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Welcome to the audio version of the White Paper that you can download here: "The Decentralised Revolution: Understanding the potential of Blockchain, DeFi, Crypto, DAOs, NFTs and the Metaverse to drive innovation, creativity and new paradigms".

You can download the paper here: https://theseeds.nz/the-decentralised-revolution-white-paper/

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Sparked by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand issues papers about the future of money it uses that as a launching point to take a higher level perspective of what the future might look like.

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This is a short story I wrote to encourage us when we lose sight of the value of what we are doing.

The printed version is at The Empty Square here: https://www.theemptysquare.org/stories/the-apple-tree

Thank you Julie Holck and Simon Glinvad Nielsen for publishing this and other writing. Check out their site for a lot of great content.

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Oonagh Browne is an expert in Chocolate and Cacao. In this conversation we hear about her childhood in Ireland, her moving to different parts of the world, her feeling on arriving in New Zealand, first experiences with making chocolate and why she started The Cacao Ambassador. We find out a lot about chocolate and cacao as well! Find out more about her work here https://www.thecacaoambassador.com/

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Oonagh is an expert on Chocolate and Cacao. In this conversation we hear about this topic as a preview of the full episode which will come out next.

Find out more about her work here https://www.thecacaoambassador.com/

Kirsty Allott is an expert in human resources, personality and job satisfaction. In this interview we talk about all of that and more but start with her background and love of dance. We then talk about psychology and her own career transition which was sparked by a manager asking if she was happy. Since then she has worked in human resources and helping people with their careers and navigating change at Vargo + Lewis. The resources they are making available called the Crafted Career Programmes that we discuss are on their website here.

Vargo + Lewis: Vargo+Lewis - Empowering Performance Together

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Kirsty Allott is an expert in human resources, personality and job satisfaction. In this extract of the full interview we talk about the questions we each should be asking about our Jobs. For resources mentioned they are at Vargo + Lewis: Vargo+Lewis - Empowering Performance Together

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Audio book version of the newly released "Laying Foundations for Reimagining Business: Essays". For more information on print copies, downloadable PDF and comments about the book visit: Laying Foundations for Reimagining Business: Essays – seeds (theseeds.nz)

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Check out this free resource – a book of essays about the future of business: https://theseeds.nz/laying-foundations-for-reimagining-business-essays/

Index of the audio for each essay:

2:30: Essay 1: The bottom line is not enough, companies should be required to have a purpose

7:47: Essay 2: Impact Investing presents opportunity to back a better future beyond just financial gain

12:09: Essay 3: Proposed changes to the Companies Act mark the beginning of positive change

17:15: Essay 4: Purpose-driven structures for Impact Entrepreneurs: Considering Kaitiakitanga and Steward Ownership

28:27: Essay 5: What social enterprises in Aotearoa can learn from Māoritanga

32:57: Essay 6: A case for bringing creatives to the governance table

37:54: Essay 7: The hard questions we need to be asking

48:09: Essay 8: Structuring for Impact

54:08: Excerpt from "Reimagining Business"

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This is a short bonus episode with the audio of an article I co-wrote with Louisa Taylor - it arose after she gave a talk that I attended about lawyers hindering innovation so it was fun to collaborate on this with her and prove that collaboration can result in good things!

The stuff article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/prosper/advice/300335515/how-agile-contracts-can-promote-project-innovation

Alina is an impact storyteller who has just released a book about the power of story. She first appeared on seeds for episode 143. In this shorter follow episode 279 we catch up with her to find out about the book she has released called A Future Untold: The power of story to transform the world and ourselves. Check it out at the links below.

Website: www.alinasiegfried.com

Earlier interview for ep 143: https://seeds.libsyn.com/alina-siegfred-on-poetry-and-impact-storytelling

Here are some options for places to buy "A Future Untold":

• Get the paperback on Amazon​
• Get the paperback on Barnes & Noble​
• Get the e-book on Kindle
• Get the e-book on Kobo​
• Get the e-book on Apple Books​
• Get the e-book on Google Play​
• ​Other e-book platforms​

John joins the latest impact sector call to share about The Cause Report which he is a co-author of for JB Were. In the report there is an analysis of the For Purpose sector with data on charities analysed to look for trends and insights. The sector John is the Head of Philanthropy for JB Were and tells us about what this is and key conclusions that result. The impact sector calls are held every two months and is a chance to bring together people to listen in on new innovations and connect with each other as well. If you'd like to join the more than 500+ who receive notifications about the calls then drop me a line at [email protected]

The Cause Report: https://www.jbwere.co.nz/latest-insights/philanthropy/jbwere-nz-cause-report-2021/

John is the Head of Philanthropy for JBWere New Zealand and joined JBWere in January 2020 from a boutique strategy advisory business he co-founded in 2009.

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