McGuinness Institute Newsletter Issue 17 out now!

McGuinness Institute Newsletter Issue 17 out now!

This newsletter shares our updated work programme, giving you a summary of what we have been doing since our last newsletter in February 2016 and detailing what we hope to achieve before the end of the year. Issue 17 also announces the launch of our new McGuinness...
Working Paper – Exploring Talent

Working Paper – Exploring Talent

Exploring Talent, a precursor to TalentNZ, offers a brief overview of talent, synthesising current research and discussing ideas on how talent can be managed. From the research, author Gillian McCarthy drew seven big ideas through which talent might be viewed and...
Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas

Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas

Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. The scientists, who are members of the Social Cognitive Networks...
Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas

Farm gate to plate

Adding to the heated food miles debate of recent years, AgResearch have completed a major study detailing the carbon equivalents released by New Zealand lamb exported to Europe. The report builds on work done by Landcare Research and Lincoln University’s Agribusiness...