our purpose
To trial technology and approaches that accelerate Christchurch becoming a city of opportunity for all – a city where anything is possible.
our vision
To promote Christchurch as an exemplar open and connected city, showcasing solutions that make life better and are replicated by others.
our mission
Making
it better for people in Christchurch by delivering rapid proof-of-concept projects
that promote the power of:
- Open data, open platform, open city.
- Aggregating and visualising real-time
data.
- Leveraging the collective genius around
us.
- Removing barriers to access.
- Inspiring fresh thinking.
our values
- Be brave – take risks.
- Fast is better than slow.
- We make it better for people.
- We’re proud to put our name on it.
- We keep it real and operate with integrity.
- We take responsibility and know when to pivot.
our principles
- Benefits
without borders; we share our solutions with whomever can benefit from them.
- Perfect
is the enemy of good; innovation moves too quickly to focus on perfect – we get
the job done.
- Collaboration
is better than competition; we respect our colleagues and help them achieve
their goals.
- Think
globally act locally; wherever possible we choose local partners to solve
Christchurch problems.
- The
city keeps the farm; we appreciate the value of digital assets and maintain
ownership in the city.
- Efficiency
over bureaucracy; right-size processes support rapid delivery and accelerate
innovation.
- Fail
well; if we never fail we’re not trying hard enough, so we own our failures and
salvage what we can.
- What
gets recognised gets repeated; celebrating success encourages high performance
and motivation.
- Fun is our fuel; in every job there is an element of fun – a sense of play helps us do serious stuff better.