New Zealand should think small to get big ideas moving
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- Glenn Dwight argues that New Zealand should look to small-scale ideas rather than relying only on the country’s earlier “Think Big” approach.
- He contrasts everyday small projects with the large energy, fuel and hydro schemes associated with the late-1970s nation-building programme.
Some of New Zealand’s biggest results may begin with small ideas, Glenn Dwight argues.
He looks back to the late 1970s, when New Zealand began “Thinking Big”. That programme involved nation-building projects rather than modest household improvements, including major energy projects, synthetic fuel plants and hydro schemes.
Dwight uses the contrast to make a case for thinking differently about how progress begins. Large national ambitions have their place, but the next useful ideas may emerge from smaller settings and more manageable projects.
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