Back in 2014 Lisa Gunnery was given the opportunity to spend six days in India working with The Hunger Project through a leadership programme run by Sovereign Insurance. It was an opportunity that transformed her worldview, self-image and career direction. As the current New Zealand CEO of The Hunger Project, Lisa now spends her time creating awareness around the organisation’s work with communities in some of the world’s poorest countries – and delivering a fresh perspective on some key organisational challenges like leadership, collaboration and motivation.

by Clare Parkes

Work is changing. It’s a reality that governments, industries and communities are all grappling with and this affects us all because ‘the future’ is already here. With the rise of skilled workers, a higher participation rate from women, the influence of technology on automation of jobs and the globalisation of the workforce, we need different skills and capabilities from our existing and future workforce.

There’s been a lot of media around the 'future of work' recently and our musings have often run in parallel to those trending in the ether.  While this is a ‘larger than this blog’ topic, here’s an overview of some of the discussions we’ve been having recently.