Hamilton - Waikato
A better world through great business My passion is to support organisations to use their business processes to make the world a better place. I operate in The Zone - where business and purpose collide
21 articles
Someone commented on LinkedIn that purpose at work is just a con – a way that profit hunger managers and owners can get their staff more engaged, simply so they can earn even more profit. Owning a bus...
While only a brief mention here on our television news, the football team San Diego Loyal’s move to walk off the pitch midway through a game following a alleged homophobic slur against one of their pl...
I haven’t blogged about disability for some time. That doesn’t mean I’ve reached a point of being satisfied, quite the opposite. I can’t change anything that happens in the sector so I’ve been trying...
We all know the theoretical strategies for when mistakes happen and for most, they’re easy to implement for the little things. The latest raft of issues about our covid-19 response in New Zealand howe...
Since I was a young fellow, a quote from GK Chesterton has always stuck with me. “One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.” This analogy can be applied to so many differ...
“The plan only lasts until the first contact with the enemy” is a common statement, obviously originating within the military. Boxing has a similar one where the plan goes out of the window following...
Like many of you, I have been reading a lot of people's thoughts and 'advice' about the world post lock-down/pandemic. Often they are taking this opportunity to express their hope and belief that the...
Those that know me, or have even met me briefly, will be aware that self-promotion is simply ‘not my thing’. It really is one of my many weaknesses. That being the case, you will appreciate how import...
Two years ago I posted my definition of authenticity . Back then, I described it as "being true to one's own personality, spirit, values and character" Authentic is still very much one of the current...
I found myself musing business ‘purpose’ this morning. Being awake at 3:oo am leads to some interesting (or is that confusing) thinking. To borrow and ‘repurpose’ a phrase “you don’t choose a passion,...
Collaboration is a term that is bandied about a lot these days but its meaning has been clouded, quite literally. A base description of collaboration (thanks to the good folk at Wikipedia) is : Collab...
So much is being written these days about what a true leader is and isn’t. How they operate and how they interact with their teams and colleagues. The focus is now on human leadership, moving people f...
I'm loving my journey into the new world of social enterprise. It's fresh and exciting, people are both innovative and real, it's awesome. I just have a little itch in the back of my mind. A little fe...
More and more we're asking ourselves, how can we support the new generation of social entrepreneur. The Gen Y's (and an increasing number of Gen Z's) are setting up businesses with a goal of making th...
If you believe the movies, business is a world of corporate cut throats, prowling Wall Street looking for victims to fleece. We all know that our local businesses are nothing like that (in fact I doub...
There was a time when doing good was left to those who ran charities, but in recent years we see a growing number of businesses taking on social and environmental issues as a core part of who they are...
This is an article I wrote for the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce (New Zealand). I want to share it because the core theme applies to so many communities. Businesses can, and must, be a key part of thr...
How we can grow and develop our social sector. A Paper from The Optimistic Cynic End Fragmentation We need genuine collaboration towards shared goals. Organisational interests need to take a back seat...
I have just read an interesting article on Huffington Post about the experiences of an American of Asian descent. People keep asking him where he is ‘really from’, even though he was born in Detroit....
I have just read an interesting article on Huffington Post about the experiences of an American of Asian descent. People keep asking him where he is ‘really from’, even though he was born in Detroit....
I feel that the current debate in New Zealand around the changes in special education highlights a problem we seem to have when it comes to difficult conversations. Our default position is that the pi...
