Boardroom magazine - Autumn 2022

IQ vs EQ in the boardroom

Two IoD members debate the value of intelligence and emotion, and how to find a balance.

read time: 3 min to read

It’s not about raising the numbers

Two IoD members share their perspectives on diversity and ethnicity in the boardroom.

read time: 5 min to read

Home in Cyprus

Andreas Kazamias MInstD was planning to bring his family back to New Zealand before covid-19 closed borders.

read time: 5 min to read

Disrupting ourselves: climate action and opportunity

Minister of Climate Change James Shaw believes this existential issue represents both risk and huge potential for businesses in New Zealand.

read time: 5 min to read

Translating the unsaid

Craig Pettigrew can speak Japanese but says the secret is reading body language, nuance and helping in "lost in translation" situations.

read time: 3 min to read

The key to keeping cyber talent

Amid the waves of covid-19 and talent shortages, cyber governance can provide the steer.

read time: 4 min to read

Power to change

What does New Zealand’s energy future look like?

read time: 4 min to read

China training wheels

There is growing opportunity in China for Kiwi producers who are prepared to learn the local business culture.

read time: 3 min to read

Three questions directors should ask about net-zero transition

US public and large private companies are under pressure to publicly disclose their plans to transition to net-zero carbon emissions.

read time: 11 min to read

The new land economy

The green transition will require a fundamental reconsideration of how we apportion rights to the planet’s surface.

read time: 3 min to read to read

Net-Zero New Zealand: What will it take?

The target is ambitious and essential, requiring transformational change across every industry, sector and business.

read time: 5 min to read

Prioritising people and prosperity

Two years after New Zealand battling covid-19, people’s well-being and economic prosperity must be our priorities - Dame Rosanne Meo

read time: 4 min to read

Larry Fink’s shell game

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s version of stakeholder capitalism is based on conceptual sleight of hand.

read time: 3 min to read

Covid-19 will soon be endemic

What might the future look like as we learn to live with the virus?

read time: 3 min to read

When hippos ruled the Rhine

As New Zealand and the world wrestle with climate change, a look back 130,000 years gives us some clues about what lies ahead.

read time: 5 min to read

Plastic? Fantastic

A scalable solution to the problem of waste plastic being developed by a Kiwi company is drawing global interest.

read time: 1 min to read

China leads the way in net-zero carbon quest

Global investment in energy transition hits a record US$755b, with renewables accounting for almost 50%.

read time: 4 min to read

M_ss_ng l_nk

Why directors need a Treaty-first approach to climate change.

read time: 2 min to read

Race of our lives

Dame Therese Walsh, lead of the Chapter Zero New Zealand Steering Committee, and her quest for directors to take ownership of climate change

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date: 30 Sep 2022

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