Sustainability has many facets. But it looks like climate change is the hands-down winner for the holiday sustainability hot topic (pardon the pun). So, how do we respond as an industry to this growing global concern? And what is HERA doing to assist? The catastrophic Australian fires and recent smoke impacts on New Zealand have…
Curious about what our industry cared about the most in 2019? Join us as we sum up our top read articles across our platforms, and why we’ve made the important shift to better communicate to you all. 2019 was a massive year for HERA! We had a huge shift in strategy that put emphasis on…
Over the holidays a recent discovery got me to thinking about what data leads designers to imagine the future. As per the status quo of any extended holiday (once the eating, spending time with whanau (family), lounging about and doing things one tenth the speed we usually do), we generally turn our attention to tidying…
Employees are the cornerstone of any successful organisation. Not surprisingly, it’s why businesses are constantly looking to fill positions with top employee talent – because they want to improve their products and services. However, in a competitive job market, businesses must up their game to avoid losing top talent to the competition. This is where…
Several months ago, I was talking to HERA’s CEO Dr Troy Coyle regarding some of the positive advantages of early engagement on construction projects. I reflected on the way our industry currently conducts business and the general way it manages change. It is because of this, or rather because of the lack of it, I…
Recently, I met up with a senior leader whom I admire because of the way he practises mindfulness in his leading. The focus of our conversation was being authentic and mindful in our leadership. We agreed that a good definition of mindfulness is about being awake to and aware of what is happening to ourselves…
Have you ever asked yourself this? It is a term that is often bandied about in leadership discussions. But what does it actually mean and why is it important for HERA to talk about it? Recently, being a charismatic leader has come up in many conversations for me (and not by my initiation). It’s prompted…
Oct162019 Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Listen on PodBean 16 Oct 2019 | Ep.19 – An industry partnership with government to address skill and labour shortages In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we talk with Amanda Nicolle – Director of Industry Partnerships at the Ministry of Social Development. Amanda leads an MSD initiative to…
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve had two new team members join HERA this month – Innovation Centre Manager, Greg Buckley, and Research Engineer, Hafez Taheri. They both bring a unique set of skills and diverse thinking to our HERA team fabric, and we’re excited to see the positive contributions that they’ll bring to our…
We’re making great strides in achieving diversity in the boardroom, but we’re still not there. One would think it’s a no brainer. But every time an announcement is made around diversity in the boardroom, I always get asked for comment about why this is important which makes me wonder: Is this really not self-evident or…
Sep182019 Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Listen on PodBean 18 Sep 2019 | Ep.17 – Avoid death by a thousand cuts and automate! In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we talk with University of Wollongong Former Executive Dean of Engineering, Professor Chris Cook. Chris was involved with the Facility for Intelligent Fabrication -…
We all know that HR has fundamentally been about helping enable culture and driving performance. But in order to do this effectively in today’s world, we need to recognise the key role HR plays in enabling innovation. There is an innate tension within high-performing leadership teams, a product of the diverse and (partially) non-overlapping goals…