Over the COVID-19 lockdown, free-to-air television enjoyed a renaissance of sorts, as New Zealanders flocked to the service in record numbers. Anecdotally, some free-to-air TV shows…

It was 10:03am on March 23rd when the phone rang. I knew before I answered exactly what was going to be said. “Sorry Andy, this isn’t…

Murray Streets explains how an obsession with awards risks eclipsing our care for people, and why a focus on the intrinsic worth of what we do…

It’s commonly accepted that, if nurtured correctly, there can be significant value built into a company’s brand – that collection of intangibles created by the sum…

I live in two very different worlds: I was raised white, and I have brown skin. Being brought up by loving Palagi (white) parents, I have…

Humans are creatures of habit. Will Durrant, American writer, historian, and philosopher, once said, “We are what we repeatedly do”. Makes sense. But recent virus related…

One of the oddities of the global pandemic is that we are all experiencing it at once, collectively and also entirely by ourselves. The past few…

In a previous article I acknowledged that most marketers have at some point wanted to roundhouse a salesperson in the chops. And let’s be honest, we’ve…

There’s a long-standing cliché about sales and marketing being at each other’s throats all the time. It’s a cliché for a reason – it exists. I…

Well done New Zealand, no doubt we’ll be enjoying international praise for the next wee while. Us Kiwis still love a good high-five from overseas. Now to…