What is an Advisory Board? How are they used and when? What role do they play in Governance? The Institute of Directors in New Zealand have just published an article that I wrote on Advisory Boards. The article is here: https://www.iod.org.nz/news/articles/advisory-boards-what-they-are-and-how-they-operate# It is based on a conversation I had with Louise Broekman for Seeds. It is a 3 minute read apparently, so short! In it cover: - Explains what these boards are 🏄🏼♂️ - How they operate 🕹️ - ...
Dec 10, 2024•5 min•Ep. 421
My conversation with Katherine started with Mountains and Nature, before we talked about her life, career and systems change. This felt like a very grounded conversation as a result and I know you will enjoy hearing her insights about Wellbeing Economies and what they are. If you like this then there are 420 other conversations as well - you can find out more at www.theseeds.nz Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa site: https://www.weall.org.nz/ Katherine's site: https://katherinetrebeck.com/ Kat...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 420
This panel discussion was at the Community Housing Aotearoa Conference 2024: Growing Together – Sharing Our Knowledge, held in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. Financing models for new affordable housing supply, a panel facilitated by: Steven Moe with Roy Thompson from New Ground Capital, Jamie Newth from Soul Capital, Luke Strom from Community Finance and Heiko Jonkers from Westpac For more content visit www.theseeds.nz Soul Capital site: http://soul.capital Community Finance site: https://communityf...
Dec 01, 2024•34 min•Ep. 419
Yesterday afternoon faciliatated a fascinating conversation with some amazing people at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance conference in Pōneke Wellington. Joining me were Rachel Brown (Sustainable Business Network), Manu Caddie (Hikurangi Enterprises), Kira Day (B Labs) and Kath Dewar (Good Sense). We covered a lot of ground - the future of business, role of nature, philanthropy and hybrid structures, director duties and consideration of ESG, advice for a high growth startup acting sustainably, the...
Nov 28, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 418
Advisory Boards and how they can help governance are the topic of this conversation with Louise Broekman. We hear about founding the Advisory Board Centre and also hear about her background and life journey as well. Might an advisory board help your organisation, whether a business or charity? For more conversations visit www.theseeds.nz Links and information from Louise: Advisor Concierge Free Support Service: https://www.advisoryboardcentre.com/advisory-board-support/ State of the Market Globa...
Nov 24, 2024•58 min•Ep. 417
James bring such a positive energy to every conversation so I enjoyed sitting down to talk with him. We've known each other a while now so I liked hearing about his childhood and what has shaped him and we have a great chat about alcohol as well. If you enjoy this then why not check out some of the other life stories as well as there are more than 400 of those. Lead on Purpose podcast: https://www.jjlaughlin.com/podcast For more content visit www.theseeds.nz...
Nov 02, 2024•50 min•Ep. 416
Alcohol - we do not talk about it much but perhaps we need to. This is an excerpt of my much longer conversation with James Laughlin which will be released soon. Make sure you listen in to that when it comes out. More content is at www.theseeds.nz James has a podcast too over here, check it out High Performance Leadership Training: Life & Executive Coach Listen to Sarah Rusbatch who spoke with James - she is the author of the best selling book “Beyond Booze, How to create a life you love Alc...
Oct 27, 2024•10 min•Ep. 415
I recently did a LinkedIn post with some career advice and it had so many comments that were just gold I thought it would be nice to summarise all 40 of them here and make it into an episode so the wisdom was captured. If this helps why not post a link to it and tag me in? I will like and comment if you do! You can find the full list of advice in written form over here: Best Career Advice you've ever got: Reflections from 40 people - Seeds...
Oct 25, 2024•10 min•Ep. 414
As well as Seeds podcast www.theseeds.nz I work as a lawyer helping purpose driven organisations and so try to put out helpful content that may educate and this episode is one of those – all about Incorporated Societies and what is changing for them. This was hosted by Volunteering New Zealand and Hui E! Community Aotearoa and I spoke at this webinar that about 300 signed up for, alongside the following amazing contributors with different perspectives: - Katie Bruce of Hui E! Community Aotearoa ...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 413
Hannah has been involved with many initiatives ranging from the Student Volunteer Army during the Christchurch Earthquakes, Entre and startups Indigo & Iris, Little Yellow Bird and now Banqer. Hannah is someone who has had a proactive approach to look out for opportunities. We talk about all of those but also take in her childhood and early years, getting involved in many different activities as well as her journey to discover more of her whakapapa and learning of te reo Māori. Links to othe...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 412
This is a short excerpt of the longer conversation I had with Hannah Duder where we talked about her te reo Māori journey and discovering more about her whakapapa. For generations in Aotearoa New Zealand people were told not to speak and to bury their culture - we discuss that and what it is to explore finding this part of yourself. Be watching for the full episode coming out soon. More conversations are at www.theseeds.nz
Oct 14, 2024•11 min•Ep. 411
This is a short excerpt of the conversation I just had with Hannah Duder on whether there is one path in life - or is it more like braided rivers? Be watching out for the full episode! Conversation with Kaila Colbin mentioned in this excerpt https://theseeds.nz/podcast/kaila-colbin-on-values-leadership-and-founding-boma-nz/ Braided River reflection https://theseeds.nz/articles/braided-river-reflection/...
Oct 14, 2024•8 min•Ep. 410
Just facilitated this Community Networks Aotearoa national Zui (Zoom Hui) to discuss the findings of the 2024 State of the Sector Report. Yuo can find out more and download it here https://www.communitynetworksaotearoa.org.nz/state-of-the-sector-survey-2024 The State of the Sector Report is highly anticipated by several Government Ministries and organisations. We are all keenly aware of the value of depthful research, anecdotes, and especially statistics in advocating for a better Aotearoa/New Z...
Oct 12, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 409
I recently sat down with Vincent Heeringa to talk about his career and life - we covered his early years and career as a journalist as well as his podcast 'This Climate Business' and many other initiatives including his sci fi book! I really enjoyed the conversation and if you do as well then why not check out more episodes at www.theseeds.nz and also subscribe to Vincent's podcast. Also check out the last episode on Seeds which is the interview he did with me! This Climate Business: This Climat...
Sep 27, 2024•58 min•Ep. 408
I was on Vincent Heeringa's podcast " This Climate Business " recently and this is the audio from that. If you like Seeds you might like to subscribe to his show too. Here is how Vincent described the episode: "You might know Steven Moe as a lawyer for Christchurch based Parry Field, specialising in charities and the impact sector; or as the chair of Community Finance – an investor in community housing; or as the host of Seeds, a longstanding weekly podcast; or as the author of The Apple Tree, o...
Sep 09, 2024•31 min•Ep. 407
Ever wondered about the origins of Twitter and the role of social media in movements? I got the chance to sit down with Rabble (Evan Henshaw-Plath) who was there at the start as the first employee of the company that created Twitter. We talk about that but begin with the early days in Northern California growing up as a child of hippies and counterculture thought that and being immersed in that as a child. We also talk about computers back when that was a new tech, the internet and what social m...
Sep 01, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 406
How do our choices when shopping impact the planet? Really enjoyed this conversation with Stine Smith about her entrepreneurial journey as a co-founder of Good Change which has a focus on cleaning products that are better for us and the earth. But we start hearing about her childhood in Denmark, what she learned as a 15 year old on exchange in America, her international sales and management consulting career in Europe, America and the Middle East and how she came to Aotearoa New Zealand and star...
Aug 25, 2024•48 min•Ep. 405
The word 'fun' describes this episode well - it was such a fun recording because Sarah and I talked about so many interesting topics and her life story and what has led her to pubish a new book called 'The Wonder Mindset: Innovate from Within'. I really appreciated the chance to connect and hear from her as I've seen she is so active on a variety of initaitives so it was good to find out more about what motivates her. If you enjoy this then why not check out other conversations at www.theseeds.n...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 404
I had a great conversation with Jono Brent about his life story - he was really open about things he has been through and I enjoyed learning about his journey. It turned out we even grew up for a few years near each other in Oamaru! We talked about unleashing potential, the value of connections, purpose driven business, developing strategy, taking risks, getting to the edge of burnout, really listening to each other, the value of coaching, wellbeing, staying healthy, stripping away your possessi...
Aug 18, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 403
I was on Edwin Dandos' podcast "Rad Work" recently and this is the audio. You can find his show here https://open.spotify.com/show/5yJfzf9MFoExgsj0SMdRRA?si=6f122874f6954eaa Listen to the Seeds Podcast episode featuring Sam Stubbs that is mentioned over here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2T6DLEiH52sQvrE2QguQUn?si=WaB3PYWXSyerj02pA905pQ And for more seeds episodes go to www.theseeds.nz...
Aug 11, 2024•23 min•Ep. 402
This was special because Michael was my teacher in high school - still working as a teacher today, he now teaches my children. His focus today is on performing arts and drama and I really wanted to sit with him and ask him about his career as a teacher and what motivated him to get into this. I learned a lot and I am sure you will enjoy this episode too - we even through in some questions form his current students! If you do like this, then why not check out the 400+ other conversations on seeds...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 401
Welcome to ep 400! I wanted to do something special and so asked two 9 year olds to sit and interview Dr Rod Carr who is the Climate Change Commissioner. After all, they are inheriting the Earth so it felt right for them to ask the questions. Big thanks to Isaac and Emily for asking the questions!! If you like this why not subcribe and leave a rating and check out the 400 other episodes too! www.theseeds.nz has a lot more as well. There is also a children's book called The Apple Tree that may in...
Jul 31, 2024•18 min•Ep. 400
In this session we hear from Shambueel Eaqub on the state of the economy and the past, present and future - we end talking about Love, so it was pretty wide ranging! We also looked at the Orbviz way of presenting date, worth looking at this on the budget as an example https://nzbudget-expenditure.orbviz.com/public/root We took a sense of the economic pulse through looking at data and considering the wider context of government in the economy, budgets, the constraints and levers that can be used ...
Jul 23, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 399
This was a raw and honest conversation with Rico Gomez about his life story and what has led him to founding Neurofit. I really enjoyed the challenges he lays out for us all to think about and consider our true source of value, finding purpose and taking care of ourselves. We also talk about mental health, stress, taking care of ourselves, behaviour, holistic views of oursevles, the role of spirituality and moving forward positively. Check out the resources and information they provide over here...
Jul 07, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 398
Simone Woodland joined me for episode 397 to talk about her life and the Tākaka Cohousing Project ( Tākaka Cohousing | Golden Bay (takakacohousing.co.nz) ) which is an amazing example of an innovative project that combines both housing + community + nature + regeneration. I’ve been involved with providing legal support since this project began several years ago. In this interview we talk about Simone’s background and origins in the UK, her becoming an architect, working on social enterprises the...
Jun 16, 2024•43 min•Ep. 397
This is the audio of an article that I wrote that was just published in The Press on street art and what it says about identity and new stories being told in Õtautahi Christchurch. The orgins directly relate to Seeds Podcast as I had a conversation on Street Art with Dr Reuben Woods a while ago ( here ) and always thought the topic would make a great article. So I wrote it up and this was published on 8 June 2024 as the lead article in the Mainlander section of The Press. This is the audio of me...
Jun 08, 2024•12 min•Ep. 396
This is the audio of a talk I gave yesterday for Community Governance Aotearoa on the topic of Chairing meetings and with a focus on AGMs. I do a lot of support for boards, companies, trusts and others in goverance in my work as a partner at Parry Field Lawyers so it was a pleasure to talk on this topic. In it share my thoughts on this area and outline 20 principles that are relevant to consider when you come to your role as Chair. More resources that Community Goverannce Aotearoa provide are he...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 395
Enjoyed this conversation with Neil Ieremia about Black Grace dance company and his life as a choreographer – we start with his childhood and learned about his upbringing, the role of his parents, the impact of a childhood illness and sense of identity from a young age. We also talk about the origins of Black Grace and the first dance he choreographed at age 13. We then discuss the role of art and dance and how it can have an impact on society itself, commenting on the past and present. Finally ...
Jun 02, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 394
In this panel discussion arranged by Ministry of Awesome, got the chance to share about governance for startups along with Flip Grater, Jeff Wallace and Zach Warder-Gabaldon. We kept it practical and relevant for founders on what you need to know when it comes to advisory boards, directors, legal duties, paying people, finding the right fit, selecting investors, how to keep on track and quite a lot more! If you like this, check out the other content at www.theseeds.nz Resource on how to chair a ...
May 21, 2024•58 min•Ep. 393
So what really is Impact Investing? A short explanation ... (This is the transript of the episode and all the links mentioned in it) Having now interviewed almost 400 guests on Seeds Podcast a recurring theme which has emerged is how they are using impact investing to effect positive change in our society. A question I get all the time though - both from companies, charities, directors and Trustees is - what exactly are you meaning when you keep talking about the rise of Impact Investing? So let...
May 15, 2024•8 min•Ep. 392
