Community and Connection

Being part of an inclusive, community event where we all show up to contribute to a great cause is an excellent way to start 2025

Posted 2 months ago

Take 2% of what's left of 2024 and be inspired

As we flick the calendars over to Spring, here in the Southern Hemisphere the ominous cloud of the holiday season is looming.

Posted 6 months ago

Decision Making Demands

It’s reported we’re making approximately 35,000 remotely conscious decisions each day, Cornell University found that about 226.7 of these daily decisions are on food alone! The demands for us to make decisions are increasing, so here's a couple of areas to consider as you build muscle in deciding.

Posted 8 months ago

Portfolio Career 2024

Something I never saw coming, has happened this year *dramatic pause*. Even after a decade of being self-employed and working across a portfolio of things like consulting work, founding ventures, teaching at UC and serving on several Boards ...
TL:DR I have taken on a permanent part-time role alongside the other work I do 

Posted 12 months ago

Implementation is Where Innovation Comes Unstuck

Posted 21 months ago

Takeouts from Autumn

As we click into month seven of 2023 and the grey skies settle in here in Ōtautahi Christchurch, it’s nice to look ahead and reset efforts for the remainder of the year, and to reflect on the last quarter. April, May and June have been really interesting with some professional growth opportunities and rewarding projects, including judging the Hi Tech Awards, speaking at Unpoular Opinions and working with some really good humans. Here are some thoughts on each of those. 

Posted 21 months ago

Marketing Contrarians' View of the New City Brand

In 2023, Christchurch's new brand narrative was shared. The most recent in a long-line of them, yet 'The Garden City' has stuck for decades. A few local marketing minds, over beer and pizza, collected opinions on this and collated them into an opinion piece published today. 

Posted in marketing; Tagged marketing; Posted 23 months ago

A Good News Moment

It's great to end 2022 on a good note, and excited for what 2023 holds.

Posted 2 years ago

“What will Marketing look like in 2025 and beyond? A mainland perspective”

Recently I had the pleasure and privileged of being one of six speakers on a panel for the Southern division of the Marketing Association where we gave our two cents worth on  “What will Marketing look like in 2025 and beyond? A mainland perspective”. Here's a summary of those thoughts.

Posted in marketing; Tagged business marketing, marketing governance; Posted 2 years ago

A Take on 'Quiet' Quitting

Thanks to TikTok, the term 'quiet quitting' is trending, so what does it mean? Here's a take on it and a few reasons why Boards and Execs need to pay attention to it.

Posted in leadership, governance; Tagged leadership; Posted 3 years ago

Belonging is The Bees Knees

Most of us find it challenging to balance working in our ventures with working on them, let alone working on our own leadership development. It might be that it’s just easier to do things how we’ve always done them, or to invest our attention in those we ‘like’, and just stay away from the delicate subjects like ‘diversity’, so I'm setting us all a leadership challenge.

Posted 3 years ago

What's Behind ‘How to Kill Your Darlings’

It all starts with a quote from a leadership boffin: “It is our decisions not our conditions that determine our quality of life.”- John C. Maxwell. He has a point, yet where, as leaders, do we learn tools and techniques for making good decisions both individually and collectively? 

Posted 3 years ago