Conversations we are curious about. Thinkers we want to hear from. An open invitation to join us.
Fireside Conversations
Fireside Conversations is our hosted conversation series. We invite people whose thinking we find genuinely interesting, researchers, practitioners, leaders, and experts at the edge of their fields, and we sit down with them on the record. Usually on Zoom, occasionally in person, sometimes free, sometimes paid. Always worth your time.
We started these because we kept having fascinating conversations in private and realised more people should be in the room.
So we opened the door. If you are curious about leadership, health, AI, identity, change, or any of the things that sit at the intersection of how we work and who we are, you are in the right place.
Format
Intent
Participation
Zoom-based dialogues and intimate in-person gatherings in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown.
To provide an opportunity to have conversation with depth, navigating complexity through human connection.
Hosted series and individual sessions open to curious thinkers.
Upcoming conversations
Dates and guests will be listed here as they are confirmed. Subscribe to the newsletter to hear when the next one is announced.
22 JUNE 2026
ZOOM 12.00pm
The AI conversation you haven't had yet
Let's have the conversation. The fear of selling out, the hidden experimentation, the worry about what it means for people's jobs. A chance to name those things openly, in good company. No slides, no sales. Read more here.
Coming up
ZOOM
Complexity & Connection
A conversation about finding the balance between strategy and empathy in high-pressure environments. We explore who you are when complexity is at its highest.
Coming up
WELLINGTON
Leading Through Paradox
An in-person gathering for senior leaders. We explore the conflicting demands of modern governance and agency leadership in a collaborative, quiet space.
Past conversations
Three conversations recorded so far, with more to come.
Penny Cooper
Menopause, how to understand what is happening to you and start to do something about it.
Penny Cooper on perimenopause and menopause in leadership contexts and how to build your own personal plan.
Adam Cooper
Natural Systems, Nervous Systems, and Navigating Change
Conversation on leadership, identity, and the deeper questions. Listen to Digby interviewing Adam on his podcast.
Nicholas Janni
Activating whole self intelligence
Recording of our hosted conversation with Nicholas Janni, the author of Leader as Healer. Author of Leader as Healer: A New Paradigm for 21st-Century Leadership It won the Business Book of the Year Award 2023 at the UK Business Books Awards. Barnes & Noble