by Ron Scott | Feb 4, 2024 | Climate, News
Look at the comparison of rainfall between 2023 and the 30 year average. It was a bad first half -and then about average. Last January we had over 130 mm more than this year. That’s almost 4 times more than normal. This year we are back to normality. A year ago, the...
by Ron Scott | Feb 3, 2024 | News
In January we read that the “Department of Internal Affairs is delighted to announce the release of the annual list of the most popular baby names in New Zealand for 2023”. In 2023 37889 babies were given 18666 first names. What can we learn about our country from...
by Ron Scott | Apr 9, 2023 | News
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by Ron Scott | Sep 8, 2022 | News
“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.” That famous quote from Milton Friedman basically says that if you keep printing money, or...
by Ron Scott | Aug 28, 2022 | News
The Statistical Research Group was a unit of the US military in the second world war that employed statisticians to solve military challenges. One problem was how to better protect airplanes from being shot down. Here is the scenario: You don’t want your planes...
by Ron Scott | Jul 27, 2022 | News
This month we are looking at a basic strategic tool: The SWOT analysis. Last month I facilitated a strategic planning workshop for one of our clients. As I introduced the session on SWOT someone said “I’ve done that so many times and it’s just the same old stuff”. ...
