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Beyond Consultation
Kia ora (hello) and welcome to the Beyond Consultation Podcast. This is the podcast to help you do more than just tick the box of consultation. You'll hear stories of people working together on challenges that no one person or organisation can address on its own. You'll hear about the mindsets, t...
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Ep 72 - Redesigning the future (and yourself), with Jade Tang-Taylor
First up, a big announcement
Today's episode is significant as it marks the last interview the Beyond Consultation Podcast will be releasing for...

Ep 71 - A human, learning systems approach to The Construction Accord, with Judy Zhang
Introducing Judy Zhang
How can we put relationships, learning and a systems-view at the centre of our work?
This question is what guides...

Ep 70 - Weaving Equity Into Philanthropy, with Natalia Sexton
Introducing Natalia Sexton
How can a philanthropic funder use its power, influence and resources to enable systems change?
...

Ep 69 - Trust Us, We Know Best - We're The Community! with Tracey Shepherd
Introducing Tracey Shepherd
August's episode is another gem brought to you through my Inspiring Communities connection (big shout...

Ep 68 - Making the Move: Shifting How the Public Sector Works with Communities, with Vanessa Sidney-Richmond and Sarah Morris
Introducing Vanessa Sidney-Richmond and Sarah Morris
Today's episode was sparked by the recent release of a report called Make the Move: Shifti...

Ep 66 - Grow your Cultural Quotient with Pasifika Governance Expert Mele Wendt
Introducing Mele Wendt
Most of us have heard about IQ (your intellectual quotient), and some of us have heard about EQ (your emotional quotient...

Ep 65 - The Science of Listening with Dr. Emily Beausoleil
Introducing Dr Emily Beausoleil
In today’s episode, Dr Emily Beausoleil asks a fundamental question:
How do we make it easier for people...

Ep 64 - How to Treat Your Brown Staff (And How Not To), with Ivan Tava
Introducing Ivan Tava
“It’s about the process, not just the outcome. It's the journey, not just the goal.”
Ivan Tava grew up in the Sou...

Ep 63 - Community-level engagement practice with Kelsey Taimaiporea
Introducing Kelsey Taimaiporea
Three Waters. We've all heard about it, most of us have seen a "stop Three Waters" billboard somewhere in Aotearo...

"Local government is basically 78 governments" - Throwback to Ep 7 with Mike Reid
Introducing Mike Reid
Today is our fourth of our series of Throwback episodes, and this one takes us way back to Ep 7!
The perfect...

Ep 61 - Navigating Change through Hautū Waka, with Ayla Hoeta
Introducing Ayla Hoeta
Ayla Hoeta is a kaiāwhina - a Lecturer - with Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland. She’s...

"Digital engagement is not a silver bullet" Throwback to Ep 10 with Matthew Crozier
Introducing Matthew Crozier
Today's episode is our third in our series of Throwbacks - this time we relive our conversation with Matthew Crozie...

Ep 59 - Trauma informed change with Louise Marra
The hidden influence of collective trauma
Permacrisis has been named the 'word of the year for 2022' by Collins Dictionary.
Are your surpr...

"Every organisation should be lobbying" Throwback to Ep 17 with Holly Bennett
Introducing Holly Bennett
Today we cast our thoughts back to Ep 17 with Holly Bennett, all about the unexpected path into political lobbying.

Ep 57 - Every One, Every Day - A Participatory City in Action with Aimee Gasparetto and Tammy Mudge
Introducing Aimee Gasparetto and Tammy Mudge
The future work-scape is collaborative, sustainable, humanitarian, and local. Are you ready to part...

"If I don't like you, there's no way I'm sitting around the table." Throwback to Ep 19 with Israel Hawkins
Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Tuwharetoa
Welcome to our very first 'Throwback' episode! We've looked back at our stats to find...

Ep 55 - How can you enable a participatory city? With Tessy Britton
Climate change, political upheaval, inequality, global pandemics, the list goes on... How do we come together as people, as humanity, to find ways thr...

Ep 54 - Legacies, lasting relationships and beards with Jon Tamihere-Kemeys
Introducing Jon Tamihere-Kemeys
In today's Bonus Episode 54, we continue our discussion with Jon Tamihere-Kemeys on all things transformation fr...

Ep 53 - The Future of Crown-Māori Relations is In All Our Hands, with Lil Anderson
If you spend any time researching those that are playing a role between Māori and the Crown, then you’ll soon come across an organisation called Te Ar...

Ep 52 - An Origin Story - Inclusive Aotearoa, with Anjum Rahman
How can we create a country where everybody feels like they belong?
It's a powerful question and not one that can be answered in a simple senten...

Ep 51 - Don't Start With Why, with Jon Tamihere-Kemeys
Do you have faith that your organisational strategies are going to succeed?
How often do you hear words like “transformation” and roll your eyes...

Ep 50 - Reflection and Summary Episode
We are celebrating the 50th episode of the Beyond Consultation podcast by looking back at our most popular episodes, some hidden gems, and what we’ve...

EP 49 - What If 'No' Means 'Not Yet'? - The Talk It Up Unconference Wrap-Up
Welcome to this special episode of Beyond Consultation - the wrap-up of the Talk It Up Unconference 2022!
This episode is not one of our usual i...

BONUS EP - Why Democracy? What Democracy? With Simon Wright
I don’t remember much from my history class as a 10-year old, and my year seven class put me off history for a long time.
It's only recently, as...

Ep 48 - The Office of Good Ideas, with Mayor Rachel Reese
Mayor of Nelson Rachel Reese is a bit of an enigma.
She's been labelled a National Party candidate, which she's never been.
Recently a Nel...

Ep 47 - Using Your Power For Good, with Tracey Bridges
Have you ever had this great idea that you were excited to share with your manager, CEO or team leader… and they just don’t get it? They're not onboar...

Ep 46 - Understanding Impact Is Not Just About Data, with Maria English
Impact is an intriguing word, isn’t it?
And you may face lots of challenges with trying to figure out your organisation’s impact.
For smal...

Ep 45 - How to talk about systems change, with Jordan Green and Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw
1. They're vague. They don't tell people what you're doing or why. They're a shortcut for us as practitioners, yes. But for everybody else who doesn't...

Ep 44 - Using Play and Creativity to Change the Conversation, with Alex Bonham
Should we be separating work and play when connecting with our communities?
Our guest today, Alex Bonham, challenges the idea that local govern...

Ep 43 - How to grow your systems change capability, with Liz Skelton
What's your default reaction to conflict?
I've been having lots of conversations this year with people who are trying to shift how their organiz...

Ep 42 - The Public Service Commissioners (or, A Pub With No Beer), with Craig Churchill
Craig's journey into public sector leadership was not typical. He didn't come up through the community sector or the public sector. In fact, he was a...

Ep 41 - Mass digital participation, with Simon Wright
When we make it easy for our communities to talk to us through quick surveys and online forms, are we losing the opportunity for important and hard co...

Ep 40 - The Southern Initiative and The Power of Community-Led, with Gael Surgenor
How do we continue to take an experimental approach while working on opportunities that are looking 30 years into the future?
What if you find y...

Ep 39 - The Waikato Wellbeing Project with Harvey Brookes
Harvey is the lead agitator and coordinator working behind the scenes on the Waikato Wellbeing Project - a collective effort to improve wellbeing in o...

Ep 38 - Stop! Plan. Engage. with Amy Hubbard
How do you convince somebody from finance, legal or engineering that they need to involve the community at the start of that big new project?
Am...

Ep 37 - How To Harness The Science of Human Instincts, with Andrew O'Keeffe
It was only 250 years ago that most humans changed their habitat from hunting and working together in villages, to working in offices and factories. B...

Ep 36 - What If You Built A Movement? with Liz Weaver
In late 2019, we spoke to a dozen local leaders about the various collaborative groups they were involved in. They all agreed that the groups were ope...

Ep 35 - Building an Engaging Organisation, with Michelle Feenan
What does it take to build an engaging organisation? An organisation that is driven by the needs of the people you serve. Where everybody is working i...

Ep 34 - Facilitating Breakthrough, with Adam Kahane
Our guest today has written five books on facilitation and has worked in environments where the stakes were very high - like post-apartheid South Afr...

Ep 33 - Do We Need Deep Democracy? with Max Rashbrooke
Here in Aotearoa New Zealand we’d like to think that we live in a classless society. That anyone can “make it” and that opportunities are equal.
...