For those of you who may not have seen it or heard it live, Andrew Grant, an alumnus of the University of Auckland and Managing Partner of McKinsey & Co. in China gave a profound and insightful 15 minute address at the University of Auckland Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner 2009. On their website at the url below is a video of that presentation. He presents challenging thoughts looking at some of the strengths and the less admirable attributes of New Zealanders and encourages us to look at ourselves, what we are and how we might improve. It is apolitical, certainly not financial but topical in the current market conditions. It is only a 15 minute video clip but is recommended.

www.alumni.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/alumni/photo-galleries-and-video/distinguished-alumni-lectures-and-speeches/distinguished-alumni-awards-dinner-2009-video/andrew-grants-speech