a director of NEXT Corporation, suggests that we should judge the Commissions findings by four simple scores- could the changes envisaged make Greater Auckland more attractive to live in, to visit, to work in and to invest in? Read more.

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“We provide master facilitation to support strategic planning and change initiatives in organisations across a wide variety of public and private sectors. Our clients include CEO's, Board Chairmen, and senior executives who are responsible for strategic thinking and 'making the boat go faster'.”

—Next Corporation

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

We have worked with several of the major city councils in the region. We ask the question- "What does a 'good to great' council look like?". We use the Four Attractors' Diamond to focus on how successful the City, District, or Region is in achieving key outcomes for its various costituencies, based on its score on four attractors:

• Liveability,

• Workability,

• Investability,

• Visitability.

We facilitate workshops and events to engage the elected councilors and the Executive team in a strategic conversation about how best to take the council forward.