Seeds

Tā Tipene O'Regan has long been on my dream list of people to interview.  He is a kaumātua, Ngāi Tahu leader and Member of the Order of New Zealand.  I was very humbled to sit with him and hear some …

Joanne has been an innovator in education for many years both in New Zealand and globally.  As well as writing 6 books on this topic she brings an approach of placing the learner first when it comes …

I was recently interviewed by Hancine Samvelyan for an academyEX event at the end of July 2023 and this is the audio of that.  In it we unpack some of my own history and then dive into my thoughts on…

Very happy to announce the Seeds Impact Conference - inspired by the conversations on Seeds this fullly online event will be accessible from anywhere and feature 27 sessions across a day in 4 differe…

Sue Waight shared her life journey with us on this episode and I really appreciated her attitude which shown through - choosing not to be a victim but instead take difficult circumstances and learn f…

Really enjoyed my conversation with Ben Scales about his life story and founding KiwiFibre, who I've bee supporting as a lawyer since the early days including with their capital raising - I think you…

Audio of an article for the IOD "Moving, Seconding... but Why?" co-written with Mele Wendt MNZM and Caren Rangi ONZM.  Am very grateful to both of them for the time spent and ideas shared to create t…

Audio of the Idealog article "Emerging trends from the IOD Leadership Conference", I wrote recently on the Institute of Directors Leadership Conference held in May 2023.  This way the key themes and …

This is the audio of me reading an article published by the Transnational Environmental Law Journal, which I co-wrote with two academics from the University of Canterbury, David Jefferson and Elizab…

In this episode we talk about Street Art with Dr Reuben Woods, who is the creative director of Watch this Space.  We talk about what "Art" even is, as well as the growth of the street art movement in…

I really enjoy other podcasts and am happy to feature an episode from another one - The 232 Degrees Podcast by my friends Sean Barnes and Carl Davidson.  If you like Seeds I think you will like their…

Gareth is the country lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa and in this conversation we talk about that movement, system change and politics.  He also shares his life story and childhood, …

Ths is the audio of two articles I wrote recently on the Christchurch startup scene - they really are a two part of one whole, so thought I would read them both out for Seeds.  

Article 1: The Christ…

Mitch Shaw is a co-founder of Upstream, a business which harnesses the power of social procurement to fund charities.  With around $250,000 given out already, it is an impressive example of innovatio…

This is not an interview but instead an interesting panel which discussed Community Housing with a focus on financing, structuring and legal considerations with Judith Bullin, James Palmer, Natalia G…

This conversation with Historian Rowan Light is from a few years ago and in this episode have pulled out the part where we discussed the meaning of ANZAC Day, the role of history and historians and w…

Esha is a catalyst for change through highlighting stories of people approaching business differently.  She has just written a book "Working to Restore: Harnessing the Power of Regenerative Business …

This is the audio of an article I just wrote for The Spinoff - you can access the text here which also has a lot of links to all the things mentioned in the article as well: https://thespinoff.co.nz…

Aimee is the co-founder of Girls who Grow and co-chair of Future Farmers New Zealand.  In this conversation we hear about her background and growing up in a farming community, what she studied and ho…

Leanne has co-authored a new book "Human Work: five leadership mindsets for humanising workplaces".   Before we talk about that we first have a conversation about her background and life growing up a…