by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 28, 2022 | Uncategorised
The local body elections are just around the corner, with the October 8 close-off date now just a couple of weeks away. So the candidates have their signboards out and their websites up. They’ve delivered more public speeches, press releases and commentary in...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 11, 2022 | Uncategorised
As the news feed starts suggesting the Government is finally ready to eliminate our outdated Covid traffic light settings, I’ve been reflecting on the unusualness of the past two-and-a-half years. As an Aucklander, even in retrospect, the lockdowns were tough....
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorised
I’ve just had a week overseas. It’s the first time in over two and a half years that I’ve stepped out of the country. Those 30 or so months have felt like a long time. So it was good to get out again. The beauty of getting out of the country is that...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 13, 2022 | Uncategorised
Back in the early 2000’s, I had the good fortune to meet the legendary Australian billionaire Kerry Packer a number of times. At the time I was working in his media company and fromtime to time we would end up meeting to discuss the business I was responsible...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 13, 2022 | Uncategorised
I’m starting to worry about the work. I’m not bothered about what to do or even how much there is to do. I’m worried about who is going to do it. There has been a bit of commentary lately about a lack of workers. The trouble with the commentary is...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorised
On the back of one of my recent articles, I found myself in a well-intentioned argument about the state of affairs in this part of the world. My tormenter was a good mate who was challenging some of my views. The discussion was friendly and sporting. It was actually...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jul 3, 2022 | Uncategorised
One of the more interesting events of the past week was the announcement of our decline in the rankings of the world’s most liveable cities. For those of you who missed it, Auckland has typically registered in the top 10 of this annual index, compiled by the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 19, 2022 | Uncategorised
If I am reading the room correctly, many of us are becoming sick of the Covid-19 excuse box. You know what I mean. That commonly occurring line that poor performance has occurred “because of Covid”. One of our champion “Covid blamers” is...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 10, 2022 | Uncategorised
There’s an old saying that economists have predicted 15 of the last three recessions. To be fair, they earned that reputation in the old days, when they tended to see the downside of most things. So their behaviour in the past few years has surprised me. In many...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 10, 2022 | Uncategorised
We’ve been talking about it for a long time. It’s casually referred to as dumbing down. I always thought it was an accidental by-product of experimenting with different approaches to teaching and learning. But I’m starting to wonder if it’s...
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