Kent has tried to rejuvenate an inward-looking, “arrogant” corporate culture and has reinvested cost-cutting dividends in brand development. In an edited interview with HBR’s editor in chief, Adi Ignatius, he talks about the company’s sustainability initiatives, the value of having 33 million Facebook fans, and why an executive should never have dinner alone.
Organisational purpose is playing an increasingly important role in helping New Zealand organisations navigate economic uncertainty, organisational change and evolving workforce expectations, new research from Hum Consulting, finds.
Aerospace researcher Dr Christina Dunker will join Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) in January 2027 to lead the university’s aerospace ambitions in one of Canterbury’s fastest-growing sectors.
Rising living costs, economic uncertainty and rapid technological change are reshaping how New Zealanders think, spend and live, a new report has found.
