Talent & HR Leading through COVID-19 Observations to support leaders through this extraordinary time.
Music Your feedback on our release strategy: singles versus albums, digital versus physical How might we meet listeners’ expectations and our own needs?
Music The album is dead, long live the album! We're testing the hypothesis that a "big bang" release of all our recorded music would be a disservice in the attention economy.
Music 'The Futurist' is out now — donate to the Australian bushfire crisis If you haven't contributed already and are able to, you may like to consider amplifying your donation through music.
Music Experiments with writing lyrics—meaning through meaninglessness Lyric-writing is an unenviable task fraught with self-criticism
Talent & HR New Zealand's most inspiring Talent team Air New Zealand has been named New Zealand's Most Attractive Employer for the third consecutive year
Talent & HR Moving from Talent Acquisition to generalist HR Two thoughts after 13 years in Talent Acquisition
Talent & HR How to connect with me on LinkedIn (please) The LinkedIn connection request is nuanced and problematic
Music How an independent, niche band makes a music video — in New Zealand Balancing the tensions of the creative brief, project delivery and financial management to achieve a great result
Talent & HR Purposeful recruitment A sense of place, value and intrinsic motivation engendered by purpose
Music What it's like to tour South Africa as an independent artist We were invited to join The Narrow on a six-date tour of South Africa. This was the furthest we've travelled abroad and a cursory Google search indicates we’re one
Music The real value of the direct-to-fan model I was an independent musician for years before signing to a major label. With that signing, my experience changed little--much to my peers’ surprise--in that the hard work I was
Talent & HR Hacking the recruitment model Traditional recruitment models have been scrutinised. Job boards aren't delivering the consistent quality of applicants needed. Depersonalised ATS' are hindering fluid conversations with desirable candidates. Social media in recruitment is
