Category Archives: Digital

Registration open for GenAI Skills Lab – Sole Practitioners Series

Registration now open – GenAI Skills Lab (Sole Practitioners Series)

Last week I introduced the GenAI Skills Lab, a small facilitated group exploring practical uses of Generative AI in planning practice.

The first series is designed specifically for planning sole practitioners and independent planners, and starts next week.

The aim is to create a small working group where planners can experiment with AI tools, improve prompting skills, and discuss practical uses in planning work and sole practitioner businesses.

The first session begins next Tuesday.

Details and registration below.

GenAI Skills Lab – Sole Practitioners Series

Are you a planner in sole practice experimenting with GenAI?

I’m launching a new initiative called the GenAI Skills Lab – small facilitated learning groups exploring practical uses of AI in planning practice.

The first series is designed for sole practitioners.

Read more here:

Blog is back, with a ‘how to’ series

Last week I attended an NZPI Auckland branch event IN REAL LIFE which was a welcome novelty after all the virtual events 2020 has involved. Now that in person events are back on, it seems like a good time to pick up the blogging again. COVID disruption has impacted on many aspects of our livesContinueContinue reading “Blog is back, with a ‘how to’ series”

Work from Home – eight things for work at home success

Week two of our lockdown. Hopefully you are up and running from home, but it is far from normal yet, right? As the novelty wears off (or thin) check out this post for a list of eight things you may not have set up yet in your adjustment to working from home. These little thingsContinueContinue reading “Work from Home – eight things for work at home success”

My Work from Home Tips – structure, communication and courage

I’ve been working from home for a while now. Here are my top tips, adjusted to our current circumstances of a sudden mass adoption of work from home. This post covers three main themes: Establish a structure for your day Agree with your team the best ways and times to connect Lean in to theContinueContinue reading “My Work from Home Tips – structure, communication and courage”

An invaluable cyber security resource

I attended a presentation this week by CERT NZ and learnt some valuable things about cyber security which I thought would be great to share this week. Firstly, what was the event? It was hosted by Microsoft and showcased the digital transformation of a range of kiwi businesses – more on that another time. OneContinueContinue reading “An invaluable cyber security resource”

A new Digital Council for NZ

Government leadership on New Zealand’s digital transformation has taken another step forward with the creation of the Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand. The Digital Council is an independent advisory group convened by the Minister for Government Digital Services and the Minister of Statistics. It is tasked with maximising the societal benefits of digital andContinueContinue reading “A new Digital Council for NZ”

Safer Internet Day – Online Safety and Privacy

There is a Day for everything these days, and Tuesday was the day for a Safer Internet. Days like this are a good reminder for those important things we never take the time to deal with. What preventative steps should we take to safeguard our security and do what is necessary to look after ourselves?ContinueContinue reading “Safer Internet Day – Online Safety and Privacy”