We live in a culture that elevates the solitary hero. From early childhood, we are fed a steady diet of slogans designed to celebrate individual achievement: “Be self-reliant,” “Stand on your own two feet,” “Solve your own problems,” and “Don’t depend on...
What if we changed the narrative about our country? After almost 50 years in education, mentoring young people, and developing communities, I believe New Zealand’s greatest untapped resource is within our people—not beneath our land or surrounding our shores. Too...
The neuroscience behind relationships that help us grow What if one of the most powerful tools for changing a person’s life isn’t a programme, a qualification, a performance review or even a brilliant piece of advice? What if it is another human being? We...
“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” That well-known saying has been repeated so often that it risks becoming a cliché. However, after nearly fifty years in education and mentoring, I have found it to be remarkably...
Every few years we rewrite the curriculum, yet New Zealand continues to rank among the highest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries for school bullying, while too many of our young people struggle with loneliness, anxiety and...
