In conversation with Garry Moore
Garry Moore served three terms as Christchurch Mayor and in this episode we hear about his childhood then really have a very eclectic conversation – as expected! We jump all…
Dr Jay Matenga on identity, whakapapa, spirituality and kaupapa Māori
Jay shares about finding identity in this interview – from meeting his birth Father age 42 we learn about his journey of discovering his whakapapa, his spiritual life and his…
Excerpts from the conversation with Jay Matenga
Some excerpts to give a flavour of the next interview, a deep dive discussion with Jay Matenga. We cover identity, spirituality, whakapapa and more. He also shares with us a…
Toni Truslove on Kiwis overseas and connecting them through Kea New Zealand
Toni has had a fascinating life living in multiple countries and experienced being a Kiwi overseas herself. Now leading Kea New Zealand she has taken that background and used it…
Purpose and Business: Summary of talk by Colin Meyer
This is a very short summary of a talk I heard recently at the Institute of Directors event at the start of May 2021. Colin Meyer from the UK shared…
Anna Judge on Our Little Village
Anna Judge shares with us in this episode about founding Our Little Village and her experience creating that charity. The charity came from her experience with child birth and the…
Jezza Williams on prioritising inclusion and founding Makingtrax
Jezza founded Makingtrax to make a difference and in this short excerpt we hear from him about some of his journey – if you don’t go away feeling inspired by…
Yoseph Ayele on the Edmund Hillary Fellowship
Yoseph is one of the co-founders of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship and was the first CEO as well. In this interview we talk about his childhood in Ethiopia, moving around…
Key lessons and learnings from day 2 of the IOD Leadership Conference 2021
The key learnings and a summary from the first day is here. On the second day there were a lot of other topics covered so here is a summary of the…
IOD Leadership Conference 2021: Summary of Day 1 speakers and key points
I’ve been fortunate to attend this leadership conference on 5-6 May 2021 in Auckland. I realise many of you would be curious and like to know what was discussed so…
Adrian Palmer on Addington Coffee Coop and ZED
In this interview we hear from Adrian Palmer about his life and growing up, with his high school friends forming the band Supra which became ZED, what it was like…
Elle Archer on being curious, lifelong learning and the Ako Ōtautahi Learning City Christchurch festival
Some interviews go deeper than others and this is one of those – Elle Archer has had a very interesting life and she shares about her early years, being adopted,…
