by Dr Urie | Feb 17, 2024 | Career Advice, Work-life
In recent times, there has been extensive discussion on how to lure employees back into the corporate office environment after their brief respite in achieving work-life balance through remote work. While managers have often dismissed remote work as unworkable, the...
by Dr Urie | Mar 13, 2024 | Science-based evidence
There has been much discussion and debate about the causes and solutions to the road crash rate in New Zealand. The above left-hand graph shows a recent report by the International Transport Forum analysis of the number of fatalities (people) from road crashes. My...
by Dr Urie | Jan 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
So, I’ve always wondered about the general claims being made about how much cycling contributes to a healthy population. So I asked ChatGPT a few incisive queries comparing life expectancy over the past 60 years, then asked it to summarise the results. It was a...
by Dr Urie | Jan 29, 2024 | Work-life
A couple of weeks ago, a friend asked me what place gives me that feeling of a special connection, that feeling of sense and belonging. I couldn’t remember the Māori phrase he used, but it reminded me of the concept of Tūrangawaewae. “Tūrangawaewae are places where we...
