This week we're talking with Andy Burner - VP Operations (COO America's) at Xero and the NZ Honorary Counsel in Colorado. Andy is a commercial orientated, people focused, global Software as a Service (SaaS) executive with a passion for creating and evolving scaling cultures where teams can do their best work every day. Based in Denver Colorado for the last 4 years and as a dual New Zealand and UK citizen Andy has an international perspective.

We’re all used to the discussion about how streaming services have had a huge impact on broadcast television - but what about the other main broadcast media - that of audio and especially radio? How has radio responded to the increased convergence between technology, broadcasting, and communications and the growth of the internet.  We talk with James Cridland and James Butcher on the topic.

This week we're talking to Luke Campbell who is the CEO & Co-Founder of Vxt, a phone systems & smart voicemail platform. Luke also has an extensive history of leadership and community involvement including founding Amnesty UC and volunteering for multiple community organisations during his studies.

This week we are talking with Paul Conway - Chief Economist at BNZ. Paul has been with the bank for 2 years having come from the Productivity Commission prior to that. Paul is passionate about working to close that gap and to motivate the private sector and non-Government organisations to play their part. He is also a key advocate for the recently launched Digital Boost Alliance.

This week we are talking with Jordan Carter, CEO of InternetNZ - operator of the .nz domain and a charity that helps New Zealanders harness the power of the Internet.

This week on techbytes.nz we are looking into the future of tech with Gerd Leonhard.  Gerd is a Futurist and a Humanist, a leading global Keynote Speaker (on stage as well as virtually), the Author of 5 books including ‘Technology vs. Humanity’ and a Film-Maker. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts in London, and the CEO of The Futures Agency in Zürich / Switzerland. “Embrace technology but don’t become it” is his credo.

Should you still be considering an O.E post-covid? Our third episode of our relaunched techbytes.nz series is maybe one more for our future leaders, but actually anyone who’s keen to hear what life and work has been like for our friends on their O.E. should join us for this one. We’re talking to two of our past members of FLINT leaderships teams, Caity Butcher and Jarrod Brumm.

Tech and leadership talks with TUANZ.  This week we chat with Jason Paris, CEO of Vodafone NZ one year since we talked to him at the beginning of the Covid-19 Alert Level 4 in Aotearoa NZ.

This week we chat with Jolie Hodson, CEO of Spark New Zealand

This week we chat with Charlotte Walshe, CEO of Jade Software Corporation.