Skills
How happiness leads to success at work
Which comes first – happiness or success? In other words, does success at work make you happy or does happiness make you more likely to succeed? After five years studying 1 million US Department of… Audio
Immigration : where do we go from here?
Kathryn speaks with Massey University demographer and Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley about where New Zealand's immigration policy is heading. He says the years prior to the Covid 19 pandemic… Audio
Why it's never too late to learn something new
Our ability to pick up new skills declines with age, but harnessing a specific mindset can help you learn new tricks as an adult. Tom Vanderbilt joins the show to discuss his new book, Beginners: The… Audio
Why We Drive: Matt Crawford on car culture's essential survival
Philosopher, mechanic, and author Matthew Crawford's latest book Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road gets under the bonnet of one of the few remaining domains of exploration, play and… Audio
Dr Pete Etchells: The benefits of video games and online gaming
The role of gaming and online games is often questioned in instances such as mass murders and terrorism acts, but Dr. Pete Etchells has a different take on why people play video games and what they… Audio
Peak performance
In his book Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise Anders Ericsson (pioneer of the '10,000 hour rule') sums up the state of our knowledge about skills and abilities and how we can acquire… Audio
Deputy PM says some kiwis are hopeless
Bill English backed imigration by saying New Zealanders are "pretty damned hopeless". Are we a lazy, useless lot? Audio
Low wage economy
Economist Michael Reddell discusses whether New Zealand is being guided towards having a low wage low skill economy. Audio
Financial sector taking action to keep baby boomers working
The financial sector is looking at new ways to keep aging baby boomers in the workforce longer, as a skills gap looms large on the near horizon. Audio
Spark says staff need more than IT skills to get ahead
The head of New Zealand's largest digital services and telecommunications business says it takes more than technology skills and experience to get ahead in the fast changing digital economy. Audio
Hugh Lauder - The Death of Middle-Class Jobs
Hugh Lauder is the author of The Global Auction - The Broken promises of Education, Jobs and Incomes. He's a professor of Education and Political Economy at Bath University and is in New Zealand for a… Audio
Research shows average skill of workers fell between 2001-12
An economic researcher says the average skill of workers fell between 2001 and 2012. Audio
Skill levels sliding says researcher
The average skill of workers has been falling in New Zealand, an economic researcher says.