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Success Interviews
Ep.63 – Behind the Scenes – How to Write for Film and TV
Storytelling is a fundamental human instinct and in a lot of ways we define ourselves by the universal truths explored in the many forms of these stories. But storytelling isn’t just a bit of old magic mixed in with some ideas and then a red carpet, it is a craft and something unfortunately that requires […]
Ep.55 – Rethinking The Way We Think About Business
Steve Pirie has been a part of the creation of some of New Zealand and Australia’s most iconic travel and wellness events including, Unleashed Travel (the company was named by BRW as one of Australia’s 100 fastest growing startup businesses in 2011 and 2012), Nurture Change, Nurture Her and UnpluggedFiji. Steve has fused his passion […]
Ep.13 – CEO of Kernel Talks the Challenges Ahead For Investors
After spending a number of years in the financial services industry, Dean realised that investment options needed to improve in order to put Kiwis back in control of their financial future. Taking a fresh approach to the investment sector, he created Kernel – a fully digital index fund manager and investment platform. On the back […]
Technology Interviews
Ep.14 – CEO of Ierospace Industries Talks How To Create A Sustainable Optimistic Future
Ira Munn is Founder and CEO of Ierospace Industries International, where the team is developing electric efficiency technologies and 3D printed electric vehicle kits using recycled plastics. Incubating at Accelerating Aotearoa’s We o Tara STEM Learning Centre in Otara, Auckland. Ierospace merged with Los Angeles-based technology company R.E.P.S. Inc. after the BMWi/TED Next Visionaries talk […]
Ep.119 – The Code for Success
Back in 1993, Peter Vile and Mitchell Pham founded software development service provider, Augen Software Group, which was built on the basis of connecting the best in local expertise with offshore development scale via their ‘one team in two markets’ run across New Zealand and Vietnam. Over that time, Augen has worked with many New […]
Ep.44 – Re-imagining Our Digital Future
Many discoveries about ourselves, our economy and the way we work have come out of our Covid-19 experience. Some good and bad, but maybe one of the most important for our future was how many of us in business still have a long way to go in terms of our digital resiliency. This is obviously […]
Entrepreneur Interviews
Ep.82 – How To Raise Money Now While Solving Old Problems
The problem of stock control has been around as long as businesses have been around for and still today companies often bear the opportunity cost of not having enough of a particular product or having cash tied up in having too much of another product. Dom Sutton, the co-founder of StockTrim, set out to change […]
Ep.37 – How To Create Valuable Products Here
Chloe and Florence are sisters who craft health beverages in their hometown of Nelson, New Zealand. Surrounded by mountains, lakes, and at the edge of the Pacific Ocean; the outdoors is their playground. Chloe is a neuroscientist and holds a diploma in herbal medicine. With this background and a passion for nutrition, Chloe set out […]
Ep.20 – Lessons Of Resilience And How Saying “No” Is Part Of The Journey
Naomi Ballantyne (ONZM) is a leader in New Zealand financial services. And might be the only woman in the world to have played a founding role in three life insurance companies. Partners Life, which she established as a small start-up in 2011, is now a recognised leader in the sector in New Zealand. It currently […]
Leadership Interviews
Ep.8 – Dealing With Times Of Uncertainty And Adversity From A Man Who’s Led Covert Ops
Stew Darling is a former British army official who led covert operations in deadly wars around the world for 15 years without losing a single soldier/army staff on his watch. He went onto beat a 30 year alcohol addiction and embark on entrepreneurship to coach leaders, with clients including but not limited to Bank of […]
Ep.102 – Legal Leader
Trusts and asset structuring might not be everyone’s idea of exciting dinner party conversation, but they can have a profound impact in terms of what happens to your wealth and your quality of life for you and your family and even for future generations. Davenports Law Managing Director, Tammy McLeod is one of New Zealand’s […]
Ep.46 – How To Lead Like A Human
The last couple of months have been a testing time for almost everybody in every industry and in every sector, but there has been a particular spotlight on leaders through this time. At a time when there is so much uncertainty around health and economic concerns, our leaders have had to carry an extraordinary weight […]
Wellness Interviews
Ep.115 – Brook Macdonald – Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
A little over a year ago, champion New Zealand downhill mountain biker, Brook MacDonald lay in agony, semi-paralysed and unable to feel his legs on a Quebec mountain for five hours, waiting for a helicopter to arrive. Brook had sustained a serious spinal injury when he crashed during his first practice run at the World […]
Ep.55 – Rethinking The Way We Think About Business
Steve Pirie has been a part of the creation of some of New Zealand and Australia’s most iconic travel and wellness events including, Unleashed Travel (the company was named by BRW as one of Australia’s 100 fastest growing startup businesses in 2011 and 2012), Nurture Change, Nurture Her and UnpluggedFiji. Steve has fused his passion […]
Ep.29 – Keeping Your Brain Sharp In Any Situation
Gillian Eadie, with a network of Brainfit coaches, helps people of all ages take back control of optimal brain and memory processing at work and in daily life. Training courses, books, eBooks and neuro-games are based on the published research of co-founder and sister, Dr. Allison Lamont. For 20 years an independent school principal (St […]
Women in Leadership Interviews
Ep.3 – Advice For Times Of Uncertainty And Future Opportunities
Theresa Gattung needs no introduction, but for the sake of consistency we will mention a few of her many achievements. Theresa first hit the public spotlight in a big way when she became CEO of Telecom in 1999, making her the first female CEO of a large public company in New Zealand. Since then she […]
Ep.97 – Connecting Worlds
Filmmaker and explorer, Celine Cousteau, carries on an incredible family legacy set by her grandfather Jacques Cousteau, her father Jean-Michel Cousteau and her mother Anne-Marie Cousteau, an expeditionary photographer. With her creation of CauseCentric Productions, Celine has connected the dots between film, art, technology and education to create a platform of immense change in her […]
Ep.73 – The Future Of Property Prices And Leadership
Real estate might well be up there with politics and religion when it comes to divisive dinner party conversations, but of course it’s something most of us have a relationship with, whether you be a tenant, landlord or homeowner or all of the above. Few people have had as much experience in the industry as […]
Sports Interviews
Ep.10 – Biotech Engineering Medical Researcher Shares Her Lockdown Routine
Dr. Hannah Wells juggles life as a medical researcher in the field of biotech engineering and a champion triathlete. Hannah shares with us her lockdown routine, how she juggles both lives and her tips for staying focused and disciplined in any situation. Watch More Videos
Ep.69 – MMA Champ Fighting For Mental Health
Mixed Martial Arts and the world of UFC has become a big deal over the years and there must be something in the water at City Kickboxing in Auckland because it helping to produce New Zealand fighters that are kicking arse and taking names, figuratively and literally, on the global stage. One fighter on the […]
Ep.100 – 120 Skydives in One Day
Skydiving record breaker Steve Gregor is quick to point out that he is not an adrenaline junky, but trusts in the systems, the gear and the process around the sport that he had dedicated a big part of his life to. Every one of these systems was tested to the limit when he and Brent […]
M2 Summit Podcast
Ep.112 – How To Build & Sell A $500M Company. And What Do You Do Next?
[podcastfooter] What exactly does one do after they sell their business for $500m? Vaughan Fergusson, founder of Vend, dropped in for a fireside chat with editor Andre Rowell at the M2 Summit to give us the insight and impart with some wisdom on just how he grew his business to that astonishing value. Fergusson […]
Ep.110 – How Humans And Robots Can Work Together In The Future
[podcastfooter] As AI development advances further year by year, the question of what separates us from our creations becomes more pressing. Talking the M2 Summit audience on Thursday 20 May through this fascinating, complicated and a little bit scary territory was behavioral scientist Dr. Sydney Savion. Sitting down with our editor, Andre Rowell, the […]
Ep.108 – How to Build A Powerful Community of Thousands
[podcastfooter] For so many of us, the first COVID lockdown was a real stifler of our productivity and motivation, and a really scary time for small business owners who faced the threat of losing their livelihoods. However, some of us were able to find ways to create, innovate and make a big difference in helping […]
Sustainability Interviews
Ep.30 – Finding New Business Opportunities In Solving Environmental Problems
While there has been a big jump into eCommerce for many brands lately, there is also a less progressive danger with environmental impact. And after working with couriers and eCommerce for years, Kate Bezar and Rebecca Percasky became horrified at the amount of plastic waste the industry was generating and so set out to do […]
Ep.77 – Designing A Sustainable Future
As the daughter of one of New Zealand’s leading environmentalists and businessmen, the late Sir Rob Fenwick, Isabel Fenwick has been immersed in the work of organisations shifting to greener, more sustainable ways of working. Isabel carries on her family legacy with her skills in human-centred design and design thinking methodologies to translate complex problems […]
Ep.33 – The Power Of Business To Do Good For The Planet
Dave Rouse is the CEO of CarbonClick, which bridges the sustainability gap through delivering certified carbon offset projects either at the point of sale or via a subscription. He’s also passionate about preserving our marine ecosystems and is a founding trustee of the zero administration, registered charity – SeaCleaners. He is an investor and entrepreneur […]