Writings and Conversations
Ideas often develop through conversation — across disciplines, communities, organisations and places.
Here I gather selected writing, interviews, podcasts and conversations that explore the questions running through my work: Indigenous leadership, wayfinding, relationality, systems change, catalytic action, stewardship and how we might live and lead differently in a changing world.
These pieces include writing and conversations with the International Leadership Association and other communities and organisations around the world.
Māori wellbeing economies are grounded in relationships among people, whenua, ancestors and descendants, with whānau rather than the individual at the centre.
This article explores one of the key themes of the Beyonds Challenge Initiative – regeneration.
It traces the shift from sustaining to restoring, renewing, reimagining, and healing.
Drawing on a Māori worldview, this article shows how regeneration as intergenerational healing can help us build a more resilient and sustainable future, drawing on Māori notions of rāhui (pausing to allow time for restoration) and mauri (the vitality and life force that binds us with nature).
Catalysts need to be able to effect change. A catalyst works to pull down and dissolve systems that perpetuate inequity and injustice.
Calling a purpose, as distinct from striving to reach a purpose, is a compelling approach to bringing promise into reality.
The busy nature of modern life, combined with an almost constant bombardment of information, has left many people in the 21st century with a consciousness that is extremely noisy and prone to distraction. People rush around as if they are in a storm, panicking and reacting to events and to each other.
I explore leaders' listening repertoires and the power & potential of listening to our past-future self in a way that can change the world.
What are the personal, organisational, and community contexts that are shaping you and driving your transformation?
The energy an organisation exudes has been described as “the smell of a place” and shaping this smell is a critical responsibility of leaders.
There is a great deal of talk these days about leading 'authentically'. In other words, speaking and acting in a way that is in harmony with a leader's true self. An entire industry of publications, seminars and workshops has grown up around the notion.