Creativity & Vulnerability: Give it all … give it now.
More than 100 years ago the following was said: “It is not the critic who counts; not someone who points out how the strong one stumbles, or where the doer…
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Paradigm Shifts and Magic Eyes
Below is the text of the short speech given at the CLAANZ (Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand) annual conference on 1 August 2019. The actual words I…
What is your Cathedral?
You are walking along a deserted path in a place you’ve never visited before. The sun is beating down and it’s a hot day. In the distance you see three…
Submission on Charities Act 2005
Submission on Modernising the Charities Act 2005 Simply by sailing in a new direction, you could enlarge the world. Allen Curnow, 1942 To:Hon Peeni Henare, Minister of Community and Voluntary…
Reflections on the Philanthropy Summit 2019: Highlights and key themes
“To go fast, go alone. To go far, go together” Returning from a conference it is always important to reflect on some of the themes and key learnings while they…
Legal Frameworks and Social Enterprises with Steven Moe: April 18, 2019
A new report has come out talking about how current company law is hampering the development of New Zealand’s social enterprise sector. Olivia Holdsworth spoke to co-author of the report…
Ghost enterprises: How the government penalises companies who do good
Social enterprises don’t get tax advantages and can’t get the same kind of funding as businesses. This needs to change, says the co-author of a new report.
Doing business Japanese-style: What can Kiwis learn?
Pre-meeting meetings sound like bureaucracy gone mad to Westerners, but the Japanese method of decision-making means everyone is brought along together.
The new Christchurch style: Old boys out, entrepreneurs in
The earthquakes have changed the culture in genteel Christchurch. Now it’s more about how you can contribute than who you went to school with, writes Steven Moe.
The social enterprise sector comes of age
From businesses doing good to charities running businesses and everything in between, social enterprise as an industry is growing up and holding its first national conference.
What social enterprises in Aotearoa can learn from Māoritanga
Social enterprise is a global phenomenon but, write Steven Moe and Wayne Tukiri (Tainui, Ngāti Whaawhaakia), New Zealand should be using Māori cultural practices to better understand what social enterprise is…
Organisational resilience: surfing through turbulent times
A profile of podcast guest Dr John Vargo, Idealog, August 2018: In this piece I reflected on the Seeds Podcast interview with John and what he had to say about resilience.