Podcasts by Seeds
Conversations with people who are living with purpose and having a positive impact in our world. Host Steven Moe asks about their life journeys and what has shaped them into who they are today.
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Safe Wongsunopparat on measuring Social Impact and proactively making decisions that change your life from 2023-12-11T21:13
Safe has had an interesting life in Thailand, New Zealand and Europe and in this we focus on impact and what it actually means. We also spend some time talking about what it means to take risks...
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In conversation with Lianne Dalziel, Garry Moore&Vicki Buck: 3 former mayors of Christchurch from 2023-11-26T07:22
This conversation between three former mayors of Christchurch was part of the Seeds Impact Conference and covered a wide variety of topics, hope you enjoy!
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Community Housing: The what, why and how - common questions answered from 2023-11-21T22:13
In this live session I spoke with Judith Bullin, an expert on legal structures for Community Housing who works with me at Parry Field Lawyers about Community Housing and how to set these up. Al...
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Board Matters Season 2 Preview: Governance and Leadership podcast for the IOD hosted by Steven Moe from 2023-10-26T20:53
This is a short preview of Board Matters Season 2 - I am the host of this other podcast for the IOD so sharing it here! Join me to learn about leadership and governance there with 7 episodes in...
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Carl Davidson on the quirks of Data, Psychology, Trends, Books and Decision Making from 2023-10-23T01:18
This was a really wide ranging discussion with one of the most curious people I know so we had lot of fun talking about many topics - one of them was The Apple Tree, a book being released soon b...
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Books! Seeds Conference Session with Sean Barnes, Carl Davidson and Steven Moe from 2023-10-10T20:51
Sean and Carl host the 232 Podcast, a podcast about books, and this is a discussi...
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Brianne West&Esha Chhabra on Regenerative Business: Seeds Conference session from 2023-10-10T20:33
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Reimagining Business: Seeds Conference session with Steven Moe from 2023-10-08T18:12
Session from the Seeds Conference where I shared on the topic of Reimagining Business: The Impact Tree Paradigm
The description of this session said: Steven Moe is a lawyer, ho...
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Regenerative and Blended Finance: Seeds Conference Session with Rosalie Nelson from EHF and Andrew Hewitt, Satya Kumar, Brad Leibov and Laina Greene from 2023-10-08T08:05
Rosalie Nelson and Edmund Hillary Fellowship hosted a panel on Regenerative Blended Finance at the Seeds Conference - E...
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Education and the Future: Seeds Conference session, a conversation between Frances Valintine CNZM&Claire Amos from 2023-10-08T06:17
Frances Valintine CNZM & Claire Amos on education
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Systems innovation for Impact: Seeds Conference session with Alex Hannant, Dr Marissa Kaloga and Ian Short from 2023-10-08T05:28
Session from the Seeds Conference - Alex Hannant with a panel on systems innovation in conversation with Dr Marissa Kaloga and Ian Short.
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A post-growth future and what it means for larger business: Seeds Conference session with Jennifer Wilkins, Dr Katherine Trebeck&Dr Donnie Maclurcan from 2023-10-08T04:19
Audio from Seeds Impact Conference - Panel of Jennifer Wilkins, Dr Katherine Trebeck & Dr Donnie Maclurcan discussing Larger business in a post-growth economy
This pan...
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Poverty and the Economy - Seeds Conference session with Shamubeel Eaqub in conversation with Helen Robinson (Auckland City Missioner) and Sasha Lockley (Money Sweetspot) from 2023-10-07T08:28
Poverty and the Economy - a session from Seeds Impact conference with Shamubeel Eaqub in conversation with a panel on the economy and how we actually (practically) help the poor out of poverty.... Listen
Ancient Ocean Wayfinding for Modern Challenges - Seeds Conference session with Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafuna’i, Jack Thatcher and Lopeti Sumner from 2023-10-07T07:39
The Seeds Impact Conference was held in October 2023 and several sessions will be published as episodes including this one on Wayfinding and celestial navigation in a modern world.
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Seed Habits Book: 9 Principles learned from the 350 guests on Seeds Podcast from 2023-09-10T20:01
In this short episode I describe the new book Seed Habits which sets out the 9 principles I've learned from all the guests on seeds podcast.
If you would like a copy of the ebook you ca...
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Tā Tipene O'Regan on Governance (excerpt from full conversation) from 2023-09-10T19:40
The is a final short excerpt of the full conversation with Tā Tipene O'Regan who has long been on my dream list of people to interview. This has some excerpts from that conversation where he wa...
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Tā Tipene O'Regan on the people who shaped his life from 2023-08-27T05:32
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 ...
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Tā Tipene O'Regan on his memories of Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck) (excerpt from full conversation) from 2023-08-26T20:15
The is the third short excerpt of the full conversation with Tā Tipene O'Regan who has long been on my dream list of people to interview. He is a kaumātua, Ngāi Tahu leader and Member of the Or...
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Tā Tipene O'Regan on Wairua (excerpt from full conversation) from 2023-08-25T22:51
The second short excerpt of the full conversation, 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 Zea...
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Tā Tipene O'Regan on the influence of his Father on his life (excerpt of full conversation) from 2023-08-25T02:57
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 ...
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Joanne McEachen on Joy and Innovating in Education, and bringing an Indigenous perspective to global conversations from 2023-08-14T18:50
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 c...
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Reimagining Business for the Future: A conversation with Steven Moe for academyEX from 2023-08-08T06:15
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 though...
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Announcing the Seeds Impact Conference from 2023-08-01T19:29
Very happy to announce the Seeds Impact Conference - inspired by the conversations on Seeds this fullly online event will be accessible from anywhere a...
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Sue Waight on choosing not to be a victim and speaking up for those who need support through the Canterbury West Coast Welfare Guardian Trust from 2023-07-29T10:02
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 le...
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Ben Scales on harnessing 'failure' to find opportunity and co-founding KiwiFibre from 2023-07-19T19:32
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 thin...
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Moving, Seconding ... but Why? Audio of an Article for the IOD from 2023-07-15T05:18
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 cre...
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Emerging Trends from the IOD Leadership Conference from 2023-07-03T18:17
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 k...
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Audio of “Experiments with the Extension of Legal Personality to Ecosystems and Beyond-Human Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities for Company Law”, published by the Transnational Environmental Law Journa from 2023-07-01T05:20
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 Cante...
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Dr Reuben Woods on the Street Art of Christchurch and Watch this Space from 2023-06-25T05:39
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 moveme...
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On Dr Seuss and his legacy: Featuring an episode by Sean Barnes and Carl Davidson of The 232 Degrees Podcast from 2023-06-20T19:32
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 Listen
Gareth Hughes on economic system change and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa from 2023-06-18T00:01
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 childh...
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The Christchurch Startup Ecosystem Grows Up from 2023-06-12T21:34
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.
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Mitch Shaw on Upstream and the power of Social Procurement from 2023-06-10T19:59
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 inno...
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Community Housing Panel on financing, structuring and legal considerations with Judith Bullin, James Palmer, Natalia Garstecka, Adelaide Brown and Stephen Hart from 2023-05-28T22:13
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, Nata...
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The History and Meaning of Anzac Day: Reflections with Historian Rowan Light from 2023-04-24T21:22
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 ...
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Esha Chhabra on the Power of Regenerative Business and her book 'Working to Restore" from 2023-04-03T20:28
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 ...
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Greenwashing: Audio of short Spinoff Article "Australia opens a fascinating new front in the fight for ethical investing" from 2023-03-26T00:43
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: Listen
Aimee Blake on Girls who Grow and Future Farmers New Zealand from 2023-03-16T07:19
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 a...
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Leanne Holdsworth on Humanising Work from 2023-03-10T18:11
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 lif...
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"One thing I've learned as an Entrepreneur..." Live panel discussion from the Entre annual launch night featuring Saskia van der Peet (Real Girls in Tech / Farmgate Foods), Jack Wood (Komodo Wellbeing), Ben Scales (KiwiFibre) and Rohan Mathias (FoodFuse) from 2023-03-08T17:20
This was recorded 8th March as part of the Entre Annual Launch night and was a panel discussing what they have learned as entrepreneurs. The insights come from Saskia van der Peet (Real Girls i...
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Jennifer Hamlin on Animals, our relationship with them and the work of the Allied Veterinary Professional Regulatory Council of New Zealand from 2023-02-19T04:47
Jennifer Hamlin loves animals and in this episode we talk about her childhood, her relationship with animals, we get philosophical about our role in the World and how we relate to them and then ...
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Jeremy Nurse on empowering youth and improving outcomes with the 180 Degrees Trust from 2023-01-21T19:36
Jeremy Nurse has led a fascinating life and we hear all about his background and working as a farmer and what led to establishing the 180 Degrees Trust. They do amazing work with youth to help ...
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Janet Cole on the Kaipātiki Project, an Innovative Eco-Hub, and a life of advocating for impact from 2022-12-21T11:31
Janet Cole is the Manager at the Kaipātiki Project and in this conversation we hear about her life story and work focussed on impact initiatives that lead to environmental and community outcomes...
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Better Banking: Discussion on how can we improve it for "For Purpose" organisations with Ros Rice and Dr Jane Horan from 2022-12-13T07:11
In this discussion we talk about struggles with banks - how can we make it better for "For-Purpose" organisations? What is needed for Ba...
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Meng Foon on Race Relations in Aotearoa New Zealand from 2022-12-06T00:25
The Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon joined the last Impact Call and in this episode we hear about the work they are doing. In his role he is responsible for leading the work of the Human ...
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Jen Margaret on Pākehā educating and advocating for Te Tiriti o Waitangi from 2022-12-02T19:43
Jen Margaret is an advocate and educator for Te Tiriti o Waitangi and in this interview we hear about her life story and how she came to do this work. We also learn all about Groundwork and the...
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Rory Birkbeck on Safe Surfer from 2022-11-28T02:40
Rory joined the latest Impact Call to share about Safe Surfer so this is a shorter than normal episode of seeds where he explains what they are up to in providing protections for young people on...
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Diane Ducarme on Diet, Health and Migraines from 2022-11-08T18:29
In this conversation with Diane Ducarme we discuss the links between our diet and health and migraines, and how her time in China helped her uncover principles ignored in Western medicine. We a...
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Lloyd Mander on Diversity of Thought in Governance from 2022-11-05T23:28
Lloyd has developed the DOT Scorecard and in this conversation we talk about his life and background and then about what 'diversity' really means. I really enjoyed this conversation and if you ...
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Francesca Allen on chance encounters and unexpected adventures from 2022-10-23T22:36
This is a short little conversation with Francesca Allen who I unexpectedly met at Queenstown Airport…why? Have a listen to find out, and what happened next. We also talk about the wisdom she ...
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Dr Peter Loerscher on Tax, Time, 2,000 year old Roman signature stones, and a focus on immigrants to New Zealand from 2022-10-21T19:07
In this conversation I hear from Dr Peter Loerscher who is an expert on tax with a focus on the implication for immigrants moving to New Zealand. We also discuss growing up among Roman ruins, w...
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Real Founders' Stories with Sarah Grant, Nathan Taylor and Elise Hilliam from 2022-10-13T19:37
In this episode we hear from a panel of Founders on their journeys. Very often we just hear the glamorous part of the journey of Founders of start-ups. In this session we will be hearing some o...
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Charities and paradigm shifts - A Discussion with Sue Barker and Steven Moe from 2022-10-07T00:28
In this session I have a discussion with Sue Barker about the proposed changes to the Charities Act in New Zealand, the submission process, the key issues at stake and the "paradigm shifts" of t...
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Cheryl Spain on simplifying generosity, connecting charities, fundholding and The Gift Trust from 2022-10-02T00:39
Cheryl Spain joined the latest Impact Call to share about The Gift Trust - we had a wide ranging discussion about what they do and how they operate. The purpose of the Impact Calls is to highli...
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Brianne West on founding Ethique and lessons learned from 2022-09-28T18:33
Brianne has a focus at Ethique on both purpose (having positive impact) as well as profit (being sustainable) - she has given a lot of interviews but none I could find really focus on her early ...
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‘Not for profit’ or ‘For purpose’? Some reflections by way of Star Trek from 2022-09-22T19:30:44
Star Trek and reflections on terms we use - why not? In this very short episode I read out an article just written about the phrases "Not for profit" and "For purpose".
The article is he...
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Dr. Colin Habberton on how we measure ‘impact’ from 2022-09-10T21:18:33
Dr. Colin Habberton and I have a great conversation about his childhood in South Africa, his memories of the transitions that have happened there and how he approaches thinking about measuring a...
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Fireside Chat with Michelle Berriman, Kaye Maree Dunn, Sue Barker, Liz Gibbs, Steven Moe and Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafuna'i at the FINZ Conference from 2022-09-05T20:12:09
This was a Fireside Chat hosted by Michelle Berriman from the Fundraising Institute of New Zealand with panellists Kaye Maree Dunn, Sue Barker, Liz Gibbs, Steven Moe and Faumuina Felolini Maria ...
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David Meates on people led leadership from 2022-08-31T03:06:30
David has had an interesting life and in this conversation we hear about his origins in Christchurch, growing up as the son of an All Black and the impact that had, his studies, first job in the...
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Rose Challies and Vic Crockford join the Impact Call from 2022-08-28T20:17:01
Rose Challies and Vic Crockford both joined the latest Impact Call to share about what they are involved in.
Vic Crockford shared with us about Community Housing Aotearoa and their work...
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This moment changed my life: Preston Hegel excerpt of conversation from 2022-08-26T22:50:30
This is a short excerpt of my conversation with Preston Hegel which focusses on a story about the moment things changed for him. If you like this have a listen of the hour long interview with h...
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Alana Kilmartin on Advice about Career Advice from 2022-08-17T21:07:36
This conversation with Alana Kilmartin we talk about careers and life choices. Are there better ways to help people make big decisions and what would it look like if there were more overseas ex...
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"Board Matters": New Podcast from 2022-08-13T21:57:17
I'm hosting a new podcast called "Board Matters" which was just released - it has 13 conversations with very experienced Directors on leadership and governance. We need to upgrade and upskill o...
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Mau’u Sio Ifopo on Sport, Mentoring, Young People and the Special Friends Sports Trust from 2022-08-11T02:48:14
My conversation with Mau’u Sio Ifopo gave great insight on his life and journey to move back home to New Zealand. What’s it like to grow up with an identity linking you to Samoa but growing up ...
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Preston Hegel on Creativity, Art and Building Community at the XCHC from 2022-08-06T23:50:06
Really enjoyed this in depth conversation with Preston Hegal all about cultivating community among creatives who are creating Art at the XCHC XCHC (Exchange Chr...
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Neil Edmond on MoneyTime and gamifying financial literacy for children from 2022-07-22T21:07:04
Neil wants to help young people to gain financial literacy and does so through MoneyTime. Before we find out about that initiative and its rollout across New Zealand schools to gamify learning ...
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Carey Ewing on Te Whare Awhero, Hope House from 2022-07-14T19:55:15
In this conversation with Carey Ewing we hear about his life journey coming from a small rural community to travelling the world and seeing poverty first hand in Africa – what would he do with h...
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Lisa Foster and Nicola Nation join the Impact Call from 2022-06-27T22:33:08
Lisa Foster shares about the work of Rare Disorders NZ and Nicola Nation shares about the work of Ākina on transforming New Zealand's economy through the power of impact.
These short insi...
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Is community-led home ownership the way of the future? Audio of article for The Spinoff from 2022-06-24T04:38:39
This is the audio of an article I wrote for The Spinoff which you can read here htt...
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Incorporated Societies: Key Changes Coming from 2022-06-23T20:22:29
As well as podcasting I am a lawyer and in this session we describe the key changes coming to the Incorporated Societies Act 2022. More free resources are here: Listen
Tze-wi Ng and Emma Kostas on combining Impact in your Career from 2022-06-12T08:31:08
Tze-wei and Emma are lawyers with a focus on combining impact into their careers. In this interview we hear about their journeys and how they do this in their work as impact driven lawyers. Tz...
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Tony Groves on leadership lessons from the battlefield, overcoming addiction and founding Halo Training from 2022-06-08T19:24:13
Tony shares his life story on this episode and we discuss his childhood, joining the military in Australia at age 16, serving in war zones, his addiction to alcohol and overcoming that, what his...
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Elise Hilliam on nutrition and co-founding MenuAid from 2022-06-02T01:23:33
Answering the question "what's for dinner?" is at the core of what Elise Hilliam co-founded MenuAid to address. In this conversation we hear about her background and influences and what led her to...
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Kate Frykberg, Sue Barker and Justin Stevenson on latest Impact Call from 2022-05-28T23:11:34
Thanks to our speakers at the Impact Call last Friday, we had a really amazing in-depth session on these topics which you can listen to here:
• From 4:24, Kate Frykberg shared reflections...
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Barry Coates on investing ethically and founding Mindful Money from 2022-05-23T21:41:36
Barry Coates has had a fascinating life journey and in this conversation he shares about his background and what has led him to found Mindful Money, which focusses on helping Kiwis invest ethica...
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Wendy Hoddinott on connecting people and places through collaborative design of shared spaces from 2022-05-21T20:30:03
Wendy Hoddinott shares her life journey in this episode and what has led her to focus on colloborative design of our shared spaces, as well as working on heritage related projects. We also talk...
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Founders' Stories with Hannah Duder, Elliot Taylor, Chris Bacon, Aislinn Molloy and Jack Wood from 2022-05-19T21:51:54
This is the audio of our conversation with four founders of tech companies which was part of Tech Week 2022. Thanks to Hannah, Elliot, Chris, Jack and Aislinn for being part of this!
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Kirsten 'KP' Patterson, Maria English and Ros Rice in conversation on the Impact Call from 2022-05-04T20:18:16
In the latest Impact Call for April 2022 we heard from:
Nicola Patrick on Purpose, Impact and Thrive Whanganui from 2022-05-03T19:45:41
Nicola Patrick has led an interesting life and in this episode we hear all about her journey. We have a bunch of diversions along the way to talk about social enterprise, growing up in Takaka, ...
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Steven Moe in conversation with Andy Dickson from 2022-04-27T21:07:33
The 300th episode! Thanks everyone for helping get to this point - in this one it's a bit different as I am in conversation with Andy Dickson who interviewed me for his podcast, 'Down to Earth ...
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Michelle Berriman on the Fundraising Institute of New Zealand and their new report on giving, wills and bequests from 2022-04-20T20:15:09
In this conversation with Michelle Berriman we hear about her purpose driven work, her fascinating background and what has led her to New Zealand. We also talk about a report that the Fundraising ...
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Stephanie Defregger on being a Soul Photographer from 2022-04-14T22:12:24
Stephanie Defregger is a photographer who captures stories and the essense of a person through her photos. In this interview we discuss her background and growing up in Munich, her move to New ...
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Impact Call featuring Sue McCabe, Kaye Maree Dunn and Michelle Berriman from 2022-03-25T21:01:34
Each month I host an "Impact Call" by zoom - this is the audio of the latest one featuring some amazing speakers about what they are currenty up to! If you'd like to join the more than 650 that ...
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10 Lessons Learned from 2022-03-10T18:01:08
Am curious - what advice would you give a new grad starting out in your role?
Am really pleased to have Sophie Tremewan join our team this month to share in our focus o...
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Raesha Ismail on finding your identity and the unifying work of the Sakinah Community Trust from 2022-03-02T18:11:07
Raesha Ismail has grown up with multiple identities and we discuss her life story on this episode. Born in New Zealand but with strong connections back to India and being a Muslim has meant man...
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James Stewart on finding purpose, empowering impact with Gemelli Consulting and thinking up solutions to the housing crisis from 2022-02-14T18:39:37
James Stewart founded Gemelli Consulting to work on impact focussed projects. In this interview he shares his personal journey, from being challenged about how he would use his privilege early in ...
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Matthew Mark on assumptions about Poverty and Homelessness and the work of the Christchurch City Mission from 2022-02-06T21:14:53
In this converation with the Christchurch City Missioner Matthew Mark, we find out about his background and motivations as well as the work they do with the homeless and others in need. That is...
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Kintsugi: Brokenness, Strength and Beauty, excerpt of the conversation with Nobuko Okamoto from 2022-02-01T18:14:31
This is a very short 5 minute excerpt of the conversation with Nobuko Okamoto about Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery using gold - we reflected on what it might mean for eac...
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Nobuko Okamoto on Kintsugi and the art of giving broken things new life from 2022-01-25T18:46:20
Nobuko is an artist who uses the Japanese method of Kintsugi to repair broken pottery. In this interview we talk about the process of doing that but also what it represents about us as humans a...
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Siddharth Sthalekar on true wealth, reputation in an online world and founding Neighbourhoods from 2022-01-13T21:14:33
Sid is part of the founding team of Neighbourhoods, which is focussed on the role of reputation in an online world. Before we talk about that initiative we dive into his past growing up in Indi...
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Nicola Nation on Ākina and catalysing positive impact from 2021-12-22T01:36:32
Nicola has recently been appointed as CEO of the Ākina Foundation so in this interview we find out all about the work they are doing in the area of impact. They have done a lot and continue pro...
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Joy Reid on One Mother to Another from 2021-12-13T18:36:21
Joy co-founded One Mother to Another which is an amazing initiative providing handwritten notes and gifts to Mothers and carers in Hospitals going through a difficult time with a sick child. Th...
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The Decentralised Revolution: Understanding the potential of Blockchain, DeFi, Crypto, DAOs, NFTs and the Metaverse to drive innovation, creativity and new paradigms from 2021-12-06T18:07:22
Welcome to the audio version of the White Paper that you can download here: “The Decentralised Revolution: Understanding the potential of Blockchain, DeFi, Crypto, DAOs, NFTs and the...
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The Apple Tree: A Short Story from 2021-11-30T20:30:04
This is a short story I wrote to encourage us when we lose sight of the value of what we are doing.
The printed version is at The Empty Square here: Listen
Oonagh Browne on the power of Chocolate and Cacao from 2021-11-23T18:21:35
Oonagh Browne is an expert in Chocolate and Cacao. In this conversation we hear about her childhood in Ireland, her moving to different parts of the world, her feeling on arriving in New Zealan...
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On Chocolate: Excerpt of the conversation with Oonagh Browne from 2021-11-17T22:56:58
Oonagh is an expert on Chocolate and Cacao. In this conversation we hear about this topic as a preview of the full episode which will come out next.
Find out more about her work here h...
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Kirsty Allott on being happy in your Job (or making changes so you are) from 2021-11-10T18:45:59
Kirsty Allott is an expert in human resources, personality and job satisfaction. In this interview we talk about all of that and more but start with her background and love of dance. We then t...
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Questions to ask about your Job: Excerpt of the conversation with Kirsty Allott from 2021-11-08T17:42:41
Kirsty Allott is an expert in human resources, personality and job satisfaction. In this extract of the full interview we talk about the questions we each should be asking about our Jobs. For ...
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Laying Foundations for Reimagining Business: The audio book from 2021-11-01T20:30:29
Audio book version of the newly released "Laying Foundations for Reimagining Business: Essays". For more information on print copies, downloadable PDF and comments about the book visit...
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How agile contracts can promote project innovation from 2021-10-30T20:07:56
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 coll...
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Alina Siegfried on A Future Untold: The power of story to transform the world and ourselves from 2021-10-27T18:25:19
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 fi...
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John Morrow on The Cause Report from 2021-10-24T02:51:44
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 charit...
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Melanie Mark-Shadbolt on founding Te Tira Whakamātaki, biodiversity, indigenous knowledge and seed banks from 2021-10-18T18:23:38
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 exper...
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Hazel Heal on the cure for Hepatitis C from 2021-10-11T18:52:19
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 t...
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Leadership Myths from 2021-10-04T19:15:04
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...
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Dr Duncan Webb on changing the law on Duties of Directors from 2021-10-03T01:33:39
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 thi...
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Duties of Directors set for Major Change in NZ: What could this mean? from 2021-09-29T19:16:13
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 N...
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Matthew Jackson on co-founding Alimentary from 2021-09-27T18:26:29
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 E...
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Savva Kerdemelidis on Crowd Funded Cures from 2021-09-22T20:25:04
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 develop...
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A Conversation about Purpose with Tim Jones from 2021-09-19T19:07:06
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...
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Sophie-Claire Violette on Anthropology, Decolonisation and Language from 2021-09-13T19:43:22
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. I...
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Jo Garner on Fundraising and Strategic Grants from 2021-09-06T22:20:05
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 ...
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Peter Saunders on co-founding Solagri Energy from 2021-08-31T19:38:43
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 h...
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The bottom line is not enough, companies should be required to have a purpose from 2021-08-28T05:42:50
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".
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Sam Stubbs on Simplicity from 2021-08-24T20:51
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...
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Robett Hollis on intergenerational Chess not Checkers and the fuel to overcome challenges from 2021-08-09T19:52:55
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 l...
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Garry Moore on the power of Public Debate, the Tuesday Club and Community Housing from 2021-08-07T02:20:44
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...
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Caroline Quay on investing in Health Tech and CaraMed Capital from 2021-07-12T20:42:58
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 ...
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Dr Jay Matenga on identity, whakapapa, spirituality and kaupapa Māori from 2021-07-05T18:53:52
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 w...
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Excerpts from the conversation with Jay Matenga from 2021-06-29T23:26:14
Some excerpts to give a flavour of the next interview, a deep dive discussion with Jay Matenga. We cover identity, spirituality, whakapapa and more. He also shares with us a reinterpreted song...
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Toni Truslove on Kiwis overseas and connecting them through Kea New Zealand from 2021-06-22T19:48:03
Toni has had a fascinating life living in multiple countries and experienced being a Kiwi overseas herself. Now leading Kea New Zealand she has taken that background and used it with the work t...
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Purpose and Business: Summary of talk by Colin Meyer from 2021-06-09T01:58:06
This is a very short summary of a talk I heard recently at the Institute of Directors event at the start of May 2021. Colin Meyer from the UK shared about purpose and business and gave some pra...
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Anna Judge on Our Little Village from 2021-05-24T22:56:11
Anna Judge shares with us in this episode about founding Our Little Village and her experience creating that charity. The charity came from her experience with child birth and the challenges she...
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Yoseph Ayele on the Edmund Hillary Fellowship from 2021-05-19T20:08:56
Yoseph is one of the co-founders of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship and was the first CEO as well. In this interview we talk about his childhood in Ethiopia, moving around Africa as a young perso...
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Jezza Williams on prioritising inclusion and founding Makingtrax from 2021-05-19T01:35:55
Jezza founded Makingtrax to make a difference and in this short excerpt we hear from him about some of his journey - if you don't go away feeling inspired by this then I will be very surprised! ...
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Adrian Palmer on Addington Coffee Coop and ZED from 2021-05-03T23:46
In this interview we hear from Adrian Palmer about his life and growing up, with his high school friends forming the band Supra which became ZED, what it was like to top charts and travel the Wo...
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Elle Archer on being curious, lifelong learning and the Ako Ōtautahi Learning City Christchurch festival from 2021-04-29T19:29:54
Some interviews go deeper than others and this is one of those - Elle Archer has had a very interesting life and she shares about her early years, being adopted, the role her parents played in h...
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Rick Thorpe on Xtreme Zero Waste from 2021-04-26T19:30:08
Rick has had a truly fascinating life, helping the Chatham Island Black Robins survive through 9 summers of work there, having a childhood lived in a variety of countries, working on creating a ...
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Charlie Grosso on transforming youth refugee experiences with Hello Future from 2021-04-19T18:43:31
Charlie has had a fascinating life as a fashion photographer, running a contemporary art gallery in New York and travelling the world - what she saw on those trips led to her setting up Hello Fu...
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What I wish I had known . . . from 2021-04-12T19:10:20
To celebrate the 250th episode of seeds podcast this is a short talk I gave at the High School that I went to for about 60 Year 13 students reflecting on 15 things that I wish I had known when I...
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Mark Longbottom on Heartkids NZ and Purposely Podcast from 2021-04-01T21:55:46
Mark Longbottom has had a career working with for purpose organisations in the UK and New Zealand. In this interview we find out about his passion for England from a very young age, his life th...
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Mark Bregman on Intellectual Capital: moving from Knowledge to Innovation from 2021-03-26T21:04
Mark Bregman has had decades of experience as an innovator, worked in start-ups and venture capital investing and I interviewed him on Intellectual Capital. This was a live interview held as par...
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Joe Davis on key Covid lessons, pivots and the new 'Silver Linings' book from 2021-03-08T17:40:10
Joe has just finished co-writing "Silver Linings" with David Downs about the impact of Covid on businesses and the pivots they went through as a result. In this interview we find out about that...
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Pivoting Nanogirl Labs: Excerpt of interview with Joe Davis from 2021-03-07T08:00:26
This is a short excerpt of my conversation with Joe Davis who is a co-founder and the CEO of Nanogirl Labs. In it he talks about the impact of Covid on Nanogirl Labs as well as the book that ha...
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Paul Swettenham on recruitment principles and founding Sunstone from 2021-03-03T23:50:39
Paul has had an interesting life including a childhood in Ilam Homestead, made famous by the movie "Heavenly Creatures" and in this episode we talk about his background, his time overseas, busin...
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Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafunai on Pacific Ocean Wayfinding from 2021-03-01T18:56:32
Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafunai's life and journey has been fascinating - in this interview we find out about what it is like to grow up with two cultures, being born in New Zealand but with str...
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"Nature is talking to you all the time": Extract of interview with Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafunai from 2021-02-28T03:09:30
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Jan Czaplicki on carbon offsetting and co-founding CarbonClick from 2021-02-24T17:35:22
Jan has had an interesting life as a citizen of the world and a co-founder of CarbonClick. In this interview we learn about his childhood in Norway and travels since then and how he ended up - ...
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Sacha McMeeking on Colonisation, Climate Change and Te Ao Māori from 2021-02-20T20:00:26
Sacha McMeeking spoke at the 2020 Hillary Laureate Dinner to give the closing remarks. She somehow managed to weave together so many unique threads that touched on colonisation, climate change,...
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Levi Fawcett on start-up learnings and co-founding Partly from 2021-02-15T18:07:12
Levi shares some of his life journey so far as a young entrepreneur who has been involved in a few start-ups already and recently co-founded Partly. We talk about that venture which builds soft...
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"It's ok not to be ok": A conversation with Stephen Penny from 2021-02-09T18:41:21
In this very short interview we chat with Stephen Penny who was on the show pre-Covid. He told his life story then and in this episode we catch up on the topic of looking after ourselves and ou...
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Steven Moe interviewed by Ian Harvey from 2021-02-04T21:39:54
I interview a lot of people but seldom get the mic turned the other way round, so this wide ranging chat with Ian Harvey from Collective Intelligence for his podcast "Listen
Michael Gill on Sir Edmund Hillary from 2021-01-07T18:24
Michael went on many expeditions with Sir Edmund Hillary and was a friend of his for 50 years and has written an in-depth biography of his life. In this interview we find out about how they fir...
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Dr Angela Lim on Clearhead from 2021-01-04T19:13:46
Dr Angela Lim is one of the co-founders of Clearhead, and in this interview we find out about her childhood and life growing up in Malaysia and studying in Singapore before she moved to New Zeal...
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Mitchell Gingrich on Autonomous Vehicles from 2020-12-22T18:55:54
Mitchell shares his life journey in this episode with a focus on autonomous vehicles. As the founder of Autonomous Consulting and the co-author with me of a paper on driverless cars I think you...
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Remembering ... Captain Planet! from 2020-12-15T18:35:56
Remember Captain Planet? This cartoon celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. This is an audio version of an article I wrote for The Spinoff. The full text is here Listen
Jeanette Kehoe-Perkinson on understanding Menopause from 2020-12-08T18:10:50
Jeanette founded Power Pause to help raise awareness about Menopause. For episode 233 we find out about her life growing up in Liverpool, transformative OE experiences, her career in Human Res...
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Understanding Menopause: Excerpts of the conversation with Jeanette Kehoe-Perkinson from 2020-12-07T18:20
Menopause is still something of a taboo subject - we need to change that and in this short excerpt of the much longer conversation with Jeanette Kehoe-Perkinson on this topic we talk about this....
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Panel discussion on Impact Investing: The opportunity to back a better future from 2020-12-06T18:43:55
This live seeds panel discussion was held on 27 November 2020 and brought together a variety of experts to discuss some practical case studies on impact investing.
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Scott Pearson on Calm Pipe from 2020-11-23T17:47:58
Scott Pearson has developed the Calm Pipe and in this interview we find out what that is and how it works. We start by talking about his childhood, his career, travels overseas, what he learned...
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Nada Piatek on Again Again from 2020-11-18T17:59:26
Nada co-founded Again Again and in this interview we find out all about the reusable coffee cup sharing system. We start by hearing about her journey of entrepreneurship as this is the third bu...
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Matt Morris on the Aotearoa SDG Summit Series from 2020-11-16T18:15:44
Matt is the Sustainability Advisor at the University of Canterbury. In this interview we learn about the upcoming Aotearoa SDG Summit Series as well as finding out about his life and the book h...
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Gardens and their hidden histories: Excerpts of the interview with Matt Morris from 2020-11-15T04:39:01
This is a short excerpt of the conversation with Matt Morris where we talk about his book on gardens coming out shortly called "Common Ground: Garden Histories of Aotearoa". If you enjoy this t...
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Conference audio: Responding to COVID-19 – how might we #buildbackbetter? from 2020-11-10T17:53:16
This is the full 7 hours of audio from the Conference held on 4 November 2020 called "Responding to COVID-19 – how might we #buildbackbetter?".
The 2020 Charity Law, Accounting, and Regul...
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Practical considerations when winding up an Organisation from 2020-11-05T17:13:23
This is the audio of a session which I facilitated at the Charity Law, Accounting and Regulation conference held online on 4 November 2020. In it Scott Moran, Craig Fisher and I discuss the pra...
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Andrey Ivanov on mastering Uncertainty from 2020-11-02T18:09:33
Andrey has been studying uncertainty and in this interview we find out about how to make decisions, as well as what it was like growing up in the Soviet Union, studying in Germany, moving back t...
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Lan Pham on our Native Fish, the Environment and Freshwater conservation from 2020-10-27T18:36:32
Lan Pham deeply cares about our water and in this interview we learn about why. From a childhood in Wellington we discuss growing up with multiple cultures, the power of cooking, how she starte...
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Governance by Nature: Excerpts of the interview with Lan Pham from 2020-10-26T01:22:02
This is an excerpt of the much longer interview with Environment Canterbury Councillor Lan Pham to give you a snack size taste of what we talk about. I hope you enjoy it and be watching out for...
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How to Create a Podcast for Impact from 2020-10-20T17:51:13
This is the audio of a zoom call I had with a group of people who want to know how to set up a podcast. In it I describe why I think there is value in podcasting, key tips from my three years o...
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Stewardship as a lens for looking at Impact from 2020-10-15T06:05:38
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 Ao...
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Who am I without the title? Finding your call: Excerpts of interview with Frances Valintine from 2020-10-14T03:50:45
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 inter...
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Frances Valintine on the power of being Curious from 2020-10-08T01:37:29
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...
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"Helping our children make sense of the world they see": Excerpt of the interview with Richard Black from 2020-10-07T05:14
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.
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Richard Black on Mind Health from 2020-10-05T18:47:08
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...
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James Nikitine on our Oceans and founding Blue Cradle from 2020-09-28T18:24:28
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 ...
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Sprinting for Good: Using Co-design to Collaborate for Social Impact from 2020-09-26T22:12:52
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House Prices! from 2020-09-24T20:33:39
Tim Jones sits down with me for a discussion on house prices based on this article I recently wrote for Spinoff: Listen
Jessie Cross on founding The Not So Redundant Club from 2020-09-21T19:30:04
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...
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Chris Coromandel on technology for good and empowering Māori and Pasifika youth from 2020-09-19T21:19:26
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, st...
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Dear Disillusioned Junior Lawyer, don't give up yet. Here's why. from 2020-09-19T02:36:06
Dear Disillusioned Junior Lawyer. I do understand, but don’t quit yet.
Esther Whitehead on Neurodiversity from 2020-09-15T05:08:08
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 ...
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How to set up an impact driven organisation from 2020-09-07T19:28:23
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 co...
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Margaret Austin reflections on a Life of Service from 2020-09-03T05:42:08
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 bac...
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One minute with Margaret Austin from 2020-09-02T06:08:01
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 th...
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Shanna on being 12 from 2020-09-01T19:35:40
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...
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Impact Investing in Aotearoa: Live Panel Discussion from 2020-08-28T04:09:42
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Fiona Deehan on Conscious Leadership from 2020-08-24T20:03:49
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, v...
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Hon Poto Williams on the Community and Voluntary Sector of Aotearoa from 2020-08-17T19:57:46
The Honourable Poto Williams became an MP in 2013 and is Listen
Anton Matthews on normalising Te Reo in the Workplace from 2020-08-15T21:38:34
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 re...
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Mele Wendt on Culture, Racism and having the Tough Conversations from 2020-08-12T19:13:32
Mele Wendt MNZM spent her childhood in Samoa and Fiji before coming to New Zealand to study at University. In this interview we find out about that upbringing and growing up in a house full of ...
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The 200th Episode! Highlights from 30 conversations ... from 2020-08-10T20:08:22
This episode is a celebration of reaching 200 episodes and 75,000 listens. In it we hear from 30 different people to give a taste of the wide variety of voices, stories and conversations we hav...
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Marian Johnson on fostering collaboration at the Ministry of Awesome from 2020-08-04T21:51:28
Marian is the Chief Awesome Officer at the Ministry of Awesome. In this interview we discuss how it is helping connect and encourage start-ups and entrepreneurs and develop an ecosystem that en...
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Healthtech Supernode Challenge: An explanation of why it matters with Marian Johnson from 2020-08-02T02:49:33
This is an excerpt with Marian Johnson about the Healthtech Supernode Challenge which is on now. The full interview on her life and work with Ministry of Awesome will follow later this week. ...
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Chelsea Aitken on co-founding New Zealand and Beyond from 2020-07-28T22:37:45
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“Imposter syndrome can stop you trusting your gut…" an excerpt of the interview with Chelsea Aitken from 2020-07-27T18:38
Chelsea Aitken co-founded New Zealand and Beyond and shares a few insights from her entrepreneurial journey in this short...
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Building a Story Brand: Book Review from 2020-07-24T22:08:14
This is a short book review of "Building a Story Brand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen" by Donald Miller.
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John Berry on Ethical Investing from 2020-07-20T18:49:22
John Berry shares his life journey during this interview and we find out about what he is doing today in the area of ethical investing at Pathfinder which now has 7 different funds. To start wi...
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Vaughan Winiata on founding V Formation and what Small Business needs from 2020-07-13T21:14:45
Vaughan founded V Formation to focus on helping small businesses achieve their potential. Along the way he has become a passionate spokesperson for the owners of the hundreds of thousands of sm...
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"When you leave the Marae, that world is still with you...": Excerpts of the conversation with Vaughan Winiata from 2020-07-11T21:02:42
This is a short excerpt from the conversation with Vaughan Winiata which will be released next week. In that full interview we talk about small business and what they need as well as many other...
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'Anau Mesui Henry on Empowering Pacific People from 2020-07-06T21:36:53
'Anau shares her story of coming from Tonga as a child. What is it like to grow up with two cultures and how do you adapt? This is a really fascinating insight into the story of an immigrant a...
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Empowering Pacific People: short excerpts of a conversation with 'Anau Mesui Henry from 2020-07-03T01:37:49
'Anau came to New Zealand from Tonga as a child - her full story will follow but this has 4 short excerpts from our conversation telling a few stories about her life. I love the podcast for the ...
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Kaila Colbin on Values, Leadership and founding Boma NZ from 2020-06-29T20:28:53
Kaila is the co-founder of Boma Global and the founder and CEO of Boma New Zealand. I'd been looking forward to this conversation for a long time because K...
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"I am relentlessly curious": excerpts from interview with Kaila Colbin from 2020-06-27T20:59:48
Kaila Colbin is on the show next week talking about her life - this is a short compilation of three excerpts from that interview to give a taste of what we talk about. I sometimes get feedback ...
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Rob Lawrence reflections on Life at Retirement from 2020-06-23T20:59:41
Rob Lawrence retires in a few days and just turned 70 so in this interview we hear about his reflections on his career and life. Starting from a young age he had an interest in the outdoors (hi...
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20 Life Lessons in 4 minutes from Rob Lawrence from 2020-06-21T06:43:39
Rob Lawrence retires at the end of this month and Listen
Charting the Future: A framework for thinking about change - Live discussion from 2020-06-14T18:49:52
In this live session I discussed with Craig Fisher the paper we released called "Charting the Future: A framework for thinking about change". We discuss what the paper covers and why w...
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Creatives&the Arts: How can they shape our future? A live panel discussion from 2020-06-12T22:02:51
Live panel discussion on Creatives & the Arts: How can they shape our future? This was held as part of "Vision Week" and this panel brought together 4 thought lea...
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Vicki-Anne Parker on founding NZ Gifts of Love&Strength from 2020-06-08T20:46:01
Vicki-Anne shares her life journey in this interview and we talk in detail about her founding NZ Gifts of Love & Strength. This is a great new charity which was set up to support victims of dif...
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Anne Rodda on Music, Creative Arts and Developing Good Strategy from 2020-06-02T23:07:46
Anne started her career as a professional musician before getting involved in a wide variety of initiatives focusing on the creative arts. In this interview we hear about her life story, the in...
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Terry Shubkin on Young Enterprise and how to define 'Success' from 2020-05-25T20:29:04
Terry Shubkin is Chief Excitement Officer at Young Enterprise which is focused on "Inspiring Students. Unleashing Leaders." In this interview we hear about her life journey and what led her to ...
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Sally Duxfield on Leadership Lessons, being an Experiential Architect and collaborating with Nature as co-instructor as the owner of Makahika Outdoor Pursuit Centre from 2020-05-18T20:44:27
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David Hall on Consumer Decision Making, Nudge Theory, Political Philosophy, and how all this affects Government Policy from 2020-05-06T06:41:04
David is a lecturer at AUT and Co-Director of Mōhio's Climate Innovation Lab. In this interview we talk about his early life, the influence of his parents in shaping his focus on impact and man...
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'New Power': Book review from 2020-05-05T20:33:39
This is a short book review of “New Power: How anyone can persuade, mobilize, and succeed in our chaotic connected age.” By Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms.
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Luke Campbell on co-founding Vxt from 2020-05-03T21:57:41
Luke is a young entrepreneur and in this interview we hear about the challenges of setting up a new venture. We also find out about his life story and journey so far. I really enjoyed my conve...
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Piano by Matthew Goldsworthy from 2020-04-30T20:46:30
A beautiful original song played on the piano by Matthew Goldsworthy which he performed live for the Impact Unconference last Friday 24 April.
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The Great Disruption: Opening session from Impact Unconference from 2020-04-28T19:26:06
This is the audio of part of the opening session at the virtual Impact Unconference held on 24 April 2020 where I shared about the context in which the conference was happening and asked some qu...
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Michael Philpott on being NZ's premier speaking coach and Speaking in Public: Why we fear it, and what can help from 2020-04-22T19:29:57
Michael is New Zealand's premier speaking coach. We find out a lot about speaking in this interview - why we fear it and what can help. You will want to listen in on our conversation as I lear...
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Jenny Gill on lessons from a life in Philanthropy from 2020-04-20T20:40
Jenny has spent decades working in Philanthropy in New Zealand. In this interview we hear about her childhood and some of the influences that shaped her, becoming a teacher, travelling overseas ...
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Glenn Dodson on helping ex prisoners and being diagnosed with Cancer from 2020-04-13T20:52:55
Glenn has had a variety of roles in social services and is currently helping ex prisoners with accomodation with The Salvation Army in Addington, and prior to that working with Stepping Stone wi...
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Ursula Cheer on a varied career in Law from 2020-04-06T23:07:26
Ursula Cheer is the Dean of the Canterbury Law School. In this interview we find out about her life and the fact that she has really had three careers out of her law degree: as a lawyer, as an ...
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Virtual Impact Unconference from 2020-04-05T19:42:25
Announcing the first New Zealand Virtual Impact Unconference on 24 April 2020. Listen
Shamubeel Eaqub on the impact of COVID-19 and foundations for the future from 2020-03-31T03:19:48
Shamubeel is one of New Zealand's leading economists so this interview provides a fascinating insight into COVID-19 from an economic impact perspective. But we end up talking about a whole lot ...
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Tamara Smith on her love of Music from 2020-03-17T18:41:11
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Coronavirus: Professor David Murdoch on infectious diseases from 2020-03-13T21:45:06
The headlines are dominating on the topic of Coronavirus / COVID-19 and I just woke up remembering that I interviewed one of the world leading experts on infectious diseases last year: Professor...
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Chris Taylor on career changes, busyness and developing winning habits from 2020-03-08T03:24:21
Chris switched career in his early 40s and in this interview we find out about what led him to do that. We also hear about his family dynamics growing up (with a Father who left to work in Saud...
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Dr Brett Mann on the impact of stress on our bodies, psychotherapy and 'somatisation' from 2020-03-01T04:46:27
Brett is a generalist with a deep interest in many areas. While practising as a GP he has done a lot of research into psychotherapy and the connection between life events, stress and a person's...
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Raphael Nolden on the future of Tech and developing Amy, an AI powered maths tutor from 2020-02-24T18:27:48
In this conversation we hear about Raphael's life and his background. That starts out with finding more about his childhood and what he studied at University, the chance me...
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Souhila Abdelazziz on immigrating to NZ and founding The Metamorphosis Path Academy from 2020-02-17T22:35:17
Souhila Abdelazziz shares with us some of her journey, what it was like growing up in Algeria, the decision to move to New Zealand, being a new immigrant, the importance of attitude to all circu...
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Scott Gilmour on founding 'I Have a Dream' NZ and supporting kids growing up in material hardship from 2020-02-12T18:45:37
Scott founded 'I Have a Dream NZ' and in this interview we learn all about the impact it is having on the lives of kids through a programme that helps...
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"Nature abhors a vacuum": An untold story of Christchurch (Part 2) with Colin Meurk from 2020-02-12T05:03:20
This is the sequel to the first episode - suggest you listen to that before this. Many thanks to Colin Meurk who I interviewed for this episode.
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Airport Rabbits: An untold story of Christchurch (Part 1) from 2020-02-10T18:43:03
This is an untold story of Christchurch. Yes, that's all you are getting - you'll need to listen to the episode to find out more. Be watching out for Part 2 with the conclusion.
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Brett Curtis on a Life spent on Ships from 2020-02-03T17:59:54
Brett has lived most of his life on ships. With his wife he raised his 5 children travelling between remote and isolated communities bringing health care and medical supplies to them. In this ...
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The Future of Food: A conversation between Sarah Kessans (synthetic biologist) and Peter Wells (permaculture designer and food forest creator) from 2020-01-28T02:30:29
This one is a bit different as it is a mash up with two former guests - Sarah and Peter discuss genetic engineering, food supplies and the future (without me being in the interview). The two of...
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Jessica Trybus on the role fun should play in Education and founding Simcoach Games from 2020-01-20T18:35:32
Jessica Trybus believes that education should be about fun and uses technology to achieve that. She is the Founder and Chief Games Officer of S...
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Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, book review from 2020-01-13T18:29:09
I read Dare to Lead over the Christmas break and wrote down notes and reflections which make up this book review. If you enjoy this then is there someone else who would appreciate bein...
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Gavin Sole on Environmental Sustainability from 2020-01-06T20:44:38
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Impact Unconference 2020 from 2019-12-30T21:49:39
This is the audio of the first planning meeting for the Impact Unconference 2020 to be held in Christchurch in May next year. In it I explain the...
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Nathan Seaward on making big life choices and starting a new career from 2019-12-27T02:37:33
Nathan Seaward left a successful career as an airline pilot to start something new as a personal coach - in this interview we find out why. We also discover his life story growing up in New Zea...
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Don't delay, a reminder from Glenn Dodson from 2019-12-20T20:42:40
Glenn never expected the sore on his tongue to be cancer - in this short excerpt of an upcoming interview we hear from him about this and his encouragement to get things checked... it just might...
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Jezza Williams on founding Makingtrax (live recording) from 2019-12-10T20:15:38
Last night I had the privilege of interviewing Jezza Williams and hearing some of his story. This was recorded in front of a live audience of about 120 in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens and w...
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Sacha Vee on Singing and founding SOLE Music Academy from 2019-12-04T21:22:58
Sacha is a multiplatinum selling singer, songwriter and musician who has also founded SOLE Music Academy. In this interview we talk about her life story, her love of music, the role her Grandfa...
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Steve Penny on the future of designing buildings and lessons from being an entrepreneur from 2019-12-02T17:42:40
Steve founded Honoris a year ago and in this episode we catch up on how that venture is going as well as learn about his life and what it is like to design bui...
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Tamara Smith live performance on flute from 2019-11-29T20:29:41
Tamara came in for an interview yesterday and we also recorded some songs - here they are! There are several songs played on this episode using three different flutes as well as lots of insight...
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Matthew Button on Mentoring and Big Brothers, Big Sisters from 2019-11-25T18:08:46
Matthew is the manager for the Christchurch branch of Big Brothers, Big Sisters. In this interview we learn about his childhood and life journey, the role that mentoring has played in his life ...
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Enette Pauzé on Leadership, Intergenerational Stewardship and Systems Change from 2019-11-18T19:33:19
Enette is an expert in Leadership and System Change based in Canada. In this interview we talk about how that system change happens but also discuss stewardship and legacy. We also learn about ...
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Heads or Tails? A simple question about what to do next (excerpt of a conversation with Nathan Seaward) from 2019-11-17T04:17:25
This is very short extract from a conversation I had with Nathan Seaward where he shared a story that I thought others might appreciate as well. If you are faced with a decision then this might...
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Rebecca Parnham on founding Krama&Co, Giving Seeds of Love and the power of weaving Community from 2019-11-11T19:14:05
Rebecca connects people and through that weaves community across traditional divides. She does this through starting her own initiatives as well as supporting others with theirs. The number of...
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Alina Siegfried on impact storytelling, systems level change and performance poetry from 2019-11-04T17:11:38
Alina Siegfried is an Impact Storyteller, Narrative Strategist, and award-winning Performance Poet. She is passionate about arts, storytelling and narrative as a tool to inspire systems-level ch...
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Big World, Small Planet: The Remix, a poem by Alina Siegfried from 2019-11-02T20:39:22
In next week's episode we will hear from Alina Siegfried a performance poet and impact storyteller. She read this poem during the interview and so this is a preview of what is to come.
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Angela Reimer on using music to heal brain injuries and the work of Cantabrainers Choir from 2019-10-28T18:11:24
Angela is a speech and language therapist who works with people who have communication difficulties following brain injuries or disease through Cantabrainers Choir. Listen
2119: An intertalk with Ron Park from 2019-10-25T21:59:55
In this intertalk we speak 100 years after the original interview with Ron Park. We sit down with Ron Park jr, the great grandson of Ron Park (named after his great grandfather), and reflect on...
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Ron Park on health, sustainability and founding Kōrure from 2019-10-25T21:33:40
Ron moved at age 8 to New Zealand from Korea and while a University student he founded Kōrure. In this interview we talk about his memories of arriving in a new country where he did not speak t...
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John Balash on developing innovative educational ecosystems from 2019-10-21T19:10:42
John is Director of Educational Engagement at Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Centre. In this interview we talk about his early years a...
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Christchurch: City of Impact from 2019-10-20T02:43:27
This is a panel discussion held as part of Impact Week at the end of September 2019 where we looked at what makes Christchurch unique today, how the earthquakes, shootings and fires have shaped ...
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Dr Alex Wild on caring for your spine and co-founding Connect Chiropractic from 2019-10-14T19:27:59
Alex grew up in Norway and dreamed of being a professional snowboarder. In this interview we learn about her childhood in that country and what led her to study Chiropractic care. We also disc...
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Future of Learning 2019: Audio of Conference from 2019-10-10T22:52:53
The Future of Learning Conference took place over two days on 30 September and 1 October 2019 and this audio captures the main stage sessions. If y...
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Say NO to say YES from 2019-10-09T20:29:34
This is a short reflection on the power of "no" to free us up to say "yes" to what really matters.
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Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd on being Chief Justice of England and Wales, being a peer in The House of Lords and the role of Judges now and in the future from 2019-10-07T23:17:42
Lord Thomas was called to the bar in 1969 and after a long and distinguished career became Chief Justice of England and Wales between 2013 and 2017. In this interview we talk about his early ca...
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Dr. Mahsa Mohaghegh on founding She# and connecting Women in Tech from 2019-10-01T18:55:19
Mahsa is an expert in Artificial Intelligence working as a senior lecturer at AUT. In this interview we talk about her background and childhood in Iran and what first got her interested in comp...
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Jason Swanson on being a Futurist from 2019-09-30T20:33:42
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 thi...
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Impact Summit 2019: Audio of Conference from 2019-09-22T08:56:28
Audio of entire day held on 21 September 2019 of the main stage speakers at Impact Summit 2019 hosted by UCE (University of Canterbury Centr...
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Longdy Chhap on being Trafficked from 2019-09-20T18:54:29
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 legs which was the reason he was targete...
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Ben Reid on AI from 2019-09-16T18:56:10
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 ...
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Clive Antony on Identity and the power of Social Media from 2019-09-12T18:57:24
Clive founded Mates Social Media and in this interview we talk about the power of social media and marketing - what works, what doesn't?
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Zahra Hussaini on valuing Diversity from 2019-09-09T19:05:57
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, coping with bullying when you do...
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Natasha Zimmerman on the science of belonging, community and founding Unchatter from 2019-09-04T19:18:34
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, as w...
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Shanna on being 11 from 2019-09-02T19:14:40
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 and also to hear about what children are...
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David Clifford on re-imagining 'school', Liberatory Design and how that can help nurture X-shaped students from 2019-08-27T19:21:06
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 his own education a...
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Creativity&Vulnerability: Give it all ... give it now from 2019-08-19T19:33:10
Reflecting on the intersection between our creative lives and the power of vulnerability. The full text of this is here: Listen
Darren Ward on catalysing impact, improving governance and NGOs from 2019-08-18T20:51:50
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 and early y...
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Bill Murphy on the Purpose Capital Impact Fund from 2019-08-12T18:54:24
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 also talk...
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Paradigm Shifts and Magic Eyes: Melbourne presentation at CLAANZ conference from 2019-08-06T20:24:13
This is a short presentation in Melbourne at the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (CLAANZ) annual conference. The topic was looking at private enterprise and business in the...
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Ian Kennedy on being Ambassador to Japan from 2019-08-05T19:18:26
Ian was the ambassador to Japan at the time of both the Christchurch and Tohoku earthquakes of 2011. In this interview we hear all about his childhood and what led him to the diplomatic service...
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Bridget Williams on the SDGs and founding Bead and Proceed from 2019-07-30T00:49:48
Bridget cares about the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and founded social enterprise Bead and Proceed to highlight them. In this interview we find out about the SDGs as well as her own...
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What is your Cathedral? from 2019-07-27T21:02:47
A short reflection.
The text of this is here.
What do you think?
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Japanese decision making and what we can learn from 2019-07-23T22:56:06
Japanese decision making - how is it different? What can we learn? This is a short little presentation at the Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce on doing business in Japan. I lived in T...
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Hannah McKnight on communicating your Vision from 2019-07-22T21:28:10
B Corps: the what, why and how - live panel discussion from 2019-07-19T20:20:12
This is a live panel discussion recorded 17 July 2019 in Christchurch at an event to answer questions about B Corps. In it we hear from 6 different people about their experiences either working...
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Israel Cooper on co-founding Home, and the importance of Community, People and Purpose from 2019-07-15T18:54:51
Israel has a clear sense of identity and purpose and we talk about what led to his co-founding the building company, home, which has a real focus on people and community and is an impact driven ...
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Glen Herud on failure, Happy Cow Milk, the hard road of entrepreneurship and what matters most from 2019-07-08T21:14:04
Glen's start-up Happy Cow Milk failed. That failure resulted in an outpouring of support - so he started again. In this interview we talk about his dreams and what went wrong, what happens whe...
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Dave Sewell on Leadership in Business and beating Stress from 2019-07-01T19:26:50
Dave has been studying leadership and the key elements that make up a good leader. As well as that his focus is to understand stress and what that does to leaders, in both good and bad ways. I...
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Hayley-Maree Litt on counselling and letting go of the past from 2019-06-24T19:22:17
Hayley-Maree is a counsellor and in this interview we talk about change, personal growth, addiction and moving forward in life. We also find out about her early years growing up on a farm where...
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They are Us: Abdigani Ali and Osman Ahmed on the attacks in Christchurch, Resilience and Collaboration from 2019-06-16T21:43:34
This one is powerful - today we hear from Abdigani Ali and Osman Ahmed, who was one of those shot in the attacks in Christchurch in March 2019. I was due to interview Abdigani Ali about his ini...
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Professor David Murdoch on Infectious Diseases, Nepal and the University of Otago, Christchurch from 2019-06-03T19:19:25
David is Dean of the University of Otago, Christchurch. His main research has been into infectious diseases and in this interview we discuss that research, his time spent living in remote Nepal...
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Tech for Good: A live panel for TechWeek19 discussing this with Tim Jones, Georgia Robertson, John Ascroft, Dave Lane and Menno Finlay-Smits from 2019-05-27T20:03:06
Tech for Good? This is a panel discussion on that topic recorded just one week ago. We joined forces with Ian Wells (many thanks to you) from
Emily Morrow on Balance: Achievable, mythical, unhelpful or something else? from 2019-05-26T04:29:41
Emily practised as a lawyer for many years and now assists both law firms and lawyers with thinking deeply about the work they do, and why they do it. This interview was recorded live in front ...
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The Human Economy and the Future of Business, a breakout session at Philanthropy NZ Summit 2019 with Louise Aitken, Christina Bellis and Shay Wright from 2019-05-20T18:47:54
This breakout session at the Philanthropy Summit 2019 deals with a very topical issue: The future of business in the "human economy" - but what is meant by that term and how does it all fit with...
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Impact Investing: Future Trends from Philanthropy Summit NZ 2019 with Rebekah Swan, David Woods, Emily Woodland and Clive Pedley from 2019-05-18T21:42:16
The Philanthropy Summit 2019 was held for the last three days (15-17 May) at Te Papa with 500 attending. To celebrate getting to 30,000 listens of seeds podcast thought it would be great to rel...
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Ian Harvey on Collective Intelligence from 2019-05-17T22:32:43
Harv founded Collective Intelligence and in this interview we find out what that is and how it works. We also learn about his childhood, his family being torn apart by a murder trial, ...
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Oliver Hunt on founding Medsalv, making health more sustainable by reprocessing single use devices from 2019-05-13T18:22:25
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 ...
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The Honourable Justice Joseph Williams explaining the Karakia "Whakataka te Hau" from 2019-05-08T23:34:51
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 rece...
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Isabel on being 6 from 2019-05-06T21:16:41
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 s...
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Lauren Burr on Mathematics from 2019-05-01T19:26:48
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 w...
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Audiobook: "Structuring for Impact" Report from 2019-04-24T20:55:49
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 ...
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Georgia Robertson on Humanitix, the world's first non-profit events ticketing platform from 2019-04-22T19:37:42
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...
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Louise Aitken introducing "Structuring for Impact" a new research report on the Future of Business and Social Enterprise in New Zealand from 2019-04-17T07:58:11
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 Z...
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Full conference audio: "Future Prospects for Charity Law, Accounting and Regulation" held 11-12 April 2019 at Te Papa from 2019-04-16T02:15:07
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, a...
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Dr Carolyn Cordery on a History of Financial Reporting - recorded live at Te Papa for 'Future prospects for Charity Law, Accounting and Regulation' conference on 12 April 2019 from 2019-04-15T19:06
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 201...
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Impact and Social Enterprise, a live panel discussion at Te Papa moderated by Steven Moe with Louise Aitken, Dana Brakman Reiser, Holly Norton, Kaye Maree Dunn and Andrew Phillips from 2019-04-14T08:15:47
Wil McLellan on co-founding EPIC Innovation centre in Christchurch from 2019-04-08T21:39:51
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 ...
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John Page on Focus for Boards from 2019-03-25T18:30:55
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 Zealan...
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Peter Beck on love and 'thin places' from 2019-03-17T22:14:40
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 th...
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Matthew Goldsworthy on Youth Arts New Zealand from 2019-03-04T18:42:53
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,...
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How to create a Podcast from 2019-02-25T18:20:47
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 ...
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Collett's Corner: A paradigm shifting community minded property development from 2019-02-21T18:31:24
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 r...
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Joanna Norris on ChristchurchNZ from 2019-02-18T19:22:10
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 ...
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Lisa Mead on founding 'Social Currency' from 2019-02-04T19:41:14
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, gr...
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Kerri Bonner on changing perceptions of "Disability" from 2019-01-21T18:45:11
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 t...
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E Wen Wong on being 16 and founding P.S. Our Beaches from 2019-01-14T20:30:14
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. ...
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Steve Jukes on Pathway a social enterprise helping ex Prisoners from 2019-01-08T00:26:55
Steve is the Executive Director at Pathway which is a charity and social enterprise helping prisoners reintegrate back into society after they leave prison. It does that through a charitable tr...
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Robert Read on Suicide Awareness and Prevention from 2018-12-31T19:42:28
Robert speaks about suicide from a place of sincerity and personal experience which is profound. In this episode we talk with him about his childhood, early life, guardian angels who have saved...
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Kathleen Gallagher on being a poet, staying attentive and slowing down from 2018-12-25T18:12:31
Some interviews are like little jewels that I’ve somehow uncovered while walking along the beach. Today is one of those as I speak with the poet Kathleen Gallagher. Kathleen has written plays,...
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Sister Mary Scanlon on 70 years of service with Little Company of Mary from 2018-12-17T19:08:34
Sister Mary was born in 1929 and knew she wanted to be a nurse early in her life. In January 1949 she joined Little Company of Mary which is coming up to 70 years of service. In this interview...
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Julie Chapman on co-founding KidsCan and child poverty in New Zealand from 2018-12-10T19:28:34
Julie co-founded charity KidsCan 13 years ago and is the CEO now. In this interview we talk about her childhood, her first jobs, the influence of her parents on her life and what led her to sta...
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Celebrating 20,000 listens with a bonus episode reflecting on Social Enterprise in Aotearoa, New Zealand from 2018-12-09T23:25:27
Thanks everyone for helping reach this significant milestone! The 75th episode was just released and with that we passed 20,000 total listens across all the interviews. Thanks to all who are o...
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Bonus: Short reflection on paradigm shifts and the term social enterprise from 2018-12-05T09:28:32
Earlier this week (actually, last night!) I presented to around 50 people on Social Enterprise in Auckland and this is just a few short minutes extract of that more than hour long session. I wa...
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Dr Mike Dickison on being 'Wikipedian-at-Large' and giant flightless birds from 2018-12-03T19:30:11
Mike was appointed earlier this year to be 'Wikipedian at Large' and has been travelling the country in that role. In this interview we talk about his childhood, his PHD in giant flightless bir...
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Historian Rowan Light on ANZAC day, what we commemorate (and why) from 2018-11-26T19:26:20
Rowan is a lecturer in the History Department at Canterbury University who has done years of research into ANZAC history. In this interview (released in the month that is the centenary of World ...
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Louise Aitken on Ākina, Social Enterprise in Aotearoa ... and being a twin! from 2018-11-19T19:10:58
Louise Aitken is the CEO of Ākina Foundation which is growing social enterprise in Aotearoa New Zealand. In this interview (the longest so far!) we talk about her childhood, what it was like gro...
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Dyslexia as Superpower with Geoff Bone from 2018-11-15T19:41:20
On this episode we discuss dyslexia as a form of Superpower. Why might that be? After our full interview Geoff Bone contacted me to say he wanted to talk about Dyslexia. While it is hinted at...
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Geoff Bone on the New Zealand Agricultural Show and how to create meaningful events from 2018-11-12T19:12:43
Geoff is the event director for the New Zealand Agricultural Show (formerly the Canterbury A&P Show). In this interview we talk about Geoff's childhood and years overseas in Australia and Londo...
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Holly Norton on co-founding 'Collaborate' the social enterprise volunteering app from 2018-11-05T19:31:23
Holly is one of the four co-founders of Collaborate which connects people with volunteering opportunities. In this interview we discuss her early childhood in the UK, the implications of moving...
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Professor Anthony Butler on 3D colour x-rays, MARS Bioimaging and the future of scanning in health care from 2018-10-29T18:57:52
Anthony is a co-founder (with his Father) of Mars Bioimaging Limited which produces 3D colour x-rays (spectral molecular imaging). This involves the intersection of high energy physics with cli...
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Māori perspectives on Social Enterprise with Kaye Maree Dunn, Cain Kerehoma and Chanelle Armstrong from 2018-10-22T22:56:56
"What does Social Enterprise mean to us as Tangata Whenua?" This question was explored during this participative session 2 at the Aotearoa Social Enterprise Forum held on 19 October 2018.
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Bonus: Final challenge at the Aotearoa Social Enterprise Forum 2018 from Samantha Jones from 2018-10-19T22:55:16
Samantha Jones gave the last word at the Aotearoa Social Enterprise Forum held on 19 October 2018 in Wellington. The full transcript is typed below. She brought some truths to the table that d...
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Dr Pleayo Tovaranonte on social enterprise "Beyond the Stethoscope" from 2018-10-15T19:22:06
Dr Pleayo Tovaranonte explains the social enterprise Beyond the Stethoscope that he co-founded sending Doctors to other parts of the world. We also discuss his many other entrepreneurial advent...
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Seeds Takeover! Tim Jones&Mark Ambundo discuss ... everything! from 2018-10-08T19:59:30
Two former podcast guests have become great friends in the last year and as I respect each of them so highly I invited them to come back and chat about whatever they wanted - I knew the quality ...
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Bonus: Governance tips for Boards from 2018-10-04T00:45:47
This is a short talk given to about 50 people who were all involved as board members and so was sharing a list of top 10 tips for good governance. Thought some of you would be interested in the...
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Dr. Cheryl Doig on the Future of Learning from 2018-10-01T20:24:16
Cheryl is a leadership futurist and expert in education and in this interview we combine the two into a far reaching discussion about what is to come in relation to the future of learning. We a...
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Simon Mbonyinshuti on being a Refugee from Rwanda from 2018-09-24T22:11:59
Simon fled Rwanda aged 16 in 1994 and never saw his home again. This is one of those really deep episodes where we really explore what it even means to be human and reflect on what is important...
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Dr Sharon McIver on interviewing music icons like Radiohead and founding social enterprise 'Our Daily Waste' from 2018-09-17T20:29:45
Dr Sharon McIver founded social enterprise 'Our Daily Waste' and in this conversation we talk about her entrepreneurial journey. Before getting to that though we discuss her childhood as well a...
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Reuben Bijl on designing apps and co-founding Smudge from 2018-09-12T21:12:55
Reuben is a co-founder and Managing Director of Smudge which has been developing apps since the iPhone first came out. In this interview we start with a discussion about his love of music befor...
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Bonus: Start-up key issues (structures for social enterprises, governance, key documents, IP and other common questions...) from 2018-09-10T19:09:12
To celebrate getting to 15,000 listens this "Legal Mashup" is a bonus episode recorded at XCHC recently. In this I presented along with Kris Morrison about key start-up issues includin...
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Dave Lane on Free and Open Source Software from 2018-09-03T18:52:14
Dave Lane is an advocate for open source software and is the President of the NZ Open Source Society. In this interview we talk about his early years (including his Quaker roots) and growing up...
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Philipp Sültrop on rockets, endurance races and surviving cancer from 2018-08-27T19:19:33
Philipp is researching fuel use in rockets at the University of Canterbury looking in particular at rocket flight mechanics and control in collaboration with Rocket Lab. In this interview we ta...
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Professor Julia Rucklidge on diet and mental health from 2018-08-20T22:35:23
Professor Julia Rucklidge has been researching the link between diet, nutrients and mental health and in this interview we talk about that work. We also discuss her childhood and background gro...
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Zoë Hector on deaf children and her social enterprise to help them 'Talk Town' from 2018-08-13T20:14:56
Zoë Hector (nee Haws) founded social enterprise 'Talk Town' after she had worked as a teacher aide and saw deaf children left out of games on the playground. In this interview we talk about her...
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Bonus episode: "The moment things changed . . ." from 2018-08-06T20:58:09
This is a bonus compilation episode to celebrate getting to 52 interviews looking back through some of the conversations to pull out short extracts of "the moment" when something changed for the...
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Stuart Dillon-Roberts on social enterprise Digital Journey from 2018-07-30T19:32:32
Only a few social enterprises that I meet are focused on the digital and online world - so it was refreshing to talk with Stuart Dillon-Roberts who founded social enterprise Digital Journey<...
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Angela Sothern on plans for a global fundraising loyalty programme to help towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals from 2018-07-23T19:43:19
Angela Sothern has an idea for a new charity fundraising loyalty programme which is intended to to help towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. We discuss Angela's backgro...
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Marcelle Lunam on the art of Film, being a Director and the Tūmanako Wellness Centre from 2018-07-16T22:20:25
Welcome to the 50th episode! Marcelle Lunam is the founder and project lead for Tūmanako Wellness Centre. Marcelle has worked in film as a director and we discuss the influence her Grandfather...
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Andrew Bell on preventable blindness and the work of The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ from 2018-07-09T19:22:33
Andrew Bell is the Executive Director of The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ which he has led since 2010. In this interview we discuss his background and childhood in South Africa as a child of apar...
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Sarah Kessans on synthetic biology, GE and applying to be an Astronaut to NASA from 2018-07-02T19:04:03
Sarah Kessans is a research fellow at the University of Canterbury. In this interview we talk about her work as a synthetic biologist and discuss genetic engineering and the ethics of change as...
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Peter Wells on edible food forests and the Ōtākaro Orchard from 2018-06-25T20:22:09
Peter is the project coordinator for the local urban food hub Ōtākaro Orchard. Its aim is to provide knowledge and inspiration about sustainable food systems as part of the Food Resilience Netw...
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Alanna Chapman on 27 Seconds a social enterprise winery focused on ending modern day slavery from 2018-06-19T20:06:17
Alanna Chapman is a co-founder of 27 Seconds which is a social enterprise winery whose profits go to ending modern day slavery. They do this by supporting the work of Hagar with their profits. ...
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Samantha Jones on sustainable fashion and founding social enterprise Little Yellow Bird from 2018-06-11T19:56:04
Samantha Jones is a social entrepreneur who founded B Corp certified Little Yellow Bird (https://www.littleyellowbird.co.nz/). It’s aim is to ethically make uniforms and other workwear while als...
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Michael Mayell on founding Cookie Time, the Power of Failure, and social enterprise Nutrient Rescue from 2018-06-04T20:08:06
Michael founded the iconic New Zealand brand Cookie Time more than 30 years ago. But that wasn't his first business idea and the initial ones he had tried failed - but he kept trying. When you...
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Bonus episode: "Are there too many Charities in New Zealand?" from 2018-05-30T21:27:45
A bonus episode to celebrate getting to a total of 10,000 listens of the show and to say thanks to those who subscribe! This is a bit different as it is from the r...
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Miranda Satterthwaite on Space, colonising Mars and promoting STEM for the next generation from 2018-05-28T21:29:33
Miranda is the STEM Coordinator at the Ara Institute of Canterbury. In this conversation we talk about Miranda's background including her early years in the ski industry, involvement in space c...
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David Carter on Technology, Canterbury Tech and his entrepreneurial journey from 2018-05-21T20:12:09
David is the Chair of Canterbury Tech and in this episode released during Techweek '18 we talk about the origins of Canterbury Tech, what it is involved in and the future of technology for the n...
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Stella Ward on the impact of Technology on Health Care from 2018-05-14T19:42:35
Stella is the Chief Digital Officer (and Acting Executive Director Allied Health) for the Canterbury DHB and West Coast DHB. In this interview we talk about Stella's career and what she is invo...
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Peter Beggs on Antarctica from 2018-05-08T21:17:30
Peter is the Chief Executive of Antarctica New Zealand and in this interview we talk about his background as well as the history of explorers in Antarctica, the work being done supporting world ...
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Professor Rob Lindeman on Technology, Virtual Reality and the HIT Lab NZ from 2018-05-03T21:50:26
Rob is a Professor and Research Leader at the HIT Lab NZ (Human Interface Technologies) at Canterbury University. This interview is released in the lead up to ...
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Fiona Allan on Elite Sport, Paralympians and Inspiration from 2018-04-29T20:44
Fiona is the Chief Executive and Secretary General of Paralympics New Zealand. In this interview we talk about her childhood growing up in the UK, the role her parents played in her days as an ...
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Dr Peter Simpson on the Arts in New Zealand from 2018-04-23T20:39:55
Peter has written many books on New Zealand's leading creative authors, writers, painters and musicians. His most recent recognition was the 2017 Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement...
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Chris Simcock on Impact Investing ... in NZ! from 2018-04-16T20:04:42
Chris is the Founder of Impact Ventures NZ which is a partner in the Impact Enterprise Fund which recently completed a first close having raised $8 million dollars for impact investing in New Ze...
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Nigel Cottle on Crave Cafe and the dangers of "success" from 2018-04-09T18:41:20
Nigel is a co-founder and Manager of social enterprise Crave Cafe in Morningside in Auckland. In this interview we talk about his childhood memories of the Solomon Islands, how he moved from th...
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Dr Jarrod Gilbert on Gangs in New Zealand from 2018-04-02T19:35:43
Jarrod is a sociologist at the University of Canterbury and the author of "Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand" which was a finalist for...
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Erica Austin-Knopp on being an Experience Curator from 2018-03-26T18:56:37
Michelle Sharp on Kilmarnock's key learnings from 2018-03-19T17:56:21
Michelle is the Chief Executive Officer of Kilmarnock Enterprises which is a social enterprise established 60 years ago. I interviewed Michelle for the first episode of the podcast about her ow...
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Camia Young on Architecture and Cultivating Community from 2018-03-12T19:43:24
Camia worked as an architect in Europe for many years before she made her home in Christchurch after the earthquakes. In this interview we talk about community building, the role of architectur...
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Leighton Evans on the Rātā Foundation from 2018-03-05T20:16:48
Leighton is the Chief Executive of the Rātā Foundation which provides millions of dollars in grants to community groups and charities each year. In this interview we talk about his life and jou...
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Franca Buelow on the value of Collaboration across Disciplines from 2018-02-26T19:21:27
Franca is an Environmental Social Scientist with a curiosity about many things in the world so we discuss topics ranging from her childhood in Germany, her research on transnational sovereignty,...
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Sam Broughton on Leadership and Legacy from 2018-02-19T19:34:28
Sam is mayor of the fast growing Selwyn District and is one of the youngest mayors in New Zealand. We talk about his childhood, the decision to pursue a political career and what he has learned...
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Dorenda Britten on Design and Critical Thinking from 2018-02-12T18:42:49
Dorenda has studied and worked in Design for nearly all of her life and founded The Britten Institute. In this interview we discuss what application principles of design and design led strategy...
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Michael Trengrove on Code Club Aotearoa from 2018-02-05T19:02:29
Michael co-founded Code Club Aotearoa and in this interview we talk about the work that organisation is doing with primary aged school children to teach them how to code. We also talk about his...
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Amy Marsden on Whanau, Children and Te Mapua from 2018-01-29T18:39:01
Amy Marsden is a co-founder of Te Mapua which translates as "the precious children" and works to provide camps and other activities for kids in need. In this interview we talk about her early l...
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Joanna Pidgeon on Women in the Law from 2018-01-22T18:17:02
Joanna is the President of the Auckland District Law Society. She is also the founder of Pidgeon Law in Auckland which is a boutique property and commercial law firm. She Listen
Jonathan Lee on Photography as Art from 2018-01-15T18:35:52
Jonathan Lee is a professional photographer who has traveled the world taking photos and through them telling amazing stories. In doing this he often supports social enterprises and other great...
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Ben Atkinson on finding your purpose and founding social enterprise 'Fill Their Lunchbox' from 2018-01-08T18:25:16
Ben set up the social enterprise Fill Their Lunchbox and in this episode shares his journey. We learn about his childhood and hard times during high school, losing a friend during the Christchu...
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Catherine Brown with a Funder's perspective on social enterprises from 2018-01-01T20:07:13
Growing up in an international family that spanned the globe, working as a lawyer before starting to work for a variety of charities particularly in the health sector and then becoming the CEO o...
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Mark Prain on Sir Edmund Hillary from 2017-12-25T19:05:54
Traveling the country at 11 as a boy soprano, studying acting and working as a professional actor and then working internationally as an opera singer before becoming an activist with Greenpeace,...
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John Hammond on choosing life from 2017-12-18T18:01:34
On falling in love at first sight, the impact of a friend passing in your 20s, a lifelong love of skiing and travel, co-founding a marketing agency, deciding to retire but then getting a prognos...
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Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom on Space from 2017-12-11T18:21:20
Growing up in the Philippines with dreams of Space and interplanetary travel, how a scholarship to the International Space University in France has led to a unique career as an international spa...
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Martin Large on "Common Wealth" from 2017-11-29T08:48:13
Growing up on a Yorkshire Dales hill farm, living in South East Asia during the Vietnam War era, pursuing an academic career, founding the Hawthorn Press, developing 'Stroud Common Wealth' and e...
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Peter Townsend on Business Leadership from 2017-11-28T07:42:39
Growing up in Rotorua, being involved in the fishing industry and co-founding the New Zealand Salmon Company in the mid 1980s, working as Chief Executive at the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of ...
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Gary Shaw on having been an Anti Human Trafficker from 2017-11-17T00:50:38
Ambitions to be a superhero as a child and how that affected the decision to become a policeman and then work for many years as an anti-human trafficker, the highs and lows, including burn-out a...
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Elena Casolari on Impact Investing in Africa and India from 2017-11-14T18:40:48
Growing up in Italy, working as a researcher of economic models at the Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, joining the finance world as an investment banker before co-founding OPES Impact Fund whi...
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Dr James Austin on the Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School from 2017-11-07T18:21:27
Joining the Peace Corps in 1964, studying at Harvard Business School and then joining the faculty before being involved in co-founding the Social Enterprise Initiative there.
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David Harland on the Eden Project, education by stealth and plans for the red zone in Christchurch from 2017-10-30T19:17:13
What the Eden Project is, the concept of weaving together entertainment with education, operating as a global social enterprise with expanding operations in China, Australia, America and a propo...
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Mark Ambundo with an African perspective on Western Culture and taking advantage of opportunities from 2017-10-25T21:22:01
Growing up in Kenya and what life is like in the city of Nairobi, what impresses about Western culture when viewed from an African perspective, how community is different, the opportunities peop...
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Kit Hindin on Ministry of Awesome and the value of Slowing Down from 2017-10-19T19:36:23
On what makes coming home from overseas so special, working with entrepreneurs as 'Start-Up Activator' at Ministry of Awesome, the scary/exciting moment you decide to launch out on your own and ...
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Daniel Flynn on Thankyou from 2017-10-14T06:58:22
Co-founding the Australian Social Enterprise Thankyou at 19, being transparent about the ups and downs of the journey, what keeps you going on an entrepreneurial marathon, the importance of purp...
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Bailey Peryman on Cultivate Christchurch from 2017-10-09T07:26:25
Building a network of urban farms as a social enterprise, their potential to help the young people involved find their purpose and the chance to participate in the next stage of Cultivate Christ...
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Dr John Vargo on Organisational Resilience from 2017-10-04T09:52:43
Working in Silicon Valley in the 1970s, what resilience is in an organisational context, how theory was turned into a living labratory when the earthquakes hit Christchurch and what organisation...
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Shanna on being 10 from 2017-09-28T09:28:57
What it feels like to turn 10, what kids can teach adults and what they wish we knew, the keys to developing a growth mindset, some innovative transport ideas, how to reduce pollution and what i...
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Lianne Dalziel on being the Mayor of Christchurch from 2017-09-24T04:03:26
The one where we learn about a childhood without TV but plenty of imagination, becoming a Member of Parliament, how the earthquakes sparked the decision to become Mayor, the future for social en...
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Netta Egoz on Pechakucha and Social Enterprises from 2017-09-20T10:20:57
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Tim Jones on B Corps from 2017-09-14T11:22:13
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Michelle Sharp on Kilmarnock and Social Enterprises from 2017-09-10T10:02:44
The one where we learn about a childhood in Mexico, introducing the BlackBerry to Europe with Vodafone, being involved in IT startups in England and how all these unique experiences combined to ...
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