As the world order continues to hurtle in directions most of us probably couldn’t have envisaged even a few months ago, New Zealand organisations’ productivity might not be top of mind. But it should be.
Globally New Zealand’s productivity is lagging and despite best efforts it doesn’t seem to be picking up with the latest fuel price hikes likely to throw another major spanner in the works. But productivity matters – at a personal, organisational and national level.
In this digital magazine, which focuses on productivity in all its permutations, we feature one contributor who examines a major global CEO survey, which includes a good number of NZ CEOs. He says the companies performing best are those encouraging new ways of thinking and building the capability to innovate, even in difficult conditions, noting that maintaining this momentum is critical (page 12). Another much discussed productivity issue is the use of AI, but one local expert warns that New Zealand is drifting into a position where some of the nation’s most critical decisions could be shaped by technology designed, trained and governed offshore, with early signs of this already emerging (see page 16).
We hope you will find useful and practical ideas here that you can implement in your own businesses and daily lives.
Contents
8 – Personal Productivity: What hacks work, and why
12 – Reinvent or retreat: How NZ businesses can turn caution into opportunity
15 – The productivity illusion: Why getting more done isn’t the point
16 – NZ Can’t afford to outsource its AI future
18 – Water sector reforms: Scale and collaboration needed to lift productivity
20 – Productivity starts before the work begins
