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…
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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…
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…
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…
What I wish I had known . . .
To celebrate the 250th episode of seeds podcast this is a short talk I gave at the High School that I went to for about 60 Year 13 students reflecting…
Mark Longbottom on Heartkids NZ and Purposely Podcast
Mark Longbottom has had a career working with for purpose organisations in the UK and New Zealand. In this interview we find out about his passion for England from a…
Mark Bregman on Intellectual Capital: moving from Knowledge to Innovation
Mark Bregman has had decades of experience as an innovator, worked in start-ups and venture capital investing and I interviewed him on Intellectual Capital. This was a live interview held…
Joe Davis on key Covid lessons, pivots and the new ‘Silver Linings’ book
Joe has just finished co-writing “Silver Linings” with David Downs about the impact of Covid on businesses and the pivots they went through as a result. In this interview we…
Pivoting Nanogirl Labs: Excerpt of interview with Joe Davis
This is a short excerpt of my conversation with Joe Davis who is a co-founder and the CEO of Nanogirl Labs. In it he talks about the impact of Covid…
Paul Swettenham on recruitment principles and founding Sunstone
Paul has had an interesting life including a childhood in Ilam Homestead, made famous by the movie “Heavenly Creatures” and in this episode we talk about his background, his time…
