Julien Leys outlines all five critical decisions that New Zealand boards should prioritise. If your business or boardroom has not had this conversation yet, the Pendulum team can help you start it.
We're excited to announce that our Director Julien Leys will be presenting a full-day in-person workshop centred on crisis management on Tuesday 2 July 2024.
Run by the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ), the course will enable you to understand appropriate actions before, during and after a major incident as well as provide…
It was an honour to be a guest on HMC's Crunch podcast with the wonderful Heather Claycomb and Kate Webber to explore the world of crisis communications. The digital age has made crisis communication even more challenging and critical than ever before. Unexpected crises and issues can take on many forms and the way business leaders respond…
The recent record-breaking rainfall that flooded large parts of North Island and Auckland highlighted that effective communications are a critical component of leadership, but even more so in times of crisis. In times of both crisis but equally also in periods of uncertainty and change, it is essential for leaders to communicate universally with all…
Construction is an extraordinarily complex process – using an analogy it is like making a movie where many different and diverse set of parts being actors, producers, set builders, makeup artists, casting crew are all brought together to create a final product. Completion of any construction project is, like a movie, dependent on everyone working…
Why New Zealand’s built environment needs a greater commitment to standardisation.
Recent media articles in Stuff have highlighted the many factors that can have an impact on new residential building costs from delays in the consenting process, labour rates, construction materials and of course the exponential increases in land prices over the last 10 years.…
In the light of the Grenfell disaster, New Zealand needs a national product register for building products.
The rapid increase in imported products into the New Zealand in recent years, combined with growing concerns around aluminium composite panels following the Grenfell disaster and rumours about imported weatherboards there is a need to have one product…