VAUGHAN BRODERICK
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Nobody woke up today wanting your product. They woke up with a problem. Jim Kalbach — Chief Evangelist at Mural and author of The Jobs to Be Done Playbook — has spent decades watching organisations build from the inside out, and miss what customers actually need as a result. Here’s what changes when you stop starting with your solution.
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Nathan Baird has run hundreds of innovation projects across most industries and continents. His verdict on the biggest mistake teams make? They skip the front end entirely – and pay for it at the back. Here are five insights from our conversation on why slowing down before you build is the fastest path to something that actually works.
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Most startups move fast and fix later. Script Sense founders Kieran Rasmuson, Puneet Saini and Rijul Gupta did the opposite – spending months in the field before writing a line of code. This is the design thinking strategy behind one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing health-tech startups, and what it teaches about discovery, team design, and testing in high-stakes sectors.
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Your strategy sessions are producing polished versions of ideas you already had. The problem isn’t your team — it’s the format. M. Azeem Sahir, LEGO® Serious Play® facilitator and human capital specialist, explains why physical engagement unlocks the creative thinking that slides and whiteboards can’t, and what happens when you ask people to break what they’ve built.
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For the Scott Base Redevelopment, we helped Antarctica New Zealand prototype new accommodation and dining spaces at full scale. In a four‑hour session, the team walked through life‑size mock‑ups, resolved design tensions and agreed refinements before final designs were commissioned.
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We worked with young people, support workers and whānau to re‑imagine traditional life story books as a simple app. Through research, co‑design and real‑world pilots, we created a life story tool that preserves important moments, builds trust and supports more human‑centred care.
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New Zealand Young Farmers wanted to turn deep member insight into clearer, more compelling offerings. Through a focused value proposition workshop, Sara and her team clarified key member needs, designed three tailored value propositions and left with a practical roadmap for what to do next.
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The product was ready. The patients wanted it. And then the people nobody had mapped killed it in weeks. Strategy, sustainability and culture specialist Eliza Turnbull on the three things standing between your good idea and the people who will stop it – and what to do before it happens.
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Explore five key strategies integrating design thinking, fostering vision, culture, team development, tech innovation, and sustainability in organizations.
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Emphasizing the importance of people, nurturing a culture of reinvention, and the crucial role of leadership in steering transformative change.
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