My conversation with Katherine started with Mountains and Nature, before we talked about her life, career and systems change.  This felt like a very grounded conversation as a result and I know you will enjoy hearing her insights about Wellbeing Economies and what they are.  If you like this then there are 420 other conversations as well - you can find out more at www.theseeds.nz 

Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa site: https://www.weall.org.nz/ 

Katherine's site: https://katherinetrebeck.com/ 

Katherine is a political economist, writer and advocate for economic system change. Her roles include writer-at-large at the University of Edinburgh, Economic Change Lead at The Next Economy, and Strategic Advisor to the Centre for Policy Development. She co-founded the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) and also WEAll Scotland, its Scottish hub.

This panel discussion was at the Community Housing Aotearoa Conference 2024: Growing Together – Sharing Our Knowledge, held in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.

Financing models for new affordable housing supply, a panel facilitated by: Steven Moe with Roy Thompson from New Ground Capital, Jamie Newth from Soul Capital, Luke Strom from Community Finance and Heiko Jonkers from Westpac

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Soul Capital site: http://soul.capital 

Community Finance site: https://communityfinance.co.nz 

New Ground Capital Site: https://www.newground.co.nz 

Westpac site: https://www.westpac.co.nz 

Yesterday afternoon faciliatated a fascinating conversation with some amazing people at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance conference in Pōneke Wellington.  

Joining me were Rachel Brown (Sustainable Business Network), Manu Caddie (Hikurangi Enterprises), Kira Day (B Labs) and Kath Dewar (Good Sense).

We covered a lot of ground - the future of business, role of nature, philanthropy and hybrid structures, director duties and consideration of ESG, advice for a high growth startup acting sustainably, the new Community Housing Funding Agency and a whole lot more.  If you like this content check out the 400+ other conversations on Seeds Podcast at www.theseeds.nz   

Be watching out for my conversation with Katherine Trebeck who I was able to talk to at the event which will release soon.

Some links to things discussed.

Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa site: https://www.weall.org.nz 

Parry Field Lawyers https://www.parryfield.com/charities/social-enterprises-impact-companies/ 

Sustainable Business Network https://sustainable.org.nz 

B Lab site https://bcorporation.com.au/about/ 

Rua Bioscience https://www.ruabio.com 

Good Sense https://goodsense.co.nz 

Advisory Boards and how they can help governance are the topic of this conversation with Louise Broekman.  We hear about founding the Advisory Board Centre and also hear about her background and life journey as well.  Might an advisory board help your organisation, whether a business or charity?

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Links and information from Louise:

Advisor Concierge Free Support Service:  https://www.advisoryboardcentre.com/advisory-board-support/  State of the Market Global Research Report:  https://www.advisoryboardcentre.com/our-research/state-of-the-market/  ABF101: Advisory Board Best Practice Framework:  https://www.advisoryboardcentre.com/our-research/abf101-best-practice-framework/  Louise Broekman Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-broekman/ 

James bring such a positive energy to every conversation so I enjoyed sitting down to talk with him.  We've known each other a while now so I liked hearing about his childhood and what has shaped him and we have a great chat about alcohol as well.  If you enjoy this then why not check out some of the other life stories as well as there are more than 400 of those.  

Lead on Purpose podcast: https://www.jjlaughlin.com/podcast 

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Alcohol - we do not talk about it much but perhaps we need to.  This is an excerpt of my much longer conversation with James Laughlin which will be released soon.  Make sure you listen in to that when it comes out.  More content is at www.theseeds.nz 

James has a podcast too over here, check it out High Performance Leadership Training: Life & Executive Coach

Listen to Sarah Rusbatch who spoke with James - she is the author of the best selling book “Beyond Booze, How to create a life you love Alcohol Free’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DWOieHOnv8 

The conversation he had that we mention with Ruari Fairbairns Leadership & Alcohol with Ruari Fairbairns

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I recently did a LinkedIn post with some career advice and it had so many comments that were just gold I thought it would be nice to summarise all 40 of them here and make it into an episode so the wisdom was captured.

If this helps why not post a link to it and tag me in?  I will like and comment if you do!

You can find the full list of advice in written form over here:  Best Career Advice you've ever got: Reflections from 40 people - Seeds

As well as Seeds podcast www.theseeds.nz I work as a lawyer helping purpose driven organisations and so try to put out helpful content that may educate and this episode is one of those – all about Incorporated Societies and what is changing for them.  This was hosted by Volunteering New Zealand and Hui E! Community Aotearoa and I spoke at this webinar that about 300 signed up for, alongside the following amazing contributors with different perspectives:   - Katie Bruce of Hui E! Community Aotearoa  - Michelle Kitney of Volunteering New Zealand | Tūao Aotearoa,  - Alex Stainer and Michelle Lombaard from the External Reporting Board  - Jay Casey from Inland Revenue NZ 

Content for incorporated societies mentioned is over here: https://www.parryfield.com/home/blogs/resources-for-the-incorporated-societies-act-2022/ 

Thanks Michelle and Katie for hosting!

Description of the session: “Big changes have come into effect for Incorporated Societies and mean you have to take action by April 2026 to continue operating as an Incorporated Society. You will need to re-register by April 2026 and comply with new financial reporting requirements.

There is a lot of information out there, and many of you will already have begun the re-registration process. We also know that it can be tricky to know what you need to do and when, and if this even applies to you. Hui E! and Volunteering New Zealand are bringing those in the know to you at this webinar to answer your questions. Katie and Michelle will be joined by Steven Moe (partner at Parry Field lawyers and 20 years experience in this area), XRB (the Crown Entity that set the financial reporting standards) and IRD. Come along if you are in a leadership or governance role in an Incorporated Society, or if you just want to find out more."

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Hannah has been involved with many initiatives ranging from the Student Volunteer Army during the Christchurch Earthquakes, Entre and startups Indigo & Iris, Little Yellow Bird and now Banqer.  

Hannah is someone who has had a proactive approach to look out for opportunities.

We talk about all of those but also take in her childhood and early years, getting involved in many different activities as well as her journey to discover more of her whakapapa and learning of te reo Māori.  

Links to other episodes and companies mentioned:

Student Volunteer Army: https://www.sva.org.nz  

Indigo & Iris: https://indigoandiris.com  

Little Yellow Bird: https://www.littleyellowbird.com  

Banqer: https://banqer.co/nz  

Entre: https://www.entre.co.nz/  

The episode with Kaila Colbin mentioned during conversation: https://theseeds.nz/podcast/kaila-colbin-on-values-leadership-and-founding-boma-nz/  

The episode with Samantha Jones on Little Yellow Bird https://theseeds.nz/podcast/samantha-jones-on-sustainable-fashion-and-founding-social-enterprise-little-yellow-bird/  

On Braided Rivers https://theseeds.nz/articles/braided-river-reflection/ 

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This is a short excerpt of the longer conversation I had with Hannah Duder where we talked about her te reo Māori journey and discovering more about her whakapapa.  For generations in Aotearoa New Zealand people were told not to speak and to bury their culture - we discuss that and what it is to explore finding this part of yourself.  

Be watching for the full episode coming out soon.  

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