Our local economy - whangarei

I wrote and posted this on Linkedin in 2020. It's still relevant today.

Compassion grows out of considerate behaviour. This is something that those to be at the forefront of working with business owners with no experience in trauma work let alone a business crisis situation should be doing - and yet we are seeing that they are more interested in telling the media how many phone calls they get - without advising what real benefit they have given enquirers, returning to the same old same old business advice that clearly didn't work pre-covid19 lockdown.

We see some undermining the good work of social and mental health services - because they believe they have all the answers - because they were an entrepreneurial 'mega star' before the lockdown.

We believe in being honest about reporting back what we are observing - from our Organisation's point of view. Because some of this conduct and behaviour is simply not acceptable - and shouldn't be accepted. 

We, along with many others are open to wider options of business thought - and believe everyone not just a select few should have input into how their own local economy can be rebuilt. But when long established business related corporations let their egos get in the way of not permitting those genuinely offering help with related skills, the reaction is to dismiss, and disengage. We have seen this happen.

We need a number of new brooms to sweep clean our local (Whangarei, Northland economy). Our local Economy wasn't that good before the lockdown and if we leave things to the usual conservatives, we won't see a recovery, we will see our economy sliding back even further. It's common sense actually. But we are working on changing this because our local economy deserves alot more and things can be way more exciting by opening the doors to wider input and connectivity. It's common sense.