Strategy is about aroha - finding the essence of your ‘who’ and ‘why’. But many strategy processes get stuck in details and long documents that never influence behaviour. If that sounds like your organisation, read on.
Sport NZ Innovations for Young Women Design Challenge
Following the release of the Government’s Strategy for Women and Girls in Sport and Active Recreation, Sport NZ set out to commit to a set of actions that would bring the strategy to life. Sport NZ wanted to do more than just create a new fund. They wanted to enable innovative new approaches to getting young women active, and turned to Business Lab for guidance.
Healthy Families Waitākere - How To Engage A Business Community In Workplace Wellbeing
“Can you help us collaborate with a business community on workplace wellbeing?”
That was the question Healthy Families Waitākere posed to us in late 2019.
Despite the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, we were successful in facilitating the establishment of the Rosebank Wellbeing Collab - the first initiative of its kind taking a community-wide approach to workplace wellbeing.
Auckland Council - Empowering Communities Through Virtual Collaboration
Marlborough Smart+Connected: Winner of the EDNZ 2019 Best Practise Premier Award
This is a story of inclusive growth through Marlborough Smart+Connected. This engagement programme brings together industry, community and Council to collectively tackle problems that cannot be solved by one group alone. Read on to learn why it won the Best Practise Premier Award at the 2019 Economic Development NZ Conference>>
Unlocking the Potential of Safe Communities around New Zealand
For over 20 years, ACC has supported Safe Community coalitions to improve community safety and reduce injuries. Before making a strategic decision about this long-standing relationship, ACC wanted to have a strengths-based conversation about how to unlock the potential of Safe Communities. And that’s where Business Lab came in.
Adding value to Marlborough’s forestry and wood sector
Creating a Strengths-Based Multicultural Youth Group
How do you bring together a new group of young people from different cultures who don’t know each other well and have several language barriers? With games, creativity and a strengths-based approach. Learn more in this case study of a collaboration between Business Lab and five other community and government organisations.
Community Empowerment Model: Reducing Rates through Devolved Decision-making and Service Delivery
Can councils devolve power to their communities while also decreasing rates? It almost seems too good to be true. But in this case study we share one of the most devolved council model of operations and governance in Australasia - in the Thames Coromandel district. If your council is considering how to devolve power to its community while also decreasing rates, this case study is for you.