Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The Vision Thing, in reply to merc,
I fondly recall the CEO of a software development company telling me that if none of his senior specialists were paid more than him there was something wrong. He'd benefit more from his share as a Director so long as his ego was up to it.
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Hard News: The Vision Thing, in reply to Sacha,
I agree with Ben that the quality of our managers and leaders also has a lot to do with NZ not capitalising on the knowledge economy we already have. I remain perhaps more optimistic about creating high-value industries around knowledge and creativity. But destroying local supporting expertise in sample machining did not help our high-end fashion industry, for instance.
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Hard News: The Vision Thing, in reply to Bart Janssen,
At present, I would not advise any child to become a scientist in New Zealand
Labour and others ought to seriously think about how to persuade any young New Zealanders to stay here at all. As Ben said so forcefully on Danyl's discussion, without real jobs backed by real capital investment, no amount of education will help.
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Hard News: The Vision Thing, in reply to giovanni tiso,
equally importantly, number two
an interesting turn of phrase, I thought
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Hard News: The Vision Thing, in reply to BenWilson,
ew
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Hard News: The Vision Thing, in reply to Russell Brown,
just found the relevant line in Shearer's speech - the last words are a useful qualification:
Not just a bit of tinkering here and some adjusting there
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Hard News: The Vision Thing, in reply to 3410,
There was a time when "having visions of growing pies" indicated madness, you know
or a starring role in a European folktale :)
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Hard News: The Vision Thing, in reply to Hebe,
they're doing it right now - which is when the opposition is needed.
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Hard News: The Vision Thing, in reply to Russell Brown,
High prevalence of 'people' is always a good sign. Sorry it came out a bit hard to read. Might try tweaking settings and asking you to replace the image.
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Hard News: The Vision Thing, in reply to Russell Brown,
Totally agree the National govt ignores process - and that the wheels will come off as they try to implement unpopular changes. However it taps far too well into the left's disastrous 'do nothing' meme to claim that policies are made up as they go along.
This government knows exactly what they were put into office to achieve. But with only a tiny parliamentary majority now, Labour and others can stop them before 2014 if they get their shit together, mobilise support from public and allies and apply concerted and focused pressure.
A leisurely 3 year plan is just more back-office muppetry that hurts real people whose arses are not cushioned by debating chamber leather. We've already seen three years of that. Thankfully those working to change the game now are broader and stronger than they were.