• infrastructure tunnel

    3, August, 2018

    Projects, particularly infrastructure projects are consistently over budget and over time. Has anyone asked why?

    By Published On: 3, August, 201810.7 min read
  • Trump and Kim

    11, June, 2018

    Trump is the king of tariffs. Who do they hurt?

    By Published On: 11, June, 20187.9 min read
  • Government and business relationship

    5, May, 2018

    There is usually a tension between business and government. Is this a good thing?

    By Published On: 5, May, 20187.2 min read
  • Multinationals rule the world

    9, January, 2018

    There is a doomsday clock that tells us how close we are to the planet's self-destruction. Should there be a democracy clock to tell us how close we are to the end of democracy?

    By Published On: 9, January, 20186.6 min read
  • Internships

    20, November, 2017

    Do we see ourselves as human resources in our company, or just live assets being written down as the years progress?

    By Published On: 20, November, 20179.6 min read
  • Religious rivalry

    24, October, 2017

    Take a thought experiment and think about what the world would be like if there were no countries and no borders.

    By Published On: 24, October, 20178.3 min read
  • complexity

    20, August, 2017

    As soon as an idea is put forward excited politicians cannot wait to announce it. Stop. It may take years to estimate the cost and time required. It may even turn out not to be viable. Best to do the feasibility study first.

    By Published On: 20, August, 201710.6 min read
  • Solar power on poles

    28, June, 2017

    Creative thinking and politics conjure up images of rorting and dodgy accounting. However, innovative thinking should be applied to some of the problems governments face to find alternative solutions.

    By Published On: 28, June, 20176.6 min read
  • Capitalism

    4, May, 2017

    Too much regulation is the call from business. Without that regulation, would we live in a better world? Perhaps it would a place where a business that was not prepared to bend the rules would fail.

    By Published On: 4, May, 20175.8 min read
  • The Public Service

    12, March, 2017

    How should we structure the power balance between the Public Service and Politicians?

    By Published On: 12, March, 20177.3 min read