This is edition 2025/60 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media.
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1. Why's Productivity Low in NZ? The HMNZS Manawanui's Inquiry Explains. Poor Leaders. Its Lousy CEOs, Bosses, Inbred Boards, Ministers, Admirals. Our Non-Human Systems Work Just Fine.
Rob MacCulloch
- ⚓️ The sinking of HMNZS Manawanui off Samoa is likened to NZ's productivity issues.
- 📉 Economic woes blamed on ineffective leadership, not institutional rules.
- 🚢 Human error cited in the ship's sinking due to poor training and leadership.
- 🏛️ NZ institutions like courts and democracy generally well-designed.
- 🌿 Abundance of natural resources contrasts with leadership failures.
- 💼 Lack of specific expertise in NZ ministers and department heads criticized.
- 🔥 Allegory of productivity issues: excellent infrastructure undermined by incompetent leadership.
