Resources to help you complete your Long Term Plan

Resources to help you complete your Long Term Plan

What a year for local government! Cyclones and floods have created havoc for infrastructure budgets, U-turns have been signalled for the Affordable Water and RMA reforms, and rates rises are unacceptable for many in the community. Now we need to reflect these issues...
Case studies for councils and consultants

Case studies for councils and consultants

Case studies help us to apply theoretical ideas to real life. They are a great way to: celebrate successful projects, and the people who contributed to them share repeatable solutions with other professionals for the benefit of New Zealand as a whole retain valuable...
How to write an executive summary

How to write an executive summary

Can you just write an executive summary? If you’ve just finished your asset management plan or infrastructure strategy this request may not exactly be music to your ears! That’s because writing an executive summary for an asset management plan or any other large...
Seven great questions to ask in workshops and 1:1 meetings

Seven great questions to ask in workshops and 1:1 meetings

I write to figure out what I think. It has taken me a while to include strategy sessions as part of my services because I don’t come up with big ideas on the spot, during live workshops. However, completing the Strategy as a Service training for writers (offered by...