I just did two posts on LinkedIn recently asking people for their advice for new graduates and got so many amazing ideas in the comments, here is a selection of them. The posts are here and here. What would you add? Drop me a line as I might keep adding…

Board Matters Podcast is hosted by Steven Moe on leadership and governance with three seasons for the New Zealand Institute of Directors.

This page has information on a book project I am working on compiling a variety of creative inputs from Ōtautahi Christchurch residents. The lens for the observations is asking what it will be like 100 years from now for your area. The form of contributions could be as an article,…

Welcome to this collaborative book that you can access here! The background – I enjoy LinkedIn and the interactions that are possible on that platform. However, the conversations slip away a few hours after being posted. Having recently written a short piece for the Sunday Star-Times, I included a reference…

I recently spoke at a dinner for Principals, Deputy Principals and other Christchurch school leaders (out at remote Terrace Downs in the foothills of the Southern Alps). I shared about the 9 principles I’ve learned from hosting seeds podcast and the 387 people I’ve talked to. Those learnings are in…

Review by Terry Toner of DustyShelves Book Reviews and Bookbits The Apple Tree by Steve Moe with illustrations by Cricket McCormick – published in paperback by Seeds Press.Author Steven Moe is a podcaster among other things – he runs this podcast and book for people who do amazing things but…

What I wish I had known starting as a lawyer.

In recent years, a number of jurisdictions have recognized diverse ecosystems and other-than-human organisms as legal persons. From national constitutions and legislation to subnational judicial decisions and ordinances, these legal experiments have extended legal personality to riverine and terrestrial ecological communities, including vast geographical areas and the beyond-human beings that…

This is the audio of me reading an article published by the Transnational Environmental Law Journal, which I co-wrote with two academics from the University of Canterbury, David Jefferson and Elizabeth Macpherson, called “Experiments with the Extension of Legal Personality to Ecosystems and Beyond-Human Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities for Company…

Welcome to this summary of the IOD Leadership Conference. It was held on 4th and 5th of May 2023 in Auckland with around 600 people. With more than 10,000 members, the IOD are the leading governance focussed group in New Zealand and I know them well as a facilitator on…

A recent court action by Australia’s financial regulator suggests ‘greenwashing’ claims can expect far greater scrutiny – a situation likely to happen here soon enough, writes Steven Moe.

I’ve been out working now for 22 years and thought I would share some reflections for new grads and students: Any concepts you would like to share that I can add to this list?

I just attended the Fundraising Institute of New Zealand (FINZ) conference for three days in Wellington with around 400 others.  The theme was “Changemakers” and I thought I would share some of my highlights so you could get a sense of what it is was like: I hope that gives…

In this session I have a discussion with Sue Barker about the proposed changes to the Charities Act in New Zealand, the submission process, the key issues at stake and the “paradigm shifts” of thinking that are also involved.  If you enjoy this check out some of the other content…

‘Not for profit’ or ‘For purpose’: Some reflections Sometimes we need to reinvent.  I think one thing that might need some reinvention is the ways we describe sectors we care about – how we frame them. This is because words matter.  They convey underlying assumptions. For too long we have…