Jason Swanson on being a Futurist
Jason is Director of Strategic Foresight at KnowledgeWorks where he works as a futurist. He visited New Zealand for The Future of Learning Conference held 30 September – 1 October 2019. In…
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Impact Summit 2019: Audio of Conference
Audio of entire day held on 21 September 2019 of the main stage speakers at Impact Summit 2019 hosted by UCE (University of Canterbury Centre for Entrepreneurship). The speakers were…
Longdy Chhap on being Trafficked
Longdy was trafficked age 8 from Cambodia to Thailand and forced to beg on the streets. He had contracted polio as a young child and lost the use of his…
Ben Reid on AI
Ben is the Executive Director of the AI Forum and in this interview we discuss his background and journey to settle in New Zealand. We then talk in depth about…
Shanna on being 11
Do you remember being 11? In this episode we talk with Shanna about what her views of the world are. It’s good to get these reminders from time to time…
Clive Antony on Identity and the power of Social Media
Clive founded Mates Social Media and in this interview we talk about the power of social media and marketing – what works, what doesn’t? We also talk about Clive’s background…
Zahra Hussaini on valuing Diversity
Zahra arrived in New Zealand as a 12 year old Afghan refugee who spoke no English. In this interview we hear about what her childhood was like, being a refugee,…
Natasha Zimmerman on the science of belonging, community and founding Unchatter
Natasha is a doing her PHD in organisational psychology at Canterbury University on belonging and community. In this wide ranging interview we talk about her childhood and what shaped her,…
David Clifford on re-imagining ‘school’, Liberatory Design and how that can help nurture X-shaped students
David is an edu-agitator who has explored what education is for many years through his work on Liberatory Design. In this interview we hear a lot about David’s childhood and…
Creativity & Vulnerability: Give it all … give it now
Reflecting on the intersection between our creative lives and the power of vulnerability. The full text of this is here: www.theseeds.nz steven@theseeds.nz Inspiration from a variety of sources including Theodore…
Darren Ward on catalysing impact, improving governance and NGOs
Darren has worked for many years in the NGO sector and now assists organisations to maximize social impact through Direct Impact Group. In this interview we talk about his childhood…
Bill Murphy on the Purpose Capital Impact Fund
Bill Murphy is the founder of Enterprise Angels and of the Purpose Capital Impact Fund. In this episode we talk a lot about entrepreneurs, start-ups and impact investing. However, we…
