I’ve been extremely lucky to have met some extraordinary people very early in life that afforded me amazing opportunities in my professional career. Looking back — they were more than just people I worked for — they were mentors and role models for how to lead an interesting and fulfilling…

A 2021/2022 highlight for me has been working with friends old and new to create Jungle Express — Mighty Ape’s very own in-house delivery service. The idea for Jungle Express came about during the Delta outbreak and subsequent lockdown in Auckland, when Simon (Mighty Ape’s Chief Gorilla) signalled his desire…

Since reading Less Is More by Jason Hickel I’ve become more and more aware of how too many products sold today are low-quality disposable items designed to be thrown away and discarded when they break, become technologically outdated or even just fall out of fashion. The financial cost may be…

I love this quote from The Lorax. Is there a more powerful force in the workplace than people who have permission to care? A customer service team that cares when they’ve let a customer down, feel that pain and is empowered to solve the problem…

Flat-hunting website nzflatmates that I started back in the early days of the internet has been a labour of love for over 20 years. A lot has changed during that time — not least of all, how we think about gender. When we launched the all-new version of nzflatmates earlier…

Last night Alex and I lost our beautiful little three legged cat Archie — the much loved third member of our family and gone way too soon at only 3 years old.

I immediately fell in love with the Honda E when it was announced as the Honda EV Concept back in 2017. The compact city car pushed all my buttons — retro styling cues from the 80s, yet packed full of the latest gadgets and in-car technology. Oh, and fully electric. …

Over the past few months I’ve made a deliberate effort to spend less time on social media and more time reading books. I’ve picked up a few unread paperbacks from my bookshelf, downloaded a couple of Kindle books and subscribed to Audible on my iPhone. I’ve enjoyed having fresh perspectives…

If you’re a car lover like me then you’ll know there’s something special about your first car — your first true love. For me it was my 1985 AW11 MR2. Mid-engine with a fiery little 1.6 Toyota twin cam behind my ears. A quick shifting 5 speed manual sat below…