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Pulse Check. A Rural Leaders and PwC collaboration.

Rural Leaders, in partnership with PwC New Zealand, have piloted a new concept: the Future Food and Fibre Leaders Pulse Check. It’s a snapshot of what’s top of mind for the latest Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme cohort, captured through a workshop facilitated by PwC and Rural Leaders earlier this year.

What do the next generation of food and fibre leaders believe we need to act on right now?

The result? Five clear, practical messages for today’s leaders—touching on:

  • Harnessing tech in a producer-centric way
  • Balancing productivity with sustainable resource use
  • Strengthening confidence through regulatory certainty
  • Building our global reputation
  • Investing in people through better systems and storytelling

👉 Download the Pulse Check here.

This is the first time we’ve run this kind of initiative—and we’d love to hear your thoughts. Is this useful? What could make it better? What other voices should we bring to the table?

Please get in touch with Lisa Rogers at Rural Leaders if you would like to discuss.

Thank you to PwC, our Strategic and Programme Partners for their ongoing support of the Kellogg Programme and our shared mission to grow leadership in the food and fibre sector.

Our programmes work in partnership with some of New Zealand’s leading agribusiness organisations – click here for more.​