Category Archives: Global issues

Gender Equity and Leadership Diversity – Unlocking the Value of Our Talent Pool

Last week a Banksy painting titled Game Changer was sold at auction for almost $30 million AUD, the proceeds of which will go to hospital staff, patients, and NHS charities. The painting which looks to be…

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Paying Tribute

Like each of our past thirty years at HG this year has been no different in the sense we have had the privilege of partnering with organisations across Australia and New Zealand to “Find and Grow…

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A Little Goes A Long Way

I was really pleased to see the mental health and addiction support worker pay equity agreement was signed by Health Minister David Clark this month, on behalf of the New Zealand Government.

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Lessons learnt: healthcare leadership from many cultural backgrounds

I have been very fortunate to have worked in the international environment for the last 10 years. This has given me practical experience of different leadership practices around the world. I am often asked how are we in Australasia different in our…

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The Stark Choices for Health

Returning to Australia from the IHI Forum in London this month, and struggling with jetlag in the process, I have been reflecting on so many themes, playing back in my head conversations with impressive leaders who…

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International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare 2017 – Day 2

This is a follow on from my thoughts on Day 1 at IHI 2017 which was convened back in London this year and which in my view was more about embedding the patient experience and engagement…

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Book Review: The Health Gap – The Challenge of an Unequal World

Michael Marmot’s work on the social determinants of health puts simply: That social injustice is bad for your health.

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Book Review: The Seventh Sense by Joshua Cooper Ramo

Joshua Ramo believes that we are in a new revolutionary era where surprising election results, refugee waves, war against terrorists that produces more terrorists, domestic politics turning into extremism, new billion-dollar fortunes all have the same…

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The eight most talked about topics in 2016

Networking, collaborating and the sharing of ideas reveals a commonality of themes for the year about to close.

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The citizen sector creating social and economic value

A chance meeting at HardyGroup International booth at APAC Forum 2015 in Auckland and follow up conversation by phone after the Forum was the catalyst for an international collaboration in mobilising a community and other stakeholders…

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