by Bruce Cotterill | Jan 30, 2021 | Uncategorised
I still remember the excitement in my dad’s voice. It was the early 1970’s and he was telling me you could now buy a new car “off the floor”. You see, until that moment, you could wander into a car showroom – which usually only had a...
by Bruce Cotterill | Dec 19, 2020 | Uncategorised
Most people I speak to can’t wait for 2020 to end. Businesspeople in particular seem keen to move on in the hope that 2021 might be a better year. Of course, there is still plenty of uncertainty about what the next couple of years may bring. But for now, it...
by Bruce Cotterill | Dec 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
Do you remember George Burns? He was a wonderful American comedian who was still performing live in the 1990’s, complete with a cigar in one hand and a quick wit, at the age of 101. I once saw him speaking about his experience as an actor. He said, “acting...
by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
My kids bought me a voucher for Father’s Day. Because they both work in the city, they purchased it from a retailer in Auckland’s Queen St. A couple of weeks ago, I was in the city for a series of meetings, so I took the opportunity to drop in to the store...
by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 7, 2020 | Uncategorised
And so New Zealand’s election is over. It felt like the most drawn out election process I can remember. But in the end we have a result, one which is decisive and unambiguous. We’ve now had a few weeks to consider the results. In this time the elected...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 24, 2020 | Business, Covid-19
Leadership succession is a topic that often gets plenty of conversation but very little action. Such discussions are usually played out behind closed doors, but it is fair to say that getting succession outcomes right, while very important, is also very difficult. How...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
As the election looms, I note that those vying for our votes have seen an opportunity for a full-scale political attack on the process and costs of building in this country. Depending on who you listen to, we will be repealing the Resource Management Act or conducting...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 26, 2020 | Uncategorised
We’re seeing a lot of things breaking down at the moment. I’m not sure if it’s more than normal or if we’re just reporting it more, but it feels like we are failing a lot. We Kiwis can be a pretty laid back people. But it feels like our public services and...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 12, 2020 | Covid-19
The big problems never start here. The events that change our economic lives, like the oil shocks of the 1970s, or the 1987 stock market crash, always start somewhere else. The Asia Crisis began in Thailand in the late nineties and of course the GFC in 2007-08 was...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 29, 2020 | Uncategorised
This week I received a message on LinkedIn. It was from the CEO of a well-known privately-owned tourism company. They, like many in the sector, have been hammered by the impact of the virus and the associated global halt of the tourism industry. His message was...
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