Startup Theatre Podcast

In this episode on the We F*@KIN love podcast, we speak with Alicia McKay who is very well-known globally for her No-bullshit approach to leadership training and strategy execution. Alicia has been in strategy for all of her career - building business cases for infrastructure investment, developing long-term plans for corporates and communities, designing organisational transformation, and supporting teams and leaders to execute business change. Now, Alicia runs strategic development programmes for people and organisations. If you’re a clever, curious professional who wants to do great work with less stress and more intention, chances are she can help. Alicia is a policy analyst by trade, reformed management consultant, published author, keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, course creator, podcaster, blogger, and aspiring novelist. She is also the brains - and face! - behind Not An MBA. As a consultant and thought leader, Alicia has worked across almost every industry sector - FMCG, transport, retail, manufacturing, engineering, technology, utilities, professional services, education, health, peak bodies, NGOs and social services... but she says her heart will always lie in local government, where her career began. Alicia has supported thousands of NZ and Australian leaders to become strategists through in-house training, large-scale corporate leadership programmes, public training events, and online courses like Not An MBA and Meetings that Matter. 📚 Alicia wrote From Strategy to Action: A Guide to Getting Shit Done In The Public Sector, published in 2019. In 2021, she published "You Don't Need An MBA: Leadership Lessons that Cut Through the Crap." 🎓 Alicia founded the Not An MBA executive leadership program in 2021. naMBA has changed the lives of hundreds of leaders: less stress, more fulfilment and more progress on work that matters. Watch them talk about their transformation journeys on this YouTube playlist: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3qPuacg 💁🏼‍♀️ She launched Meetings that Matter in 2020, a proven system for leaders and facilitators to tackle ineffective workshops and drive progress. You can take MTM, or other strategic planning courses, here ➡️ https://academy.aliciamckay.co.nz 👍🏻 Alicia makes helpful free tools for strategy, planning, change, leadership, productivity and personal development. ➡️ http://www.aliciamckay.co.nz/free 🎤 Alisia speaks at and MC conferences, runs workshops and masterclasses, and goes live on LinkedIn on Fridays at 8AM for the Alicia McKay Show. Listen to past episodes where-ever you get your podcasts. 📧 Every week, Wednesday Wisdom reaches over 10,000 readers, with actionable tools and tips to help you live, work and lead more strategically. Check out the link here to join.

In this episode on the We F*@KIN love podcast, we speak with Serge van Dam who is very well-known in the NZ SaaS community. Serge van Dam is an active Investor / Director of going-global Kiwi software / SaaS companies, including Montoux, Re-Leased, Tourwriter, Raygun, and Cogo.   Originally an Organisational Psychologist, Serge is most interested in growth strategies and has expertise in B2B sales, marketing, and distribution. He spent a decade as an acknowledged thought leader in fintech, having been part of the leadership team at M-Com - the world’s leading mobile banking and payments platform - which was acquired by Fortune 500 company Fiserv in 2011.   Serge is an Operating Partner at New Zealand’s most successful venture capital firm - Movac - and is an advisor to various New Zealand Government agencies. He was also named New Zealand’s Angel Investor of the Year for 2020.   Serge grew up in Argentina, is married with two children, and lives in Wellington. When not helping grow companies, you will find him in the great outdoors, arguing over politics or with a novel in hand.