Seeking input: Charities Sector views for 2026
Kia ora all, Two points that Sue Barker and I are gauging interest on – would you like to be involved?: If this is of interest to support can you…
Azoora Ali interviews me on Purpose for her podcast ‘Care Beyond Profits’
I was interviewed by Azoora Ali for her new “Care beyond profits” podcast recently – this is a portion of that interview. For the full episode listen on her show:…
Alison Mau on Tika a new initiative taking collective action to advocate for those who have experienced sexual harm
I learned a lot in this conversation with Alison Mau about her life and journey and what has led to the setting up of Tika. Curiousity guided the questions and…
Cues: Book review of ‘Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication’ by Vanessa Van Edwards
This is a book review of Cues by Vanessa Van Edwards – I suggest you get a copy (link below). For the written review visit over here and that also…
Cues – book review and principles learned
Vanessa Van Edwards book “Cues: Small Signals, Incredible Impact” provides a lot of useful insights so thought I would summarise some of the key themes and principles in this book…
On the Power of Saying No
In this short 5 minute episode share some reflections on the topic of saying no – what do you think? When is it important to do this? More content is…
Susanne Ritzenhoff on Creativity, Art and Toi Ora
I really enjoyed my conversation with Susanne Ritzenhoff about her life and Toi Ora and the work they do – check out the links we mentioned in the conversation: …
IOD Leadership Conference Summary of Sessions
Here is a short summary of sessions held at the reent two day Institute of Directors Leadership Conference. The full article can be accessed here with a lot more…
Julie Woods on going blind, embracing challenges and living a full life
Julie Woods went blind as an adult and in this episode we hear about her journey and what that was like and how she embraces life fully today. I was…
System Change for a Zero Waste Future – Live Panel discussion with Dr Saeid Baroutian, Steven Moe, James Griffin and moderated by Sue Coutts
Audio of panel discussion just held at the Zero Waste Summit on 8 September 2025 discussing Tools for Transformation: System Change for a Zero Waste Future. More on the Zero…
Mark Laurence on AI, the future of business and A.icehouse
Mark Laurence and I had a great discussion on AI and the future and A.icehouse, a new initiative for SMEs that he is working on with Icehouse, to learn more…
Developing Seed Habits
This is the audio of a talk I gave the other day to about 100 lawyers on principles and habits for life – it comes from content in the recent…
