Seeds

This is a short bonus episode with the audio of an article I co-wrote with Louisa Taylor - it arose after she gave a talk that I attended about lawyers hindering innovation so it was fun to collabora…

Alina is an impact storyteller who has just released a book about the power of story.  She first appeared on seeds for episode 143.  In this shorter follow episode 279 we catch up with her to find ou…

John joins the latest impact sector call to share about The Cause Report which he is a co-author of for JB Were.  In the report there is an analysis of the For Purpose sector with data on charities a…

Melanie has a focus on preserving indigenous knowledge and highlighting the importance of mātauranga Māori and using that understanding to meet environmental challenges we face today.  Her expertise …

The truth about Hepatitis - what do you know?  In this interview Hazel takes us on a journey to understand her life and experience as someone who has been impacted by Hepatitis C but has found the cu…

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 h…

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 int…

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 bec…

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…

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 …

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' - t…

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 thi…

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 th…

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 helpin…

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…

This is a wide ranging interview with Sam Stubbs - the best type of interview!   Before we talk about Simplicity we get into the background to Sam and his life and learn about his childhood, the impa…

Robett has fit in a lot into his life - from medal winning professional snowboarder to successful multi-exit media and tech entrepreneur, investor and global Kiwi we dive back into his past to learn …

Garry Moore served three terms as Christchurch Mayor and in this episode we hear about his childhood then really have a very eclectic conversation - as expected!  We jump all through his life to lear…

Caroline shares some of her life with us on this podcast episode and we get to hear about what it is like to be an immigrant to a country like New Zealand.  She reflects on the influence of her Grand…

Jay shares about finding identity in this interview - from meeting his birth Father age 42 we learn about his journey of discovering his whakapapa, his spiritual life and his relationship back with k…