Seeds

This is a session where I shared about some of my own journey and the concept of Stewardship as a lens for looking at Impact.  The event was held at the end of September 2020 for Social Value Aotearo…

This is an excerpt of the interview with Frances Valintine pulling out a few key thoughts about finding your place and your call - what would you sacrifice to do that? 

Earlier full interview is here…

What doors would open and what would our lives unfold if we allowed ourselves to follow our curiosity?  Frances founded The Mind Lab and Tech Futures Lab and in this interview we focus in on her chil…

This is a short excerpt of the longer interview with Richard Black that I thought was really helpful when thinking about the role we can help with helping children make sense of the world.

"That ther…

How often do we talk about our physical health but ignore mental health in our lives?  Richard founded Mind Health to change that focus by working to empower people to transform their lives.  He has …

James founded Blue Cradle which is a social enterprise founded to make ocean science and research accessible for all.  James shares with us about his life and growing up in Europe, what led him to ge…

Audio of session on the "Sprinting for Good" report which captures the co-design process used to develop the National Action Plan for Community Governance and provides insights into the potential ap…

Tim Jones sits down with me for a discussion on house prices based on this article I recently wrote for Spinoff: https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/14-09-2020/heres-why-more-aucklanders-should-move-t…

What is the Not So Redundant Club?  In this interview Jessie explains more about what it is and why she started it as well as providing background on her life and journey so far.  One of the key them…

Chris shares his life journey in this interview.  We learn all about his childhood, what it was like losing his Father at age 16, how he rediscovered again his Māori culture as a young adult, studyin…

Dear Disillusioned Junior Lawyer.  I do understand, but don’t quit yet.  

Esther Whitehead shares in this interview about Neurodiversity.  We also find out about her life story and find out about her childhood and decision to move to New Zealand, how she got involved in Ne…

In this episode I want to share what I've learned as a lawyer helping people set up impact driven organisations in Aotearoa.  I have these conversations all the time so thought I'd share this content…

Margaret was born in 1933 and has lived an extremely full life - she is still involved today in more organisations than nearly everyone who I know and she does it all with the desire to give back.  I…

Margaret Austin was born in 1933 and in the hour long interview with her we find out all about her long life of service, including as an MP from 1984-1996 - but this is a short minute excerpt that ca…

Do you remember what it was like to be 12?  In this interview we talk with Shanna about what it is like for her.  We cover a wide variety of topics including what it is like to be able to choose subj…

This live seeds podcast event was held on Friday 28th August 2020 and brought together a variety of experts to discuss the current - and future - state of impact investing in New Zealand.  

The pan…

Fiona is from Ireland and in this interview we hear about her early days growing up and what brought her to New Zealand.  We both share an appreciation for the work of Brene Browne on courage, vulner…

The Honourable Poto Williams became an MP in 2013 and is now the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, and is the Associate Minister for Social Development, Immigration, and Greater Chris…

Anton spoke at the Impact Unconference in April 2020 and this is the audio of his session about normalising Te Reo in the Workplace.  I really enjoyed what he had to share and I thought some of you w…