All Episodes

Ep 44. Better Isn't Bigger — Dr Paul Wood on Why Continuous Improvement Starts With the Leader, Not the Business

Ep 43. Listed Isn't the Same as Discoverable — What 2,000 Businesses Get Wrong About Getting Found

Ep 42. Connecting the Dots — Why Busy, Capable Businesses Still Aren't Moving Fast Enough

Ep 41. Election Year Excuses — Why NZ Manufacturers Can't Afford to Wait

Ep 40. Your Voice at the Table — Why Lobbying Isn't Just for Big Corporates

Ep 39. Small Business, Big Stakes: ACT's Blueprint for NZ's SME Sector, with Laura McClure MP

Ep 38. Exit Planning, Selling Your Business, and Maximising Value with Rod Cook

Ep 37 Stop Working In It. Start Working On It with John Hutchinson

Ep 35 - Insights of Excellence – Drain Ninjas

2026 The year ahead for the BSMB

You're Building Two Assets — Are You Tracking Both?

From Compliance to High Performance: Rethinking Governance with Peter Crow

Innovation Is a Choice: Moving from Comfort to Courage

Scaling with Purpose: Ray Everest on Leadership, Innovation & Impact

Panic to Platform to Partnership: Chris Parnell’s Bold Journey with SetSeed and The Better SMB

The Power of Community: Danielle Hancock on Strengthening Local Business in North West Country Business Association

Beyond the BA5: Redefining What a Chamber of Commerce Can Be With Patrick McKibbin

No Easy Button: The Real Leadership we Need From Cabinet to the Shop Floor

Beyond the Quarter: Tikanga Māori, Values and Long-Term Success with Katia Holland

Expect to Win: Building a Culture of Excellence in Your Business

Beyond Productivity Reports, Again: Revisiting the Leadership Imperative

Leadership from the Top: Hon Chris Penk on Aligning Government and Business

Reflect, Refocus, and Keep Shipping – The Better SMB Mid-Year Review

Behind the article: Own it, why your business can’t outperform your leadership

The Deliberate Path to High Performance in Manufacturing: Lessons from AGP Managing Director Dave Bunting

Working at human speed: Reducing stress and burnout for sustainable success

Own It or Lose It: Why SMBs Can’t Ignore Intellectual Property

Skills Shortage or Leadership Gap? Rethinking the Talent Narrative

Work on it, not in It: The SMB growth playbook

No More Excuses: Manufacturers Need to Lead NZ Productivity Shift

What if 100,000 businesses started taking action to improve their performance and productivity

What Are You Aiming At in 2025? Setting Goals That Drive Real Results

Navigating Technology Trends with Anthony McMahon

Innovating on purpose: Turning ideas into action for SMB success

Is the election of Donald Trump the wakeup call NZ SMEs need?

Is it time to rebrand productivity?

Building a Productive Business with Grant Johnson, CEO of Rocketspark

What the Truck is Productivity? Unpacking Lean and Continuous Improvement

Getting the Basics Right in Local Government with Sean Wallace

Boosting Productivity: what immediate actions can our SMBs take

Embracing Ambition and Excellence with Simon Walker

Productivity reports: what do they tell you as an SMB owner

Better SMB Pilot