How to use styles in Word documents
Learning how to use styles in your Word documents gives you the power to design the look of your document — and avoid unpleasant...
Debra BradleyJuly 20, 2020
How to share the ideas in your Activity Management Plan
An Activity Management Plan is a technical document rather than a bookshop bestseller. But that’s no reason not to communicate its contents with...
Debra BradleyJune 29, 2020
How to write a council policy
You’ve been asked to develop or review a council policy. If there’s an existing policy in place, you’ve been given some insights into...
Debra BradleyFebruary 3, 2020
How to meet your deadlines during the Christmas countdown
There’s no such thing as a free dog. There's also no such thing as a free Christmas holiday — the price of entry...
Debra BradleyNovember 17, 2019
How to be more productive at work
Everyone knows New Zealand would be better off making furniture (and houses) rather than exporting raw logs. While productivity is a bit of...
Debra BradleyAugust 1, 2019
Eight ways to improve your infrastructure strategy
The Long-Term Plan cycle sure comes around quickly! It feels like we just finished the last one, but now it's time to think how...
Debra BradleyJune 1, 2019
Five ways to improve your reports
Many of the disciplines of business case writing can also serve us well when writing reports. These include: digging deep to identify the...
Debra BradleyMay 1, 2019
Community engagement: five ways to ask for feedback
Do a job badly enough and you won’t be asked to do it again. That’s a commonly-held belief, but it doesn’t always work...
Debra BradleyMarch 1, 2019
How to be a smart city
I booked a flight to Wellington and a Masterton motel. Next minute my smart phone was wishing me a great visit to the...
Debra BradleyJuly 3, 2018
Advice for local government on adapting to climate change
Councils have to respond to the increasing intensity of weather events, organising civil defence responses then fixing damaged infrastructure. At the same time,...
Debra BradleyMarch 1, 2018
