#60 - Rob Campbell Interview (Business, E-Sports, Infrastructure, Auckland, CGT, Housing etc.)

Rob Campbell is a successful businessman who now is chair for big companies like Skycity & NZ Tourism Holdings.   TIMESTAMPS   00:39 - Being Chair Of Skycity & NZ Tourism Holdings During Covid-19 02:54 - Being Forced To Make Decisions Is Sometimes Easier/Fatigue & Uncertainty 04:30 - Their Is No Certainty In Business/Auditing In Public Companies 06:48 - Diversifying Skycity & NZ Tourism Holdings To Cope Without Tourism 08:48 - What A Chairperson Actually Does 10:53 - Divided Boards/Stakeholders 12:34 - Rob Is Very Opinionated/Businessnesses Develops To Much Of Formal Patterns 14:20 - Making Judgements About People That Were Incorrect 15:47 - Business Leaders Try To Influence Government Policy That Benefits Them 18:01 - Good & Evil Both Comes From Business 19:23 - Objective Reality 19:52 - Why Rob Likes Working With Younger People/Younger People Need More Leadership Roles 21:39 - Generational Divide 23:19 - Learning To Trust Younger People/Young People Are More Flexible 25:36 - LPL Studios/How It Was Created/Older Heads Don’t Understand How To Monetise E-Sports 28:41 - How Skycity Decided To Invest In E-Sports 29:49 - E-Sports Is Huge Worldwide/E-Sports In Olympics 30:25 - Building LPL Studios For Live Events 31:28 - Government Funding For Gaming/Rocketwerkz Leasing The Most Expensive Commercial Property In Auckland 34:10 - Gaming Wont Need Taxation Like Film Does 34:55 - Complexity Of Capital Gains Tax(CGT) 37:26 - Social Equity/Housing Problem Is Because Of Supply & Demand 39:16 - Auckland’s Infrastructure Problems 42:01 - Capitalism Caused Environmental Crisis 43:26 - Fixing Auckland Requires Less Immigration & More Regional Development 44:33 - More Central Government Funding Needs To Happen In Auckland 45:59 - More Investment In Whangarei, Hamilton & Tauranga 48:34 - Electricity & Health Backwards Distribution Centres 49:49 - Auckland Is Starting To Build Up 50:46 - Building Up Has Less Red Tape But Planning Is Still Involved 52:56 - What Sort Of City Will Auckland Become 53:03 - Rob Would Never Get Into Politics/Admiring Politicians 53:49 - Landlords Vs Tenants Discussion 57:02 - Some Landlords Are To Entitled 58:57 - It Is Always Someone Else’s Fault/Privileged People Making Stuff Up On Social Media 1:01:11 - Echo Chambers/Privileged Peoples Echo Chambers Actually Hurts People 1:02:12 - Rob Tells Story Of How He Had His Bubble Popped 1:03:54 - Rob Being Self Aware Of His Ignorance/South Auckland 1:06:33 - Rob Believes Pakeha Still Dont Understand Maori