In today’s episode you’ll learn:
What on earth are smart cities, digital twins, and regulations as code…
How to leverage these high-tech sounding jargon so communities can make the world a better place.
Empowering stories on how Wellington City Council has taken quick action due to data being used in an accessible and interactive way.
A smart and practical suggestion to dig deeper into this type of innovation in a low risk and fun way.
In today’s episode, you’ll learn:
What this new model is all about and how to implement it into your organisation, in easy-bite size chunks.
Why building community capability is essential to the success of future projects.
Stopping at training isn’t enough to build trusting relationships and engagement with your community.
The four core pillars that will enable your organisation to do good community engagement .
In today’s episode, you’ll learn:
What is a “community engagement platform”? And why would my organisation need one?
How to embed digital engagement across your organisation
The benefits of a “digital-first” engagement approach - which may throw out many of your assumptions about what good engagement looks like
how to avoid the common pitfalls of digital engagement, like managing your data and involving communities who aren’t digitally-savvy
Plus we look in our crystal ball at the future of online community engagement.
In today’s episode, you’ll learn:
The value of a Māori navigator - and where to find them if you don’t know them yet
How to push back on unrealistic timeframes set by people above you in the food chain
How to use Atawhai’s Five Wai’s Framework to get prepared before you leave the office
The magic and importance of cups of teas
The magic of Atawhai’s storytelling… from marae science (“it’s not rocket science mate”) to a story about a missing cloak.
In today’s episode, you’ll learn:
The two big reasons why we find strategy so hard
Some major legislative reform that might have escaped your attention in the craziness of 2020
Why most training and professional development is doomed to fail (and what you can do to ensure your investment is worth its while)
How senior leaders can work less and achieve more, through the arena-driven story model.
In today’s episode, you’ll learn:
The positive changes in council diversity over the last few decades (which may surprise you)
The importance of one little word - “by” - in the Local Government Act that sometimes gets forgotten
What’s happening with the Localism Project which Mike has been leading. Localism is about locals having power and resources to do good things in their community. But in NZ we have the most centralised government finances of any country in the OECD! Mike explains why that's a problem and a pathway for making change.
Plus there’s a story about how rats are bringing a new element of competition to a community in Wellington!
In today’s episode, you’ll learn:
How your organisation can disrupt the status quo to socially innovate and invest. And how to navigate the challenges that come with this.
Why philanthropic, donation-based funding is already on the way out - and how you can move to a new model based on investing for impact.
The secrets that allow non-profits to experiment and push for change. It starts with permission to fail… but there’s more to it than that.
The power of changing your physical location, and how intentionally changing spaces to be part of an innovative ecosystem might allow your organisation to be more impactful.
In today’s episode, you’ll learn:
How to create safe environments to codesign - especially with young people.
How putting co-design in the centre of your organisation will lead to greater impact (and the importance of letting go of your assumptions).
The value in starting small and setting boundaries when innovating. We explore this through the story of the Innovation for Young Women Design Challenge.
In this motivational episode, you’ll learn:
How you can build a career around the areas of change you want to see in the world (and the surprising benefits of taking this path)
How going beyond consultation is often the cost-effective option, even if you may not first think so
What the codesign process actually looked like to develop the National Action Plan for Community Governance (and the reasons this was so effective)
How you can build the case for codesign within your organisation (and yes… the answer involves a little bit of codesign!)
In this powerful episode, you’ll learn:
What it means to build a 'biodegradable initiative' (and how that change in mindset is powerful)
What systems change actually means (and how you can put it into practice)
Why all this talk of wellbeing might signal some much bigger shifts
Where you can start with systems change (and how you can thrive when the work gets really tough).
In this wide-ranging episode, you’ll learn:
The reason why most collaboration is doomed to be nothing but a buzzword (and what you can do to prevent that)
What are the steps you can take to build your collaboration muscles
How and when slowing down can speed you up.
Why it is so important to acknowledge the past when envisioning the future.
Welcome to the first episode of the podcast, recorded in week 2 of the COVID-19 lockdown. It’s a different world out there - one where you cannot walk out the door to engage your communities or collaborate with other organisations.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
What you need to watch out for as power gets handed to centralised agencies during the COVID lockdown
How you might enable communities to take ownership of their futures
How a story of community empowerment on the Thames Coromandel might support changes in your local community
What are the two key leadership traits you need to thrive in this time of uncertainty.
Are you listening to the Beyond Consultation podcast for the first time? Start here with this short explainer episode with host Paul McGregor.
In it, you’ll learn:
What do we mean by calling the podcast "‘Beyond Consultation’?
What will you learn in the coming episodes?
How can you interact with or contribute to the podcast?
