Thought leadership

When we talk about leadership for human workplaces, I often describe three lenses leaders need to hold at the same time. Human dignity and care Human systems Leadership growth All three matter. And they are inseparable. Today, I want to linger on leadership growth; the kind that shapes how we show up, particularly when things feel pressured or uncertain. Leadership growth is what enables us to keep leading organisations and humans well over time. Without it, the changing cont

Over the holidays, I properly switched off. I needed to. I did, however, make one small exception — spending some time listening, reading, and thinking about AI and its impact on leadership and human work. This isn’t a new area of interest for me, but over the break one longer-term question kept resurfacing - as AI becomes more capable over time, is there anything that will remain uniquely human in leadership? I am biased toward an answer - yes of course there is. But might I

Head of People and Culture NZ Growth Capital Partners

It impacts us all At the absurdly young age of 27 I made the decision to throw in the towel on corporate life. The year before I had won the Young Chartered Accountant of the year for Auckland/Northland and so had what seemed to be a stellar career in front of me. But I couldn’t stand another morning of getting into the lift at the office and leaving most of me in the lobby to pick up on the way back down. I didn’t get how the leaders didn’t understand that if all of me were

Being messily human is part of human work. Every couple of months, I find a space to take 24 hours or more to be on my own - to be in the...