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We first met in 2014 when I was at Air New Zealand and we brought Chris over to New Zealand to talk at a social media breakfast and events with the leadership and Exec team. At the time Chris was talking about existence as a platform and Big Mother. Chris explained these ideas and throughout our talk we discuss  where he thinks we are in the digital  evolution.  We also talked about life changes since COVID-19 arrived,  Spiritual Technology, Mental health, wellness and a holistic life. Chris shared his personal mantra to help being centred and grounded - "No place to go. No one to be.  Nothing to do."  You can reach Chris here https://www.chrisdancy.com​  Featured on Showtime’s Dark Net, the cover of Businessweek, interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, NPR, the BBC, Fox News and Wired.  Purveyor of TED talks. Subject of TED talks. Chris Dancy is touted as “the Most Connected Man on Earth,” and the world is watching those connections carefully. For 25 years, Dancy has served in leadership within the technology and healthcare industries, specializing in the intersection of the two. Chris entered the public dialog concerning digital health as the media started to focus on wearable technology. He earned his moniker by utilizing up to 700 sensors, devices, applications, and services to track, analyze, and optimize his life--from his calorie intake to his spiritual well-being. This quantification enables him to see the connections of otherwise invisible data, resulting in dramatic upgrades to his health, productivity, and quality of life.

I talk with Jo Seto Owner of Flying Horse Takapuna. The Flying Horse is a community favourite restaurant that has been dishing up for Takapuna since 1977. Jo's story started when her parents migrated to NZ in the 80"s. In 2006, her family took over Flying Horse Takapuna and a new a new chapter began. Now her parents have finally decided to step back to enjoy the fruits of their labour, with Jo and her husband stepping into the leading role to continue their legacy and the spirit of Flying Horse Takapuna.

Jo talks with Kiran Jeffery started her career with The Walt Disney Company in 1999 and has held a wide range of roles in the Brand Marketing(Corporate & Film), Digital Content and Franchise Management departments. In 2014 Kiran joined Walt Disney Imagineering and now as VP for Content & Partnership Planning, she works across Disney’s biggest properties: Star Wars, Marvel, Frozen, all of the Princesses, and original stories told in their theme parks, as well as all major film releases. Walt Disney Imagineering www.waltdisneyimagineering.com/ ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http:/www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Ahead of International Women's day I had a fabulous conversation with the phenomenal Dame Trelise Cooper to talk fashion, life, creativity and wisdom.   Establishing her business in 1985, Dame Trelise Cooper, the unconventional force behind New Zealand’s most successful fashion empire, has built her brand through trusting her own instincts as well as a natural sense of beauty and design by which the world has become intrigued.  The brand’s four labels – Trelise Cooper, Cooper, Curate and Coop by Trelise and whimsical childrenswear label Trelise Cooper Kids – are adored across the world, with a high profile clientele including Liv Tyler, Miley Cyrus, Suri Cruise, Catherine Zeta Jones, Julia Roberts and Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks.   ☆ Trelise Cooper https://www.trelisecooperonline.com ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com

I had a very interesting conversation with the phenomenal Lisa Tamati - Mental Toughness Coach and Human Potential Expert. For the past 25 years Lisa has competed in the world's toughest endurance events clocking up over 70,000km, racing everywhere from the Sahara, to the Gobi, to Death Valley to the Himalayas, Australia and Europe.   She has pushed her mind and body to the limits, and has both succeeded and failed and learnt many lessons along the way She has also had to overcome many obstacles in her personal life from losing two babies to bringing back her mum after an aneurysm left her with major brain damage, to getting through divorce, financial ruin to rebuilding her life.  http://www.lisatamati.com  ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Kate Maree O'Brien who lives and breathes personal leadership.  She’s the founder of SHE - Australasia’s largest women’s leadership and empowerment event – and over the last 15 years, has personally smashed through major glass ceilings – again and again and again, demonstrating all that she stands for in being able to rewrite our own futures.  Kate was once addicted to drugs, anorexic and suffered from social anxiety. Nowadays she’s a highly regarded leadership coach, sought after speaker, and is well known for her down-to-earth teachings and bullshit free approach to creating breakthrough results. https://katemareeobrien.com/  ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers:  http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with the Hon Nikki Kaye who was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Auckland Central electorate in 2008, winning the seat for the National Party for the first time in New Zealand’s history. In 2011 and 2014 she was re-elected winning the seat against then Labour list MP Jacinda Ardern. http://www.nikkikaye.co.nz ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Red. Red is an Adventurer & a Girl Grylls, paddling the entire coastline of New Zealand in a kayak. This was not a race but her solo journey that became a 432 day odyssey starting at 8:00am, Tuesday 27th October, 2015 from Takapuna Beach, Auckland and ending 11:30am, Saturday 31st December, 2016 at Takapuna Beach, Auckland. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Linda Tyler who is the convenor of the Museums and Cultural Heritage Programme in the School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts at the University of Auckland. She was the inaugural head of the Centre for New Zealand Art Research and Discovery, which was established in 2005 to administer the University's Art Collection, the online and onsite exhibition space Window, and the Gus Fisher Gallery, the university's art gallery in Shortland Street. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Jill Smith who is an Associate Professor in the School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education. Her specialism is Visual Arts education in the secondary school sector and with postgraduate students. Jill's research, teaching and art practice focus upon the relationships between art, culture, policy, and curriculum. In 2011, Jill was awarded the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Art Educators (ANZAAE) inaugural Award for ‘Sustained leadership, outstanding service, and contributions to research in art education’ and in 2012 received the Faculty of Education Teaching Excellence Award for 'Sustained Excellence in Teaching'.

Have you heard of Miss Tubs? A newish Kiwiana ice-cream start up created by six students, five from Westlake Girls High and one from Westlake Boys, originally started as part of the Young Enterprise organisation programme. Miss Tubs key team are CEO is Caitlin Goodin, Marketing Managers - Charlotte Houten and Victoria Roebuck, Communications Manager is Eda Ye, Production – Lilly Cripps, Finance - Harry Bell. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo Brothers talks with Heather McRae Principal – Diocesan School for Girls. Dio is an all-girls independent school for Pre-School to Year 13 offering both day and boarding located in Epsom, Auckland. Educating Girls at the speed of Life. Prior to that Heather was Principal at Pakuranga College, a co-educational school with 2100 students. Before that, she was Principal and Director of Curriculum at the Western Academy of Beijing – a co-educational International Baccalaureate school of 1600 students from Kindergarten through to Year 12. Widely respected as one of New Zealand’s leading Principals, Heather is currently President of the Executive of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools (AHIS) and is Chairperson of the Executive Board of the Independent Schools of New Zealand (ISNZ). ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo Brothers talks with Renee Graham the Chief Executive of the Ministry for Women in New Zealand. Renee was previously Policy Director at the Ministry of Education. Renee has a strong background in leading complex strategic policy development in both the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social Development. ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Hung Huang a multi-media mogul holding the titles of publisher, author, blogger, podcast and TV presenter. Huang is known as the Oprah of China and is considered to have the same influence over fashion in China as Anna Wintour. Huang has a New Zealand connection partnering with Tourism New Zealand to promote destination New Zealand to the Chinese travel market and has visited New Zealand several times. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Gillian Eadie, Managing Director of Memory Foundation. Gillian's focus is encouraging brain fitness at all ages. She is currently with The University of Auckland and chaired their Human Participant Ethics Committee for two and a half years. Prior to that Gillian was an independent school principal (St Oran's College, Corran School, Samuel Marsden Collegiate Schools) who took delight in promoting thinking skills and using IT to promote learning. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Debbie Summers Executive Director IDNZ. With 20 years of cruise experience, Debbie works closely with the vast majority of the world’s cruise companies. She has a wealth of critically important industry connections at the very highest levels. Debbie is Executive Director of IDNZ (largest NZ Cruise Ground Handler) heading the Cruise Division, Chairman of the New Zealand Cruise Association and is also Vice Chair of The World’s Leading Ground Operators. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Jenene Crossan CEO & Founder of Flossie and NZ Girl, Director & Trustee of Simplicity KiwiSaver. Jenene Crossan (Winner of the 2016 Most Inspiring Individual at NZ Innovation Awards) is a digital entrepreneur, specialising in predicting, understanding and developing technologies to underpin the evolving consumer behaviour. Jenene courageously speaks about her recent blog post Sucksess - “How raising $5.5m, over 12 rounds of funding & five years nearly killed me” bit.ly/2JErKZX www.flossie.com/ Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Tui, Priscilla and Sulu from Mahuki - Innovation Lab of Te Papa. What's your story? For the planet. For the community. For culture. Turn your story into a business reality. Applications for Mahuki 2018 open 28 May 2018 and close 4 July 2018. Apply at www.mahuki.org Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Kim Mckay founder of Wicken. http://www.wicken.co.nz Kim's jewellery collection holds true meaning with each piece acting like a talisman there to help you find balance, strength and to reconnect with who you are, empowering your inner Goddess. Every day, Kim feels blessed to be alive. After a truly beautiful and inspiring trip to London and Paris in 2015, she suffered a life threatening medical event on the flight back home to NZ. Surviving this brought Kim a renewed perspective on life, and an openness to everything it brings. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

We are living in transformational times and while every one is busy talking about Business and Digital transformation, I believe the biggest transformation is us, as people, women and men, acknowledging that the world needs a more holistic, balanced approach for life, how we live, heal, work, create, invent and how we treat each other and the planet. Before we can get to that place many of us are facing challenges we need to rise to, taking the road less travelled by, processing pain, accepting our greatness and transforming. Read it on the Giant Sisters blog http://www.giantsisters.com/blog/i-be... ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com