Category Archives: Business

Thanks Eco Friend

Being very busy with my full time ‘day job’, I haven’t been out and about in the social enterprise / purposeful business space for a while (apart from with CSC Buying Group of course).   When you’re head down, it’s easy to forget about the truly awesome stuff happening out there.  This is why it’sContinue reading “Thanks Eco Friend”

Collaboration is not tech…

Collaboration is a term that is bandied about a lot these days but its meaning has been clouded, quite literally. A base description of collaboration (thanks to the good folk at Wikipedia) is: Collaboration is the process of two or more people or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal. CollaborationContinue reading “Collaboration is not tech…”

Economic Development

If you’re on LinkedIn and connected with anyone from the Waikato, chances are you would have seen at least one post around the Waikato Regional Economic Development Agency – now called Te Waka and the summit held last week. Far from the collection of “Hamiltoncentric” corporates I feared would make up the majority of invitees,Continue reading “Economic Development”

Leadership is an interesting concept.

So much is being written these days about what a true leader is and isn’t. How they operate and how they interact with their teams and colleagues. The focus is now on human leadership, moving people from the system constructed management of days gone by. A large part of my LinkedIn feed is articles andContinue reading “Leadership is an interesting concept.”

Are you a Waikato business?

OK you operate a business, one that earns a profit to support a range of people that depend upon it for their livelihood, but the reality is that this doesn’t stop you having a normal interest in helping support your community. You may donate to a local school or sports club. You allow the GuidesContinue reading “Are you a Waikato business?”

Let’s not invent another silo

I’m loving my journey into the new world of social enterprise. It’s fresh and exciting, people are both innovative and real, it’s awesome. I just have a little itch in the back of my mind. A little feeling that there still looms a danger that Social Enterprise will become ‘a thing’, something different and separateContinue reading “Let’s not invent another silo”

Are we doing this wrong?

More and more we’re asking ourselves, how can we support the new generation of social entrepreneur.   The Gen Y’s (and an increasing number of Gen Z’s) are setting up businesses with a goal of making the world a better place. Environmental, community, health, whatever drives their passion also inspires them to be creative aroundContinue reading “Are we doing this wrong?”

It’s never just about the money

If you believe the movies, business is a world of corporate cut throats, prowling Wall Street looking for victims to fleece. We all know that our local businesses are nothing like that (in fact I doubt there are many in New Zealand like that), however we all still need to pause at times and rememberContinue reading “It’s never just about the money”