Jane R. Arnott

In contrast, the UK Parliament has acknowledged and is currently consulting on their widespread misuse. The criticism, that they are used to protect the powerful, has grown in intensity and scope. As questions are being raised in the House of Lords and Commons about the integrity of lawyers who deploy them against people with fewer […]

Sir Rod Drury’s independent review, commissioned by Xero, has taken everyone by surprise. Or has it? Who knew what and when? New Zealanders are not good at speaking up. Silence is favoured. Suspicions, concerns, and partial evidence are routinely coupled with misunderstanding about when to speak up and fear of retaliation. When a CEO is

Reputational damage, widespread media criticism, mutilation of a customer’s limb (leading to long-term financial, career and lifestyle impacts), emotional trauma to an employee (heightened by prosecution for careless driving causing injury, when he was, arguably, just doing his job)….the list goes on.

Creators of artificial intelligence algorithms already say that soon their products will be able to detect behavioural patterns and feelings such as ’emotion’ and ‘sentiment’…

The need for humans to feel a sense of belonging is accentuated in the workplace. According to Dr Geoffrey Cohen, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University. “A sense of belonging isn’t just a byproduct of success but a condition for it

Procurement is where the action is. There is no sector immune to the impact of those who call the shots. Millions of dollars change hands as a direct outcome of procurement teams…

A major collision between two economic heavyweights found NZ headquartered Fonterra trumping globally recognised EY in the ethical leadership stakes. Such a collision is unprecedented. Fonterra is the 6th largest dairy company in the world and the largest in the Southern Hemisphere with some 20,000 employees.That’s small change however in relation to EY’s 400,000 employees, 700