“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” ― Albert Einstein The...

Topics: Agriculture and sustainable food creation The debate around regenerative agriculture is heating up and if those involved are not ...

...but I’ll die trying! :) I recently got asked by a workshop participant, how do you know how far to go with stakeholder engagement when...

After 10 or so years of a society dislocating itself, with the farming community being challenged to meet the evolving values of its urba...

As well-intentioned as we are, we’re imperfect beings. We declare our best intentions of who we aspire to be, but when the s*** hits the ...

What my professional and personal experience has taught me over the years, in agriculture, journalism, politics, lobbying, public relatio...

Social Licence Consulting improves stakeholder engagement through empathy, transparency and authenticity. I’ve spent my working life usin...

What does sustainable mean to you? Chances are it’s very different from your neighbour, stakeholder or consumer. When a word gets adapted...

The launch of the Primary Sector Council’s vision “Fit for a better world,” where ‘no whanau is left behind’, fills me with confidence th...

Our natural desire as humans is to connect - we are always people first and professionals second. Something we often forget when in disag...

This week I am trialing something a bit different with a podcast interview with organisers of the Effluent and Environment Expo, Amanda a...

Our natural desire as humans is to connect, to trust someone that connection needs to be authentic. We’re people first and professionals ...

As much as democracy serves us it also leaves us vulnerable to the whim of public opinion. Popular opinion, often without merit, that for...

Dairy Exporter August 2019 edition. What my professional and personal experience has taught me over the years is the importance and power...

I just bought a book, which I am sure withholds the answer to most of the world’s problems. It’s entitled ‘A matter of fact: talking trut...

Curve balls have been thrown and as we all get our heads around what is and isn’t feasible, we need to keep our empathy at the fore. One ...

By Sandra Campbell, Little Oaks Dairies As a grass roots, gumboot wearing farmer, social licence to me means to be a good human. That mea...

By Sarah Perriam, Director Perriam Media ‘We need to tell our story better’. This is a well-trodden mantra New Zealand’s primary producer...

By Penny Clark-Hall, Social Licence Consultant If a social licence is a measure of trust that society has in you to behave in a legitimat...

By Kate Scott, Founder and Executive Director of Landpro and 2018 Nuffield Scholar. Late last month I had the pleasure of sharing some of...