This was originally published by Kevin Jenkins in Public Sector Volume 45 in December 2022. New Zealand has quickly become a major player in the space industry. Kevin Jenkins explores how this has come about and what it means for policy and regulation. Over the last five years, the space industry…

This was originally published by Kevin Jenkins in Institute of Directors Boardroom News on 12 December 2022. OPINION: New ways of governing are emerging as Māori and others seek to weave the best from the ways of our tīpuna with the Four Pillars and other formal guidance to forge a…

Our Chief Data Scientist Marianna Pekar talks about her path from Budapest and a degree in finance and quantitative methods to Whanganui-a-Tara and rewarding roles in data science. She explains that the signs are bright for people wanting to break into this field in the post-COVID world. This is an…

Kevin Jenkins, CMInstD. Originally published in Boardroom Magazine Winter 2022 on 6 July. “Social licence to operate” (SLO) is an important, often high-profile topic that boards need to pay attention to. However, it’s an ill-defined concept and can mean different things to different people. …

Data scientist Bryan Field explains that our Rainbow communities can now be better supported by government because Stats NZ’s new statistical standard means we can now know a lot more about them. My wife and I are one of those government-town couples, with me in the consulting game and her…

Authored by Kevin Jenkins, originally published in Kia Ora India Vol 3, Issue 4, on 13 April 2022. Among the various things ending in “–ographer” that I’m not, I’m not a demographer. But I am fascinated about what demographic trends can tell us about economic and social wellbeing. Recently I…

Authored by Kevin Jenkins, originally published by the NZ Herald on 17 January 2022 The music industry is often at the forefront of disruptive change. For a recent example look no further than Audius, a challenger streaming service that has looked to benefit from a mash-up with a broader-based social…

Authored by Kevin Jenkins, originally published by the NZ Herald on 7 November 2021 Don’t you love a good mailbox held aloft by a welded chain? They used to be common in New Zealand and are certainly just as authentically Kiwiana as the usual cliches like the Four Square man…

Data scientist Bryan Field looks at who’s supposed to be responsible for the emissions caused by international shipping and aviation and what’s being done to reduce them International bunker fuels — it doesn’t sound like an interesting topic for a blog but trust me on this one, it’s more interesting…