Further to our post a couple of months ago advising of the Government’s Review of Vocational Education in NZ, I just wanted to reconnect following Minister Hipkins announcement last week about the Government’s final decision on the proposed reforms. From our seat, as our focus has always been on ensuring that any learning is relevant to our clients’ workplace and...
When an event as catastrophic as the recent Christchurch terrorism attack on March 15th occurs, we are all impacted. The people in your workplace will be feeling a range of emotions. You can help simply by using a process that will enable them to talk about how they feel and find ideas for ways the team can help each other...
On Wednesday, the Government put forward a proposal to shake-up the Tertiary Education system, ensuring that vocational learning delivered in this country is done in a way which supports the needs of industries. Our CEO Richard Moxon has put together a helpful summary that helps highlight the key parts of the proposal. We believe this bodes really well for NZ...
Thanks to those who attended our Transforming Workforce event recently. If you missed it, check out the video for a brief recap. If your looking for a solution … give us a call, we’d love to help. Transforming Workforce Event October 17 from The Learning Wave on Vimeo.
Making the transition into a leadership role for the first time is one of the toughest transitions to make during a career. Why? It requires not only a whole new set of skills, but also a mindset shift to make the transition effective. A tough ask early in your career. The worlds between a team member role and a team...
Some years ago we learned an important lesson about juggling: Tossing the ball is much more important than catching it. If you’re good at throwing, the catching happens easily and you can keep more balls in the air without dropping them. We spend a lot of our time at work in catching mode. In dealing with the incoming emails,...
How much does a tonne weigh? It’s common practice to describe a heavy object in tonnage. But no one has any idea how much a tonne is. We can lift a kilogram block of cheese so we have an idea what a kilogram weighs. As we can’t lift a tonne of anything by ourselves it becomes such an abstract concept. ...
Not if, but when. You and your team have already given up on carrier pigeons, telex machines and you’ve probably no longer got any typewriters at work. The software and smartphone apps you’re now using have probably improved your productivity, your accounting and even aspects of your decision making as an individual or as an organisation. My guess is that...
