Seeds

Oliver founded Medsalv 18 months ago and in this interview we hear about his entrepreneurial journey.  We also find out a lot about the medical industry and single use devices and the amount of waste…

This was not planned.  Which makes it the perfect 100th episode as we always look for depth and meaning in unexpected moments.  Justice Joe Williams got up to give the keynote speech at the recent Ch…

Do you remember being 6?  Most of us have forgotten but it's important to try and recall sometimes.  This episode may help a little as we hear from Isabel about what she enjoys in life and how she se…

Lauren loves mathematics and that shines through in this interview.  She has worked for many years as a maths teacher and so I wanted to talk with her about her life and perspective on this as well a…

This is an audiobook of the report "Structuring for Impact: Evolving Legal Structures for Business in New Zealand" that was released 17 April 2019 (index of key sections is below).  I am really proud…

Georgia is a changemaker, ex-lawyer and now CEO of Humanitix NZ, and she shares about building the world's first non-profit events ticketing platform backed by Google and Atlassian, the value of educ…

Louise is the CEO of the Ākina Foundation and she spoke this morning in Wellington at the launch of the major new report: "Structuring for Impact: Evolving Legal Structures for Business in New Zealan…

Yes, this is a very long episode!  Have a listen to short intro to understand more but it is all the audio of more than 10 sessions at the two day conference "Future prospects for charity law, accoun…

Carolyn is an expert on the history of financial reporting - in this interview we spoke in front of a live audience of almost 200 at a conference held at Te Papa in Wellington on 11-12 April 2019.  I…

Wil co-founded EPIC (Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus) a unique building which houses many start-ups and tech companies in central Christchurch.  As one of the first buildings to go up follo…

John Page is a governance expert at BoardWorks.  He is also the writer of a major research report "True to Label" looking at how value is measured in the non-profit sector in Aotearoa New Zealand.  H…

Peter was the Dean of the Christchurch Cathedral at the time of the earthquakes in 2011.  I chose to air this interview now because we talk about love and acceptance in this and it feels like the mos…

Matthew founded Youth Arts New Zealand to empower youth to creatively express themselves.  We talk about his life and what led him to start this, the value of collaboration across creative arts, the …

In this episode I share everything I've learned about how to create a podcast.  This was recorded live when I gave it as a session at the Social Enterprise Unconference in Levin in mid February 2019.…

This short bonus episode profiles Collett's Corner with founder Camia Young sharing about what this crowdfunded community owned property development is about.  This presentation was given at a recent…

Joanna is the CEO of ChristchurchNZ which promotes the city as both a tourism destination and a dynamic place for business to grow.  In this interview we talk about her early life, working as a repor…

Lisa founded Social Currency an accounting firm with a difference that we discuss in the interview (hint: it gives back).  We also talk about Lisa's early life, a near death experience at 11, growing…

Kerri coordinates 'Carabiner' in Christchurch which helps provide mentoring opportunities for young people aged 18-25 with disabilities.  In this interview we talk about her childhood, love of the ou…

E Wen Wong was 13 when she founded P.S. Our Beaches.  Now aged 16 we talk about her love of poetry, founding an organisation to clean up our beaches, solving problems and what the future holds.  I re…