What I really wanted to talk about is “Risk” and particularly this “Levels of Service-Cost-Risk diagram. And it’s coming out of some work that myself and a colleague Grant Holland who works with me did a few years ago for a ministerial taskforce here in New Zealand. That’s a bit like a… I …
Realities of Infrastructure Management
So, moving on to the realities of infrastructure management. And in this section, we took the middle section, I want to talk about levels of service. We could talk about growth and risk but we’re not really going to cover growth and a bit of lifecycle management. I want to start with this set …
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Why Does Societal Truths and Myths Matter for Infrastructure?
Ross continues to present what some reputable people say about the US economy that dispels societal myths. Towards the end of the post, Ross explains the impact of societal truths on infrastructure investment. What Warren Buffett says about America But I’m going to give the last word with …
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The US Economy is Growing – Why Society Can’t Feel It?
Niall Ferguson, in fact, is an economics history professor at Harvard and an Englishman. And he recently was in New Zealand and had a seminar that was behind the paywall so I haven’t felt that I can use it even if I subscribed to that particular service. But this one was in the public domain and …
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Factors that Make People Feel As If the World is Getting Worse
Ross discussed why does it feel like the USA and Canada are becoming a Third World country despite the fact they’re not in the previous post. This is the continuation of his discussion. Expectation - the world is getting worse? I can't get ahead And there’s this expectation. The world is …
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Why Does It Feel Like USA and Canada are Becoming a Third World Country Despite the Fact They’re Not?
So, if it’s not true, and I think demonstratively and based on facts it is not true, and the fact that the USA and Canada aren't turning into a Third World country, and they are in fact doing really really well, why does it feel like it is all going wrong? And I think that’s an important thing to …
3 More Reasons USA and Canada Are Not Becoming a Third World Country
Ross presents three more reasons to prove that the belief that the USA and Canada are becoming a Third World country is a societal myth. 1. Prosperity Index is high Legatum, an organization that has a prosperity index. And they ranked by categories of economy, entrepreneurship, and …
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5 Signs USA and Canada Are Far From Becoming a Third World Country
Talking about societal myths, Ross continues to present facts to dispell the myth that the USA and Canada are becoming a Third World country. Yes, the USA and Canada are not becoming a Third World country based on the following reasons: 1. USA and Canada are top world economies Click to …
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Why It’s a Myth that the USA is Becoming a Third World Country
So the societal myths in terms of the North American context. As you hear it on the internet and you hear it from politicians, from people discussing things, the US and Canada, they’re going down into the gurgler, they’re going into a plug hole. And other people might express the opinion that …
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Recession Ends and Growth Follows – The New Zealand Experience
In the previous post "Societal Myths and the Impact on Infrastructure", Ross talked about how outdated facts are amplified on news and media and how these influence public and political decision making. In this post, Ross presents the New Zealand experience to illustrate that recession ends …
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Societal Myths and the Impact on Infrastructure
Hi, it's Ross Waugh here from inframanage.com and today I’m just bringing you a video of a presentation I made back in early July 2016 at the International Deighton User Conference in Toronto, Canada. I went up to that conference because of the relationship between Deighton and IDS here in New …
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Strategic Asset Management Planning (Video)
Watch and listen to this lecture video on Strategic Asset Management that Ross Waugh delivered at the University of Auckland. In this video, Ross talks about the following: World Infrastructure NeedsWhat is Strategic Asset Management PlanningWhere does Strategic Asset Management fit in the ISO …
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