The Great Disruption: Opening session from Impact Unconference
This is the audio of part of the opening session at the virtual Impact Unconference held on 24 April 2020 where I shared about the context in which the conference…
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Michael Philpott on being NZ’s premier speaking coach and Speaking in Public: Why we fear it, and what can help
Michael is New Zealand’s premier speaking coach. We find out a lot about speaking in this interview – why we fear it and what can help. You will want to…
Jenny Gill on lessons from a life in Philanthropy
Jenny has spent decades working in Philanthropy in New Zealand. In this interview we hear about her childhood and some of the influences that shaped her, becoming a teacher, travelling…
Glenn Dodson on helping ex prisoners and being diagnosed with Cancer
Glenn has had a variety of roles in social services and is currently helping ex prisoners with accomodation with The Salvation Army in Addington, and prior to that working with…
Ursula Cheer on a varied career in Law
Ursula Cheer is the Dean of the Canterbury Law School. In this interview we find out about her life and the fact that she has really had three careers out…
Virtual Impact Unconference
Announcing the first New Zealand Virtual Impact Unconference on 24 April 2020. Collaboration is our future. This unconference wants to get us out of silos and encourage discussion and cross fertilisation…
Shamubeel Eaqub on the impact of COVID-19 and foundations for the future
Shamubeel is one of New Zealand’s leading economists so this interview provides a fascinating insight into COVID-19 from an economic impact perspective. But we end up talking about a whole…
Tamara Smith on her love of Music
Tamara is a flautist, composer, dancer and much more – in this interview we talk about her love of music and how that began as well as her band Mundi.…
Coronavirus: Professor David Murdoch on infectious diseases
The headlines are dominating on the topic of Coronavirus / COVID-19 and I just woke up remembering that I interviewed one of the world leading experts on infectious diseases last…
Chris Taylor on career changes, busyness and developing winning habits
Chris switched career in his early 40s and in this interview we find out about what led him to do that. We also hear about his family dynamics growing up…
Dr Brett Mann on the impact of stress on our bodies, psychotherapy and ‘somatisation’
Brett is a generalist with a deep interest in many areas. While practising as a GP he has done a lot of research into psychotherapy and the connection between life…
Raphael Nolden on the future of Tech and developing Amy, an AI powered maths tutor
In this conversation we hear about Raphael’s life and his background. That starts out with finding more about his childhood and what he studied at University, the chance meeting at…
