An independent economist comments on exchange and interest rates, inflation, the fuel crisis and why writing off student loans is not the best use of the education budget.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kiwi slips under US$0.56 as bond rout continues; $15m government equity stake depends on private investment in Rotorua BioFactory.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Labour has used an error in its fiscal plan to echo its support for an independent policy costings unit. The party has admitted accidentally recording a cost as a saving, and a saving as a cost - and will correct it. The Taxpayers' Union pointed out the plan labelled the costs for reversing accommodation supplement changes as a $44.8 million dollar saving. Labour Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds says it was her mistake - that she should've picked up. "This is why we need a Parliamentary budget

Businesses could be spending more increasing staff next year. The latest NZIER Quarterly Business Survey shows a net 40 percent of companies expect general economics to improve. NZIER Principal Economist Christina Leung says businesses are finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, despite domestic concerns. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

City and town centres are busier than they were after Covid. Latest Paymark data shows retail spending in the past few months has been down on the same period last year. But new Experian data shows shops, bars, and restaurants in most cities have been seeing business pick up since Covid – Wellington being an outlier. Retail NZ CEO Carolyn Young told Mike Hosking that in New Zealand, it's often easier for people to stop in store rather than online, due to geography and freight distribution. She

A live economic experiment where Australian businesses absorb surcharge while NZ continues to show it at the till. 2degrees Business wrap - Garth Bray.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tired of making the wrong hires in your freight brokerage? What does it take to build a winning team and scale your transportation business from the ground up? Adrian Chapman from Cover 3 Consulting shares the hard truths of freight recruiting, talent development, and what it genuinely takes to be a successful founder in today's competitive market! We break down the stark differences between true sales "hunters" who build a book of business from scratch and "maintainers" who simply manage existing

Originally recorded for Tuesday, October 6, 2026 - Scott and Mikey take 15 minutes to discuss this morning's published Admired Leadership Field Notes... A Note on Leadership Style: Consistency Is Not SamenessRead it here: https://admiredleadership.substack.com/p/a-note-on-leadership-style-consistency

Debbie Lovich is a Managing Director & Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group and Author of Make Work Work: The 5 Daily Practices of the Employee-Centric Leader. In this episode of The Edge of Work, Debbie discusses why she believes work is broken and how organizations can become more employee-centric without sacrificing performance. She explains why employee experience needs to focus on the work itself, not just HR programs, and why the perceived trade-off between employees, customers...

Most AI risk at a university does not start with a hacker. It starts with a student, a faculty member, or a researcher copying something out of the learning management system and pasting it into a personal AI account, where every safeguard written into the institution's enterprise licenses no longer applies. In this episode of the Changing Higher Ed® podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Dean Scontras, Vice President of SLED (State, Local Government, and Education) at Island. The conversation

Schön wars...gleichzeitig haben wir uns auf zu Hause gefreut. Einen Impuls habe ich heute gleich umgesetzt und das in nur 90 Minuten.

Chris Walton is back on GrocerTalk this week, joining Ben Miller for a show all about growth, loyalty and the changing grocery shopping experience. Sponsored by Instacart Enterprise, Portager, Vusion, and Sifter Solutions, they dig into Costco’s growth machine, Morrisons’ latest Click & Collect experiment, and a Kroger double-header on rewards and 24-hour stores.Plus, TCC Global CMO Seb Hill joins for Five Insightful Minutes on loyalty in the age of agentic commerce.This week, they discuss:•

Leadership development almost never covers the seat nobody trains you for — the one where your peer just became your boss.Carnegie Mellon researcher Robert Kelley, author of Harvard Business Review's "In Praise of Followers," attributes roughly 80% of an organization's success to followers. Every leadership book is about the other 20%. This episode is about the 80%: how to follow well when the chair moves out from under you, without resenting the new boss or losing your own

In this episode, industry experts discuss the latest trends in construction technology, AI integration, and the evolving landscape of data centers, highlighting challenges, opportunities, and future innovations.Episode Sponsors: Check Out Trunk Tools: https://trunktools.com/ Check Out Document Crunch: https://www.documentcrunch.com/

How should you think about your HR career when salary, learning, job title, employer brand, and long-term opportunity are all pulling in different directions?In this episode of the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Bartlow and Jess Yuen take a practical look at career growth for HR professionals - from choosing your next role to deciding which forms of professional development are actually worth your time and money. Andrew shares a framework that has influenced his career since his first HR

In this episode, Megan chats to Kelly about taking a less traditional path into canine rehabilitation. With a background in Zoology and a Master's degree, Kelly has continued to expand her knowledge through further study in canine fitness, exercise physiology and rehabilitation.   They talk about building credibility in the industry, working alongside vets, knowing when to refer, and the challenges of finding your place in vet rehab without a traditional veterinary or physiotherapy background.

The most expensive finance hire can be the one that looks senior enough to feel safe but solves the wrong problem.Tom Hunter of Story Recruitment joins FP&A Today to explain why the first finance hire at a startup is often not a CFO. Story Recruitment focuses on first-CFO and first-finance-hire searches for Australian tech, fintech and deeptech startups, and Tom also hosts The CFO Track Podcast. His starting point is simple: before choosing a title, define the financial problem the business

Getting promoted over your friends is one of the hardest transitions on church staff. On Friday they were your peers. On Monday they report to you. In the final episode of our Likable Leader series, Jonathan Malm and Jason Young talk through Chapter 11, Forged in the Fire, and what happens to your leadership when things get hard: conflict, disappointment, transitions, and chaos.Anyone can be likable when the church is healthy and everyone agrees with you. The real test comes when a friend doesn't

When Wiz brought in new go-to-market leadership and decided to go big, Lauren Lynch's commercial org went from about 40 people to more than 80 in a couple of months. She explains why hiring at that speed made her process tighter, not looser, and walks through the steps she used at Wiz and took with her to Drata to keep the bar where it was. If you are about to scale a cyber sales team, this is the episode to hear first. In this episode The numbers behind the Wiz commercial build: 35 to 65 AEs...