16, October, 2020

WEIRD. It stands for Western – Educated – Industrialised – Rich – Democratic. Are we all a bit weird? How do other societies operate, and is it OK to be weird?

10, August, 2020

We all had it better in the good old days did'nt we? At least that is what the current generation tell us. Here are some of the things from the good old days you might want to tell your children and grandchildren.

25, October, 2019

Morality largely depends on your perspective. One person sees a particular incident as perfectly moral and another as totally immoral.

22, February, 2019

Media is a business out to make a profit. If providing us with what we say we want sold more newspapers, or got more viewers the media would do it. What do we really want?

5, November, 2018

It is not often a religious group is accused of being too moderate. This is one of those cases.

20, November, 2017

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

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.

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.

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.

12, March, 2017

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