News, articles and blogs that demonstrate the value Scarlatti bring to clients’ projects and example practice change in action. Read how we approach research, evaluation, analytics and insights.
Scarlatti piloted this project which brought urban and rural businesses together to talk about sustainability. It has resulted in a raft of changes to reduce environmental impact.
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We contributed to this journal article about how the complexity of farming and rural communities poses challenges to research and extension initiatives seeking industry-wide change.
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We contributed to this study which examines whether there was a change in on-farm resilience through farmer participation in participatory extension.
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We contributed to this journal article which explores how participatory extension programmes with a focus on peer-to-peer learning can support farmers to increase resilience.
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We developed an innovative benefit-cost analysis framework to evaluate the benefits of the 'Hill Country Futures' programme, a B+LNZ initiative aimed at enhancing the environmental sustainability, profitability, and well-being of New Zealand’s hill country farmers and their communities.
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We completed a baseline analysis of NZ’s infrastructure workforce on behalf of Te Waihanga. This will help Te Waihanga to identify future capacity pressures across the workforce and how the industry can respond.
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We worked with the Food and Fibre CoVE to understand why workforce shortages have persisted across the food and fibre sector and what opportunities are available to address these in the future.
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Incentives can be seen as a golden ticket but should you use them?
As an employer, the first step to attracting and retaining people is putting forward your best offer. To do this, you need to understand what employees value most.
Questions and actions regarding workplace wellbeing and psychosocial hazards are on the rise. But what exactly is meant by psychosocial risks, and how can you take action for a healthier workplace?
Hear from our summer interns as they reflect on their time at Scarlatti, and from Scarlatti director Adam Barker on how to unlock an intern's potential.
We often hear the terms collaboration and co-design as we plan and undertake projects, but what do these mean in practice?
An effective wellbeing programme involves a lot more than encouraging people to move and eat their veggies.
A conjoint analysis survey uses trade-offs as a way for people to indicate their preferences. Find out what value Santa's elves place on their wellbeing and the environment.
Extension teams are made up of awesome people trying to do amazing things, but how do we measure the impact of the work these teams are doing?
A great survey does more than collect valuable insights. But how do we keep people engaged?
How can you keep discussions focused, decide on project outcomes, and harness everyone's experience? A logic model of course.
Hear from Scarlatti's Dana Carver and Adam Barker about the tech-enabled learning research and engaging with educators and providers in the primary industries.
Scarlatti evaluated the impact of Northland’s E350 large extension programme with DairyNZ and Lincoln University. Extension 350 was a farmer-led mentoring and extension programme designed to lift profitability, environmental sustainability, and wellbeing on Northland, New Zealand
Scarlatti were part of the team that developed the Great Futures in Dairying workforce plan. The plan signals a different direction with workforce development with an increased focus on labour productivity gains and talent retention, and a reduced focus on talent attraction.
Scarlatti have been project managing this Food and Fibre CoVE initiative, together with Dairy Training, to create a system for micro-credentials across the sector.
Scarlatti undertook data analysis using Statistics New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure to understand and quantify learner volumes, origins and destinations post-graduation, which has been used to inform the development of Te Pūkenga’s equity strategy. Read how Te Pūkenga is working with staff and students.
Scarlatti reviewed the economic impact of the Red Meat Profit Partnership finding that it will return $18.50 for each dollar invested in it.
Scarlatti, was commissioned to run the Lessons from Lockdown research project, in conjunction with Dairy Training NZ, Wintec and the Primary ITO which resulted in a website techenabledlearning.nz
Need a better understanding of operations research? Check out this article by Towards Data Science.
Scarlatti found that before the age of 30, many tradies made more on average than university graduates.
Scarlatti worked with DairyNZ, Federated Farmers and other organisations to develop updated estimates of the shortage of people in New Zealand’s dairy farming workforce and analyse the impact of different interventions to address this.
Scarlatti worked with BCITO to develop the Construction Industry Workforce Information Platform to provide labour market updates and forecasts for different regions in New Zealand.
Scarlatti has undertaken modelling for the Construction Industry Workforce Information Platform to estimate the size of the workforce shortage given the large number of construction projects in different regions including Wellington.
Scarlatti undertook the review of the initial GoDairy campaign identifying a range of strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement; many of which have been implemented into the latest campaign.