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...

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...

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

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...

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

A four-part series from the Women's Enviro Evening. There’s nothing more humbling and inspiring than when people, despite the immense...

As I got ready for the Climate Leaders Coalition this week, the irony was not lost on me when the first thing I saw that morning was a...

How public perceptions drive regulation that will drive costs of food up and increase pressures on urban housing. "The law of unintended...

Being a ‘good human’ is the game and Social Licence is the name. A powerful way to earn your Social Licence to Operate (SLO) is to align...

In the latest edition of Latitude Magazine, I talked about how our most powerful tool in our Social Licence toolbox is our rural...

What is it that we can do to earn and improve our Social Licence? So many people in the primary sector have asked me this lately and this...

A politician admitted fault voluntarily Culture of bullying addressed Criticism tactics or free speech? What a circus it has been in New...

If you’re battling with your Social Licence to Operate (SLO) and don’t know where to start, here are three home truths to get your back...

“If it bleeds it leads.” A common saying in newsrooms around the world and a known fact that we humans are drawn to the crisis. It’s this...

The definition for racism, according to Google is the “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different...

In a week that would have divided most countries, following such a horrific act of terror, we saw nothing but aroha. Overcome with...

We live in a digital age of information where businesses are constantly struggling to get cut through to a generation whose bullshit...

This weekend I spent my time at our local Amuri A&P show. An annual event that brings the community together to celebrate, compete,...

Without stakeholders a business doesn’t have a Social Licence to Operate (SLO). They are the ones who can build or breakdown a business...