Regular readers will be well aware that I am a runner and specifically an ultramarathon runner. I have competed in a very special event, the Old Ghost Ultra, all four times it has been held and have waxed poetic…

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I’m lucky enough to spend time with entrepreneurs and leaders from a raft of different organizations, and recently I’ve been thinking about which patterns are the ones that indicate potential. Of course, it’s not black and white and every…

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Over on Idealog, New Zealand’s best startup lawyer (in my opinion) Andrew Simmonds from Simmonds Stewart, wrote an opinion piece on the local (local to New Zealand) capital scene and the gaps that exist. It’s a great post and…

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I was talking to a friend the other day who told me about someone who had just signed on as an executive at his business. The business was excited to have this person come in and take things to…

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Time for a grumpy thought from me… Today a friend on Facebook shared the fact that he’d just been ranked highly on a “Top 100 Social Media Influencers” list. Now I’m sure many of you will have seen these…

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As I do less public writing, and more behind the scenes consulting and governance, I’m starting to experiment a little bit with different forms of content creation. Inspired by someone I’ve spent a bunch of time in boardroom discussion…

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