Leadership Myths
This was fun. Elle Archer, Sina Cotter Tait, Tim Jones and Michael Phillpott joined me for an online seeds podcast unlike any before. Each of them shared one leadership myth they have seen and we had some discussions about what…
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Dr Duncan Webb on changing the law on Duties of Directors
Dr Duncan Webb is the Labour MP for Christchurch Central and introduced a private Members’ Bill which has been selected and is likely going to change Director Duties in a significant way. In this interview we spend a long time…
Duties of Directors set for Major Change in NZ: What could this mean?
This is the audio version of an opinion piece I wrote for Stuff yesterday. It relates to proposed changes to the Companies Act regarding Director Duties. Could the changes be strengthened so NZ becomes a world leader? Please consider re-sharing…
Matthew Jackson on co-founding Alimentary
Matthew has been involved in a wide variety of tech start-ups and in this episode we start with learning about his early years and how those experiences influenced him. We also talk about the Edmund Hillary Fellowship as well as…
Savva Kerdemelidis on Crowd Funded Cures
Savva Kerdemelidis has seen a need and is trying to solve it, in this case it relates to his NZ charity Crowd Funded Cures, whose mission is to use pay for success contracts to make drug development more affordable by…
A Conversation about Purpose with Tim Jones
I had a conversation with Tim Jones for his “Purpose Fuelled Performance” podcast recently and this is our wide ranging discussion on such a variety of topics I am calling it ‘The Random Episode’ – though the consistent theme is…
Sophie-Claire Violette on Anthropology, Decolonisation and Language
Sophie-Claire has led a fascinating life and we hear about growing up in Mauritius, her thoughts on language and decolonisation, her work as a cultural anthropologist and cultural strategist. In this wide ranging interview we talked about a huge variety…
Jo Garner on Fundraising and Strategic Grants
In this interview with Jo we talk a lot about fundraising for purpose led organisations but we also learn about her life story and what led her to start Strategic Grants, the terminology we use in the “not for profit”…
Peter Saunders on co-founding Solagri Energy
Peter shares in this conversation about solar energy and we also learn about his life story. Solagri Energy is the business he co-founded and is a distributed energy business passionate about helping New Zealand agriculture transition to a green energy…
The bottom line is not enough, companies should be required to have a purpose
This is the audio version of a Stuff opinion piece that I wrote this week called “The bottom line is not enough, companies should be required to have a purpose“. Linked In post which has a lot of…
