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We all want to influence others. But there's not just one way to do this successfully. Join us as we bring together recent research, ancient wisdom,...

How can we work and collaborate better? Kristen takes a look at what neuroscience has to say about it. This is our first in-person Tea & Toast since...

Water, review of the whole sector and reform of the Resource Management Act. All three are big. So, it's time to get to grips with the sector - what...

There is no end to our improvement journey. It’s not enough to promote continuous improvement, we have to expect it. And if we expect it, we have to...

Our workplaces haven't been set up with our brains in mind. In fact, if you wanted to design an environment that was counterintuitive to how our bra...

Kristen offers some practical prompts to check on your team's well-being.

Four ways Kristen celebrated New Years in 2023 - and the lessons they each bring.

The 2023 NBA playoffs were amazing and the Denver Nuggets won their first ever franchise championship.

Let's use this championship Nuggets team to ...

We follow the work of The Resilience Institute and refer to its ideas in our workshops. Its latest research on mental health is a good reminder of s...

Let's look at the conversations we need to have. We'll look into preparing yourself and saying what you need to say. Then it's about tuning into the...

It might sound like a cliche to look at the Crusaders for lessons in strong team dynamics. But it's worth it.

After two years, we've now got the final report of the panel set up to look into the future of local government, He piki tūranga, he piki kōtuku.