Picture this: three-day weekends for the rest of your working life. Sounds good doesn’t it? That’s what New Zealand company Perpetual Guardian is campaigning for, after trialling four-day work weeks last year. The legal services trust gave all their full-time...
The age of freelancers is upon us and if our society is not prepared people are going to be left behind. A new economy has emerged out of the embryonic fluid of the digital age. The gig economy, a love child of the internet and globalisation, is transforming how we...
Robots taking over human society has long been fodder for dystopian sci-fi movies like Terminator, The Matrix, I Robot, and Westworld. These stories are so compelling in part because of the real possibility that it could happen. What if I told you it is happening? No,...
Hiring young people is an investment. There is a science behind managing young workers and many employers don’t put in the effort. But those that do have a powerful opportunity to develop the future of their business. Recently Massey University published a guidebook...
Have I got your attention? Good. Before I continue let me qualify my opening statement. What I’m talking about here is exploitation and breaches of the minimum code. It’s rife among SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) in New Zealand and they are considerably...
