Audio from Seeds Impact Conference - Panel of Jennifer Wilkins, Dr Katherine Trebeck & Dr Donnie Maclurcan discussing Larger business in a post-growth economy This panel conversation between global experts in economics beyond growth, Katherine Trebeck and Donnie Maclurcan, hosted by Jennifer Wilkins, will explore the challenging question of how existing larger businesses, especially multinational enterprises and corporations, can begin to prepare for a post-growth future.  Jennifer...

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. Shamubeel Eaqub*, economist and author was in conversation with Helen Robinson - Auckland City Missioner https://www.aucklandcitymission.org.nz/about-us/our-team/  Sasha Lockley - Co-founder of Money Sweetspot https://www.moneysweetspot.co.nz/ and EHF Fellow Listen to Shamubeel’s Seeds...

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.   Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafuna’i led a panel on Wayfinding - she is from Flying Geese and is an expert in ancient wayfinding for modern challenges, hosting a session on wayfinding with: Jack Thatcher - Jack is a Māori navigator who has sailed on various waka journeys, including the Waka Tapu to Rapanui and...

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 can get one by signing up for the Seeds Impact Conference over here... www.seedsconference.nz  More info on the book Seed Habits - Seeds (theseeds.nz) I do have phsyical copies as well if you are interested. Contact: [email protected]   

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 was sharing about Governance.   I am grateful to Anake Goodall for helping connect us so this conversation could happen.  Seeds is a project to record life stories, because they matter.  You can find out about it and more than 360 other conversations at www.theseeds.nz  Coming in October is the...

Tā Tipene O'Regan has long been on my dream list of people to interview.  He is a kaumātua, Ngāi Tahu leader and Member of the Order of New Zealand.  I was very humbled to sit with him and hear some of his life story and wisdom about many topics. Instead of asking about events of the past, I asked about who were the people who influenced him most, in this almost 2 hour long conversation.  Below is an index of the topics we discussed including his reflections on the concepts of Wairua,...

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 Order of New Zealand.  I was very humbled to sit with him and hear some of his life story and wisdom about many topics. Instead of asking about events, I asked about who has influenced him in a 2 hour long conversation.  This has some excerpts from that conversation where he was sharing about  Te...

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 Zealand.  I was very humbled to sit with him and hear some of his life story and wisdom about many topics. Instead of asking about events, I asked about who has influenced him in a 2 hour long conversation.  This has some excerpts from that conversation where he was sharing about Wairua.  I am grateful...

Tā Tipene O'Regan has long been on my dream list of people to interview.  He is a kaumātua, Ngāi Tahu leader and Member of the Order of New Zealand.  I was very humbled to sit with him and hear some of his life story and wisdom about many topics. Instead of asking about events, I asked about who has influenced him in a 2 hour long conversation.  This has some excerpts from that conversation where he was sharing about his Father.  I am grateful to Anake Goodall for helping connect us so...

Joanne has been an innovator in education for many years both in New Zealand and globally.  As well as writing 6 books on this topic she brings an approach of placing the learner first when it comes to education - making education fun and something people want to do.  In this conversation we hear about her childhood and background, growing up without knowing she was Māori and what it meant to find out and how that influenced her sense of being.  We also hear about her work in schools in New...

I was recently interviewed by Hancine Samvelyan for an academyEX event at the end of July 2023 and this is the audio of that.  In it we unpack some of my own history and then dive into my thoughts on the future of business. It is a good articulation of my current - ever evolving - thinking, so sharing here for all of you as well.   academyEX info: Higher Education For Your Future | academyEX www.theseeds.nz  What does it mean to have a 100-year perspective on reimagining the role of...

Very happy to announce the Seeds Impact Conference - inspired by the conversations on Seeds this fullly online event will be accessible from anywhere and feature 27 sessions across a day in 4 different online rooms.  Website for tickets which are just $20 or apply for a scholarship to attend: https://seedsconference.nz/ This is a word of mouth event - as well as signing up would you please help spread the message about it?  Or add it in a newsletter of a group you are involved in?  Or post...

Sue Waight shared her life journey with us on this episode and I really appreciated her attitude which shown through - choosing not to be a victim but instead take difficult circumstances and learn from them to help others.  "I felt I had two choices, I could either be a victim and let that keep me down, or I could use that experience as a positive way to move forward with my life - and I chose the latter."  We also find out a lot about the Canterbury West Coast Welfare Guardian Trust and the...

Really enjoyed my conversation with Ben Scales about his life story and founding KiwiFibre, who I've bee supporting as a lawyer since the early days including with their capital raising - I think you'll like this one and if you do, could you tell one other person about the show and the content they could access for free as well?  www.theseeds.nz has more. KiwiFibre site: KiwiFibre "FOUNDING PURPOSE ​Our planet cannot rely on synthetic resources forever. As natural fibre...

Audio of an article for the IOD "Moving, Seconding... but Why?" co-written with Mele Wendt MNZM and Caren Rangi ONZM.  Am very grateful to both of them for the time spent and ideas shared to create this article which I hope sparks a lot of discussions and evaluation... and change?  Join our movement and question why there is this practise at the next meeting you attend!  And let me know how it goes - [email protected]    You can read the article here:...

Audio of the Idealog article "Emerging trends from the IOD Leadership Conference", I wrote recently on the Institute of Directors Leadership Conference held in May 2023.  This way the key themes and content can be available to more of you! The article is here: Emerging trends from IOD Governance Conference - Idealog Long blog post with lots more information as I summarised every session that I attended - it formed the basis for writing the article for Idealog: IOD Leadership Conference 2023...

This is the audio of me reading an article published by the Transnational Environmental Law Journal, which I co-wrote with two academics from the University of Canterbury, David Jefferson and Elizabeth Macpherson, called “Experiments with the Extension of Legal Personality to Ecosystems and Beyond-Human Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities for Company Law”. Below each place in the audio is indexed. To read the article this is the website link at the Transnational Environmental Law...

In this episode we talk about Street Art with Dr Reuben Woods, who is the creative director of Watch this Space.  We talk about what "Art" even is, as well as the growth of the street art movement in Christchurch after the earthquakes here in 2011.  We also talk about Reuben's life and how he came to do his PHD on this topic.  I really enjoyed this conversation because in my work as a lawyer I was involved in the establishment of this charity so it has been great to see how it has grown!  If...

I really enjoy other podcasts and am happy to feature an episode from another one - The 232 Degrees Podcast by my friends Sean Barnes and Carl Davidson.  If you like Seeds I think you will like their one too so check out this episode as a sample, which is all about Dr Seuss!  They have two seasons of content so find them and subscribe! Find them here: Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/232podcast Apple Podcasts The 232 Degrees Podcast: Unlocking Great Books on Apple...

Gareth is the country lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa and in this conversation we talk about that movement, system change and politics.  He also shares his life story and childhood, his work as an activist with Greenpeace before a career in politics for 10 years as an MP, writing a book about Jeanette Fitzsimons and a whole lot more.  I enjoyed this conversation and if you do as well check out the 350 others on seeds podcast, a project about life stories and what shapes us. ...

Ths is the audio of two articles I wrote recently on the Christchurch startup scene - they really are a two part of one whole, so thought I would read them both out for Seeds.   Article 1: The Christchurch Startup Ecosystem Grows Up published by ChristchurchNZ: https://www.christchurchnz.com/news/the-christchurch-start-up-ecosystem-grows-up Article 2: Five start-ups definign the next Generation of Tech in Christchurch published by...

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 innovation in a start-up which merges business, charity and philanthropy.  Wearing my other hat as a lawyer I helped them set up 5 years ago so it was special to hear about how far they have come with pushing the boundaries of this idea.   Like all Seeds episodes we start with his background and what has...

This is not an interview but instead an interesting panel which discussed Community Housing with a focus on financing, structuring and legal considerations with Judith Bullin, James Palmer, Natalia Garstecka, Adelaide Brown and Stephen Hart.  Thanks to the Community Housing Aotearoa team for the conference which had 450+ attending and you can learn more about them here: Community Housing | Nga Wharerau o Aotearoa The topics covered are at: 02:11 - Intro by Stephen Hart of CORT 06:09 -...

This conversation with Historian Rowan Light is from a few years ago and in this episode have pulled out the part where we discussed the meaning of ANZAC Day, the role of history and historians and why we commemorate certain events and not others - check out his book Anzac Nations.  I hope you enjoy this as this is published on 25th April 2023 as we remember the past today: Lest We Forget.   Full interview is here: ...

Esha is a catalyst for change through highlighting stories of people approaching business differently.  She has just written a book "Working to Restore: Harnessing the Power of Regenerative Business to Heal the World" so in this conversation we discuss the book and how - and why - she wrote it.  However, we start with her background and life story - moving to the US as a child, growing up in an immigrant family, studying English at University and working all over the world as a journalest and...