Boardroom Autumn 2021

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 5 min to read

Resilience is your best friend

Dog Point Vineyard is a family business which has thrived through the pandemic by being nimble and resilient.

Covid-19
Crisis management
Family business

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 4 min to read

Digital ninja

Ninja Kiwi has just sold for a reported $203m. Founder Chris Harris discusses the strength digital businesses bring to the economy.

Covid-19
Fast-growth entities
SME

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 2 min to read

Shared responsibilities

Overlapping health and safety duties between organisations will be a focus for directors this year.

Health and safety
Wellbeing

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 5 min to read

View from the chair

COVID-19 has put many boards to the test. Here, two of New Zealand’s top chairs discuss the challenges faced.

Chairing
Covid-19

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 3 min to read

Are cities finished?

The re-integration of work and home threatens one of the last remaining vestiges of the Industrial Age.

Covid-19
Innovation
Leadership

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 3 min to read

Working harder and smarter

Board meetings
Covid-19

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 3 min to read

Lessons from the DDoS attack on the NZX

Cyber security
NZX

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 3 min to read

People power

Covid-19
Leadership

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 3 min to read

Hard knocks

Health and safety
Liability

Vaccine pioneer

Yorkshire paramedic Chris Harvey was one of the first in the world to receive the vaccine.

Covid-19

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 3 min to read

Reflections on a plague year

The pandemic is likely to leave a legacy of improved vaccine development, increased government spending and accelerated digitalisation.

Covid-19
Innovation

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 5 min to read

Recovery lessons

How has New Zealand responded to previous economic shocks, and are there lessons from history for our recovery from the pandemic?

Covid-19

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 2 min to read

Revival in the NFP sector

Financial stability at NFPs can mask the real impact of COVID-19 on the sector.

Covid-19
Not for profits

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 3 min to read

Coffee with Aaron Hape

Meet a young member who has met the Queen, monitored an election in Trinidad and Tobago, and is learning the governance ropes.

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 3 min to read

What a Biden White House might mean for boards

Joe Biden’s tenure could provide a diversity and compensation culture shock to US boards.

Diversity

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 5 min to read

Focus closely

WorkSafe CEO Phil Parkes wants directors to focus closely on wellbeing and productivity in their organisations.

Health and safety
Productivity
Wellbeing

date: 15 Mar 2021
read time: 4 min to read

Politics and pandemics

One of our newest MPs is an IoD member who is also an infectious diseases expert who worked on our contact tracing system.

Covid-19

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