“With the arrival of the digital revolution, we saw things go through a fairly quick cycle where people went from having everything on a screen to actually wanting to have physical objects again,” explains Grant Muir of digital print specialists INK. “There is a relationship people have with printed media. Once they realised the importance […]
In the last few decades New Zealand’s economic focus has begun expanding to value our emerging creative and knowledge economies. Those economies are best described as the potential that exists in our ideas, how we apply these, what new markets we uncover and with what technology and platforms, and the money we make from doing so. […]
I’m a born and bred Wellingtonian, and as such am fiercely proud of our city. It isn’t like anywhere else in the country and there’s nowhere else I’d rather live. Thinking about all the things I love about Wellington, the creative sector is definitely high on my list. By creative, I mean arts, design and […]
A few weeks ago, on a day I was away from the office, my team decided to have a very random doggy day, where everyone brought their dogs to work in the afternoon for a bit of a play date. I’m sad I missed out, because I have a lovely dog called Ken, who would […]
How many people have you heard say “Wow, it’s December – where has the year gone?” A few, I bet. It seems to me that the month of December is a shock to people when it arrives, which is slightly bizarre, because it happens every year at the same time. But, by the time this […]
The earliest known writing discovered by archaeologists takes the form of tax accounts. Egypt and Mesopotamia were keen on having their financial ducks in a row, and records found date back to 3300bc. As governments and cities were built, accounting became a necessity. It wasn’t until the Renaissance that modern accounting started to be shaped. […]
When your business life hands you lemons, you’ve got a few options. Lemonade is the common answer. A single, cool and refreshing glass to quench your business’s thirst (i.e. to tide you over a drought), or you can take the tumbler of lemonade and make a cocktail! Add a few umbrellas, package it in a […]
The week of 9–15 September is Stroke Awareness Week. Whether you are close to people who have suffered from a stroke or not, this is a very serious business: some 9,000 New Zealanders are victims every year. Most of these cases are preventable. As people in business, our health can sometimes slide when we are […]
