In this session I got insights from Shamubeel Eaqub the Chief Economist at Simplicity on a huge variety of topics - the economy, mountains, measuring value, wars, the working poor, superannuation, public forums for discussion, social cohesion, butter prices - we covered a lot! Who might you tag in or share this with? I also describe my new book The Circle: Careers with Impact which is a free download available now! The Economy Made Simple, podcast with Shamubeel Eaqub here Podcast - Money Made S...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 451
Latesha Hearth has led a fascinating life of curiousity which makes for a conversation touching on many topics - yoghurt, strangers on planes, home schooling, community, chocolate, Edmund Hillary Fellowship and much more. Links to things discussed: Weave Cacao https://weavecacao.com/ The Values Trust https://valuestrust.co.nz/ The Raglan Food Co https://raglanfoodco.com/ Edmund Hillary Fellowship https://www.ehf.org/ Oonagh Browne interview https://theseeds.nz/podcast/oonagh-browne-on-the-power-...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 450
In this session Luke Peez (my colleague at Parry Field Lawyers) and I break down key considerations for organisations when it comes to use of AI - what do you need to think about and how do you stay safe? The paper we talk about is a free download here: https://www.parryfield.com/artificial-intelligence-ai-hub/ For more content visit www.parryfield.com and for more podcast content visit www.theseeds.nz...
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 449
This is a short message out to ask for your help – yes, I need you, my seeds community! To participate my email is steven@theseeds.nz I’ve reflected a lot on my own life and work and crafted something that is short and to the point but I really think will help you. It also reflects many concepts from guests I've learned on Seeds. Will be releasing “The Circle: Careers with Impact” a 50 page book this month and would like to: - offer you a free advance copy of it - ask for your thoughts on it so ...
Jun 06, 2025•3 min•Ep. 448
In this session held in New Plymouth recently I share about my journey and things I have learnt in my career as well as legal structures for Impact and answering audience questions. Thanks to DOSO, Venture Taranaki and New Plyouth Council for the invitation to some and share with many startups. More content for startups is at www.parryfield.com And more on seeds is at www.theseeds.nz
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 447
In this live session recorded on 30 May 2025 Jenny Gill, Craig Fisher and I discuss the budget and related issues - and even end with a story of The Apple Tree! More resources and earlier recordings and papers https://www.parryfield.com/charities-information-hub/ And audio versions are at www.theseeds.nz The Apple Tree story read at the end https://theseeds.nz/books/the-apple-tree/...
May 30, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 446
I saw a LinkedIn post from Arron Judson on the topic of different people having different skill sets and the framing of 'Explorers' and 'Optimisers'. This is the short conversation we had where he explained more on this. To find out more the site for Eidotic which is here (but check back later as being built still): Coming Soon EIDOTIC This is the LinkedIn post here that sparked this conversation. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂...
May 19, 2025•13 min•Ep. 445
Seán has written a book on being an Impact Professional and we hear all about it on this episode of seeds as well as his life story. For more episodes visit www.theseeds.nz Seán's book site https://www.impactprofessional.nz Impact Professional podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/6liZrE1y3BN6Q31z0rHTrG Also check out the 232 Degrees podcast on books from Seán Barnes and Carl Davidson https://open.spotify.com/show/6saaVGG8LhNtGLSH9FrdOR Earlier episode of that show on Seeds regarding Dr Seuss! h...
May 16, 2025•43 min•Ep. 444
This is the converstion I just had with Shamubeel Eaqub about the report on Social Cohesion that he has recently co-authored. It is a wide ranging conversation where we cover: How to foster Social Cohesion, one positive step each day The negative side and reality of poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand Whether some issues like education, health and housing need to be removed from the political cycle Superannuation and what higher contribution rates might unlock The role of arts, sport, spiritual and ...
May 12, 2025•36 min•Ep. 443
In this panel discussion we get to hear on Housing in Aotearoa New Zealand from the following speakers at the New Zealand Green Building Council Housing Summit held on 7 May 2025 (more on NZGBC is here ): Ali Hamlin-Paenga - Chief Executive of Te Matapihi (Site: https://www.tematapihi.org.nz) Cate Kearney - Chief Executive of Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (Site: https://www.ocht.org.nz) Paul Gilberd - Chief Executive of Community Housing Aotearoa (Site: https://communityhousing.org.nz ) Steve...
May 07, 2025•43 min•Ep. 442
Ali Adams shares about the revitilised city of Ōtautahi Christchurch as well as her life lessons and journey to becoming the CEO of ChristchurchNZ. Seeds is a long term project with more than 440 conversations with inspiring people, most of whom are based in Christchurch. Find out more and listen to other conversations at www.theseeds.nz Ōtautahi ChristchurchNZ website https://www.christchurchnz.com Earlier interview from 2019 with Joanna Norris which we mention on this episode https://theseeds....
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 441
A very short excerpt of a long and rich conversation with Ali Adams the CEO of ChristchurchNZ where she shared two key life lessons. Be watching for the full interview out next! ChristchurchNZ website https://www.christchurchnz.com For more content visit www.theseeds.nz
Apr 11, 2025•3 min•Ep. 440
This was a rich and deep conversation with Sir Maarten Wevers who shared about his life journey on this episode of seeds podcast. From being born in the Netherlands to moving to New Zealand with his family age 1, growing up with different cultural influences and then how he got into the diplomatic world, travelling the World, his learning Japanese to serve as Ambassador to Japan and then working with multiple Prime Ministers through pivotal moments in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s. From 1985 to 1987 h...
Apr 05, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 439
Enjoyed the chance to talk with Lewis Patterson about his life story, growing up on a farm towards in the South of the South Island as well as his move overseas, desire to learn Korean, what it was like to live in Korea and then move back to New Zealand. We also talk about his upcoming event on "The Value of Purpose" which will be held in mid May 2025 - see link below for information. Relevant links: Sustainable Brands "The Value of Purpose" event website: Sustainable Brands Sustainable Brands g...
Mar 30, 2025•50 min•Ep. 438
Held a session about what I have learned about LinkedIn and this is the audio of the recording. LinkedIn post with the top 10 listed https://www.linkedin.com/posts/steven-moe-0b3b008a_linkedin-learnings-from-steven-moe-activity-7308262210072453121-3kGd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAABMHZIcB8j_p9zYjf0viXbnHWQ_uKe3HuUg Video of the session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37IP2L0nXUw...
Mar 23, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 437
This is the audio of a short talk I gave recently and turned into a paper on principles for a Generous Life. To read the paper you can find it here https://theseeds.nz/articles/the-generosity-mindset-7-key-principles-to-cultivate-a-generous-life/ For the videos mentioned have a look at my LinkedIn profile https://nz.linkedin.com/in/steven-moe-0b3b008a For more visit www.theseeds.nz...
Mar 18, 2025•13 min•Ep. 436
In this conversation I sat down with Craig Fortune and heard about his life, career, setbacks and how to overcome them and also about improving productivity. What are some of the simple steps we can each take to gain greater efficiency? If you enjoy this check out the other episodes in the back cataloge at www.theseeds.nz and why not tell one other person about seeds. If you post a link to this and tag me in, I will like and comment as well! Breaking Busy website: https://www.breakingbusy.co.nz ...
Mar 11, 2025•57 min•Ep. 435
This is the audio of the session held on Charities and Tax and a discussion of the IRD paper on this. Video of the session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlCz7fzYGwI Jenny, Craig and Steven hosted this briefing on the IRD consultation paper. This is the link to our earlier briefing paper for background reading, https://www.parryfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/PARRY-FIELD-Charities-and-Tax.pdf And the video of our earlier session on it + overall context is here https://youtu.be/rp040LanLlY ...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 334
It was special to sit down with Ian Farrant as he was a director of The New Zealand Salmon Company which is the reason our family moved here in 1989 as my Father is a marine biologist and we came here for that job. We start with Ian's early childhood memories which includes war rations in the 1940s, growing up in Dunedin, his studies and early career and then we talk abou this governance roles over the years and what he has learned as a director of around 40 entities over the years. If you like ...
Mar 07, 2025•53 min•Ep. 433
Dame Sue Bagshaw has led a fascinating life and we talk about her childhood and background, coming to New Zealand and then focus in on Youth Hub Christchurch. Website: https://www.youthhubchch.org.nz If you enjoy this then why not check out some of the other 430+ episodes. www.theseeds.nz
Mar 02, 2025•49 min•Ep. 432
This is the audio of an hour long session we held on charities and tax where we discussed this paper on Charities in New Zealand | Parry Field Lawyers Video of the session is here too https://youtu.be/rp040LanLlY For more visit www.theseeds.nz
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 431
This is the audio of an article on leaders and the 5 Orders of Consciousness I wrote with Emily Morrow. Its a really interesting look into how we percieve the world we are in. The article was just published by the Institute of Directors here https://www.iod.org.nz/news/articles/governance-and-orders-of-consciousness-a-different-leadership-lens# Emily was a great collaborator and friend and very knowledgable - check out more about her and what she does here https://emilymorrow.com Why not send it...
Feb 22, 2025•5 min•Ep. 430
Jonathan is the founder of Caliber Design and in this conversation we talk about the process of creativity and what it takes to create products as well as creating team culture and the components of strategy. We also focussed in on what it means to really understand the problem before you start to design a solution. We start with his childhood though and what he learned from growing up next to Rolleston Prison as a child and how he started his career at Tait Electronics before helping to design ...
Feb 14, 2025•52 min•Ep. 429
Audio of the paper written by Steven Moe and Craig Fisher. The title is Charities and Tax: Examining the Foundations of how and why we empower Charities to have Positive Impact. You can download the paper here https://www.parryfield.com/charities-information-hub/ Contents 1:33 - Introduction 3:55 - Starting with Thanks 4:32 - The Charitable Sector 5:58: The role of Charities by Numbers and Stories 8:51: The anchor of Charitable Purposes 11:33 - The Exemptions they are granted 13:09 - Phillosophy...
Feb 12, 2025•49 min•Ep. 428
This conversation with Harmaan Madon we cover many different topics with a focus in on his life story and growing up in India and how he ended up in New Zealand and working with Matthew Jackson (another former Seeds guest) on Alimentary Systems. https://www.alimentary.systems This technology processes any organic waste source to create value and prevent greenhouse gas emissions. We also talk about the entrepreneurial journey, the Edmund Hillary Fellowship and nature as a key stakeholder for any ...
Feb 07, 2025•54 min•Ep. 427
Imagine if we electrified the country and ditched fossil fuels? It is a compelling vision of a world where Aotearoa New Zealand stands apart as an example that other counntries could then follow with major positive impact for the planet. And it is possible with the right policy settings in place. Mike Casey from Rewiring Aotearoa and I discuss this and a whole lot more in this wide ranging conversation - from his early days in Wellington to his entrepreneurial journey and how to get through the ...
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 426
This conversation with James Beck was wide ranging and I really enjoyed hearing about the podcast he has created called Ngā Here - The Many Connections (on Spotify here https://open.spotify.com/show/0tvwAw1E4ECNlLpl1Oxfz3) In our conversation we cover his early years, his sense of identity, where he is from and what it means, some of his spiritual journey and faith and consideration of the land, relationship with creation, Aotearoa and a whole lot more. If you enjoy this check out some of the ot...
Jan 21, 2025•59 min•Ep. 425
This is the audio of a very short story by O'Henry from more than 100 years ago called 'The Gift of the Magi'.
Dec 24, 2024•11 min•Ep. 424
A short reflection I hope helps one of you as we come to a time of rest and reflection and planning for the future. Braided rivers in New Zealand are unique as they change often, moving along in the same general direction, but never ever staying exactly the same. Trying to plan every aspect of your life means you’ll miss out - to really see new opportunities, you have to be willing to also let directions shift, like a braided river, and go with where the water of new opportunities is flowing. ht...
Dec 14, 2024•29 sec•Ep. 423
The very first episode of Seeds was with Michelle Sharp so it was special to catch up and discuss UNICEF Aotearoa where she now is the CEO - we talk about the great work they do around the world in this episode. The first episode on her life story is over here so have a listen to that to hear about her journey! Its one of the best of the 400+ I've done so far. https://theseeds.nz/podcast/michelle-sharp-on-kilmarnock-and-social-enterprises/ UNICEF Aotearoa: https://www.unicef.org.nz/ The second i...
Dec 12, 2024•16 min•Ep. 422
