Like many of my generation, I spent countless hours listening to the enchanting wailing of Alanis Morisette. Anthemic singer/songwriter star from the late ’80s and ’90s, Morisette wrote such classics as You Know and Head Over Feet. Most impactful,…

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A few years ago I was on a business trip to Ireland and, as is my regular habit, I got up very early one morning to go for a run. As I jogged out of Dublin’s built-up area, I…

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A few years ago I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to travel to Nepal with my family. Most of the time we spent trekking to and over various passes and peaks, had the obligatory visit to Everest…

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My eldest son and his flatmates like nothing more than to spend a Friday evening dumpster diving. Now, these lads are all from good homes and have the good fortune of not having to dumpster dive out of any…

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One of my favourite TV shows is HBO’s Silicon Valley, a parody (and an exceptionally accurate one) of the madness that is Silicon Valley and the technology industry generally. In one of the later episodes of the show, Jin…

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When I need some time to think about a tough business situation (or non-business situation, for that matter), I walk around the corner to C4 Coffee and ruminate over a short black with cream. I’m not sure if it’s…

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I’m a big fan of the Maori proverb He aha te mea nui o te ao? He Tangata, He Tangata, He Tangata. The translation of which, for those reading from overseas is “What is the most important thing in…

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I’ve watched a few movies in my time and I always identify with the admittedly slightly cliched scene where an old dude is sitting on a park bench, staring into the distance and contemplating his life and the changes…

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I grew up in the 70s here in New Zealand. What that means is that my formative years were spent in the midst of Muldoon-era regulation when how much people could be paid, what they would spend their hard-earned…

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I’m a huge George Orwell fan. Despite the fact that he wrote his most famous novel, 1984, long before the era of Facebook and big-data, and despite these dystopian developments coming about 30 years later than he predicted, Orwell’s…

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