The New P&L speaks to Jason Jacobs, Director, Te Mana Consortium / Strategic eSports Entertainment

This week on The New P&L we speak to the awesome Jason Jacobs. A former PGA professional caddy travelling the world for many years and working with many of the world’s top golfers, Jason is now founder of both the Te Mana Consortium and Strategic esports Entertainment in his homeland of Aotearoa New Zealand. The central principle of Te Mana Consortium is an intergenerational philosophy, centered around people-culture and design that helps to connect community development, vocational opportunities and the development of sustainable lifestyle and business practices. And with Strategic eSports Entertainment Jason blends Indigenous Innovation based on his Māori culture with digital technology to help ensure storytelling in the gaming world remains authentic, real, and connected and one that creates a meaningful journey for Matauranga Māori (Māori  knowledge) and technology. Jason is also a member of Catalyst 2030 - is a global movement of social entrepreneurs and social innovators from all sectors who share the common goal of creating innovative, people-centric approaches to attain the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Jason starts and ends our conversation with two beautiful Māori karakia/prayers, which I encourage all our listeners to take a moment to tune into. We discuss with Jason: · The background to Jason establishing his businesses, Te Mana Consortium and Strategic Esports Entertainment both of which hold Indigenous Innovation at the heart of their approach to business · Jason’s learnings in terms of resilience, performance and determination from his time on the PGA world golf tour and how he transferred these to his experience in business · How Jason’s Māori culture plays a fundamental role in his perspective on life  · Exciting developments in Indigenous Entrepreneurship · Jason’s view on why businesses seem to have so many challenges with culture today · What the principles are that define leadership from a Māori world view · Leaders who have influenced Jason’s approach to life To learn more about Te Mana Consortium, go to: bhttps://temanacc.com