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Project impact on operating performance
Projects usually exist to improve operating performance. The project creates something to improve output, speed, quality or safety, to be more competitive, or to save money. Often the project does two or three of those things. Projects help us get better and realise benefits. At least that is what is supposed to happen. Projects need…
Read MoreStrategy that lands
Why How matters “How” matters in strategy implementation. Knowing how to succeed helps your strategy land. How do we connect vision to action? How do we align the way we work to get the outcomes we seek? How do we get folks to choose us? How do we redirect money, talent, and time? How do…
Read MorePerspective matters – New Zealand’s place in the world
Perspective matters when considering anything. New Zealand has challenges but they are outweighed by opportunities. This map adopts the equal earth approach just approved by the United Nations but centres the map of the world on a country seen as being at the end of the world: New Zealand. You can create your own view…
Read MoreSuccessful AI Adoption starts with the right Foundations and Capability
New Zealand is moving quickly when it comes to generative AI. Tech NZ’s August 2026 report Digital Foundations First: A Practical Pathway for New Zealand SMEs places New Zealand third among APEC economies for generative AI use among the working-age population. New Zealand is embracing AI, but adoption alone doesn’t drive business transformation. For real…
Read MoreDoes your organisation have the capability to deliver its strategy?
Every organisation has a strategy. Most have strategic plans, investment priorities and annual work programmes. Yet even with considerable effort and investment, we can struggle to achieve the outcome we have set. The issue may not be the quality of the strategy. It’s whether we have the capability to deliver it. Strategy needs capability Capability…
Read MoreAddress threats but seize opportunities
In latest news, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) describes a challenging national security landscape. New Zealand faces active risks from foreign state espionage, coercion of diaspora groups, insider threats, and polarized homegrown violent extremism. From a workplace perspective, the main threat to address is foreign states and their proxies actively targeting New Zealand’s…
Read MorePursuing Excellence requires targets
Edward De Bono invented the word “PO” – a provocative operation. A po is an idea (often silly) to take us out of the comfort of an existing pattern and move to a new one. The po generates possibilities. De Bono described five ways of getting movement: 1.Extract a principle or feature and work forward…
Read MoreIs your strategy good enough to eat?
Clarity of strategy is key to execution. It needs to be shared in bite-sized chunks so it can be consumed and feed action. I once wrote a marketing plan which was well received. My manager then told me it should align with the company’s strategy. I said I could do that but I hadn’t seen…
Read MoreImplementing strategy is a team sport
Image source: Strategy Implementation Institute Experience delivers results I am an experienced consultant but I learn new things every day because I make an effort to do so. Being active in professional associations helps me mix with experts at home and across the world. Last month I joined a workshop where we all talked through…
Read MoreOpen for business
Holiday mode We don’t have a White Christmas in New Zealand. We head off to the beach, lake or river. I like summer holidays as much as the next Kiwi but Hague Consulting is open for business now and in January. Being open for business means being open to opportunities for growth, innovation, optimisation and…
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