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,…
Rick Thorpe on Xtreme Zero Waste
Rick has had a truly fascinating life, helping the Chatham Island Black Robins survive through 9 summers of work there, having a childhood lived in a variety of countries, working…
Aotearoa Impact Sector Updates
This has info on the Impact Sector Update calls I have been hosting.
Case study: River Aotearoa Charitable Trust
One of our recent purpose driven clients wanted to set up an organisation which seeks to revitalise, strengthen and raise awareness about Indigenous approaches and worldviews. This is exactly the…
Charlie Grosso on transforming youth refugee experiences with Hello Future
Charlie has had a fascinating life as a fashion photographer, running a contemporary art gallery in New York and travelling the world – what she saw on those trips led…
