The Diversity Blog – SaaS, Cloud & Business Strategy

I love Europe. Maybe it’s my Eastern European roots, but having clocked up a huge number of air miles over the past 20 or so years, my favourite trips were always the ones where I winged my way to Europe.

There’s something truly lovely about getting up in the morning, going for a run along centuries-old cobbled streets, then returning to a café au lait, a pain au choco...

The other day I was enjoying my usual morning coffee with the regular C4 brains trust. Old mate Noel was yarning about a recent experience he’d had where he’d gone into a shop wearing his favourite Cactus pants, only to have a staff member corner him for thirty minutes to rave about how awesome Cactus is.

It’s actually a regular occurrence. The other day, while parked ...

Dear Xero, I got your email. Let’s talk about it.

It landed in my inbox with the usual cheerful corporate energy: “We wanted to share information about an increase in the price of your Xero plans.” Ledger up 7.7%. Cashbook up 6.25%. Ignite to $37. Grow to $89. Comprehensive to $117. Ultimate to $135. And if you’ve got clients running payroll for more than 10 staff on U...

There comes a point every New Zealand winter where I realise I’ve somehow become shaped like a prawn. Maybe the last few days’ sub-zero runs at 5am have something to do with it.

Either way, it’s not an overnight transformation. It happens gradually, somewhere between the first genuinely cold morning and the discovery that the sun has once again decided the working day ...

I was never good at sports. In fact, my claim to fame was always having an excuse to miss PE lessons at high school. It wasn’t until I discovered cycling after I left school, and running in my 30s, that I became athletic in any meaningful sense.

This lack of exposure to team sports means my athletic interests are heavily skewed towards individual events, and highly obs...