The other day my PC lock screen randomly showed me an image of the pyramids of Giza, those burial sites that have turned into some of the biggest income-generators for modern-day Egypt. Seeing that picture made me think of…

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One of my running buddies is a thoughtful chap, a fellow we affectionately nickname BFG. He’s often full of insights during our runs, offering up observations that make one think. Which is great since thinking is an excuse for…

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I was saddened to read last week about the demise of Bay of Plenty-based electric bike manufacturer UBCO. For several years, UBCO had valiantly tried to  commercialize its various models of electric utility vehicle. Over time, I bumped into…

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The other day I had to avail myself of a corporate call centre. Said call centre has recently embarked on multiple rounds of automation which resulted in me being utterly unable to talk to a real human being and…

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A couple of weeks ago I headed off on a boys trip with a bunch of running mates to go and race the Kepler Ultramarathon. I’ll not dwell on the race itself – suffice it to say it was…

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In recent months, I’ve been fortunate to engage with some of the brightest minds in finance—investment bankers, private equity specialists, and others deeply immersed in the world of capital. These conversations have ranged across various opportunities I’m involved in,…

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The other day, I was reviewing some risk registers from various boards. Exctiing, I know. Anyway, a pattern emerged: cybersecurity consistently ranked as one of the top perceived risks organisations. It’s a huge and increasingly urgent issue, yet it…

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As I write this, I’m walking alongside a freeway in Las Vegas, trying to work off a decent-sized helping of Swedish meatballs. I’ve just visited Las Vegas’s IKEA superstore. Why, you might ask, am I in Las Vegas? Why…

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I’m not a petrolhead but I do kind of like the old-school Jaguars. Cars built for a time when unashamed masculinity wasn’t a thoughtcrime. Ahhh those heady days. Anyway, I’ve been thinking about Jaguar lately since it was in…

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New Zealand loves a battler. Two good sporting examples are Peter Blake taking on Dennis Connor or our cricketers taking on a cheat from across the Tasman. We’re less excitable about corporate David versus Goliath stories, but that might…

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