No One is coming to save us
No one is coming to save us.
Not the government. Not the Reserve Bank. Not a trade deal, a better set of conditions, or a clearer signal that the coast is clear.
New Zealand's business environment is hard right now. It's not just the domestic conditions; the global ones don't help either. Most leaders feel the headwind.
Some are using it as a reason to pause, waiting for certainty, waiting for confidence, waiting for someone else to go first.
It's human nature: we fear loss more than we fear (or visualise) opportunity loss. The leaders who are moving, who seize opportunities, don't wait for the signal.
They make decisions in uncertainty.
They invest in themselves and their businesses when it's inconvenient. They find other people who think the same way, and they keep going. They know that waiting can more dangerous than acting.
That's not optimism. It's an agency. And it looks different from the outside than it feels on the inside.
On 6 August, Revved brings together New Zealand's founders, CEOs and senior leaders from business and elsewhere who've stopped waiting. Not because conditions are perfect. Because the opportunities are there, and the room is ready.
One day. Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland.
Business and leadership summit.
