Ministry of Awesome  co-Founder and chair Curator Singularity Unviversity .  Supported  by Rabobank

 Kaila is the co-founder and trustee of Ministry of Awesome, is the Curator of TEDx Christchurch, NZ Ambassador to Singularity University and the founder and director of New Zealand social media consultancy Missing Link. She is also a PMP® certified Project Manager, Chairman of the Board of the New York-based Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, Deputy Chair of CORE Education Ltd, and a member of the Advisory Board for the Christchurch Transitional Architecture Trust.

 “I'm a creative entrepreneur with a passion for extraordinary experiences and a fanaticism for excellent communication, a bridge builder between possibility and practicality. My purpose in life is to be an uplifting presence. I'm a TEDx licensee, an Ambassador for Singularity University, a Project Management Professional, and a graduate from Cornell University. I'm always delighted to hear about new business opportunities.

 Specialties: Entrepreneurship. Ideas. Events. Making things happen. Connecting people. Project management. Social media marketing.

Kaila closed the November 2016,  Rabobank F2F (Farm 2 Fork)international conference in Sydney last November  and according to both William Oliver  and Mike Wilkins was spell binding in that address.  See You Tube, “riding the exponential wave of change”

We  have asked here to keep that perspective  related to the oncoming speed  and width of technology evolution across so many fields , what that will look like  and  how niche high value  high opportunity industry’s like the deer industry  might best add that technology evolution to our production  and verification story and build and support a niche for modern deer farming business  and a high end marketing and niche placement of NZ farm raised venison.

Bruce Cotterill.  

Bruce is a passionate leader of change, and is genuinely interested in business performance improvement. A lifetime leader, who focuses on clear objectives, enhanced personnel engagement and improved customer orientation he has continuously delivered vastly improved results through his involvement in organisations.

He is now a professional director and advisor, and is a highly regarded business communicator assisting managers, leaders and their organisations to improve their performance and profitability. His recent consultancy activity has included assisting Telstra to identify more than $100 million of profit improvement opportunity and advising the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority in Christchurch, NZ. In his “spare time” he is a husband, father, lifeguard, ageing triathlete, competitive ocean swimmer and frustrated golfer.

Bruce describes his career as a “vertical learning curve”. Bruce is a “transformation leader” with extensive experience across a range of industries – notably real estate, media, financial services, technology and retail – and a variety of ownership models, including both public company and private equity. As CEO he has lead turnarounds at real estate group Colliers, Kerry Packer’s ACP Magazines, and iconic New Zealand sportswear company Canterbury International. In 2008, he was asked by shareholders to step in as CEO of Yellow Pages Group to lead that Company through a period of dramatic change, including the restructure of the Company’s $1.8 billion of debt.

At the age of just 34, Bruce was appointed to lead Colliers, Australia’s number 1 commercial real estate organisation. Upon completing the turnaround there, he developed the 7 Principles of Profit and embarked on a new journey, speaking to corporate audiences and sharing his thoughts and ideas with executives and business owners. Since then, he has taken on three further CEO roles as well as countless directorships and consultancy projects. And although the experiences change, those 7 headings are just as relevant as they ever were.