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An Amazon wish list says more about you than you think
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In New Zealand there is a survey about the infrastructure world going on. They ask you two questions: One: how important you think that it is to have a pipeline for decision makers? Answer: critical. Two: how good is the actual pipeline. Answer: useless. ​ The reason is simple. ​ The actual pipeline is a wish list. A list of projects that want to be built. That’s great. But where is the tracking about what is in the pipeline and what is actually being delivered? If that’s not there, there is no accountability. No one, and trust me, no foreign player, could use the pipeline to justify anything to open offices in NZ, invest heavily in the country, and bring talent and develop talent for the long term. ​ That’s not a problem of NZ. If you compare it to Dubai, you’ll see the difference. There is a pipeline. They guys actually put the project to work. Once signed, they may have some delays, I agree, but they start and they finish and they repeat. ​ That builds momentum. That builds teams, good teams, on both sides of the table. ​ That creates accountability and credibility – this is what you said you’ll be building, this is what you delivered. ​ The rest is fireworks for bureaucrats and some politicians worried about their chairs… nothing more. ​ An Amazon wish list says more about you than you think. Remember that. ​ And if you want to know about those good teams and how they deliver infrastructure, click below.
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