Created by metal minds for metal minds – join us for practical conversations that get to the nuts and bolts of the metals industry here in New Zealand. Connect with leaders & experts from across the globe who talk overcoming key industry challenges, and influencers who cast their eyes to the future. Perfect if you’re time poor but want to keep your finger on the pulse. Prepare to be challenged, informed & inspired!
Episodes
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
In this episode of Stirring the Pot we talk with Jane Kennelly. Founder and current Business Director of recruiting powerhouse Frog Recruitment.
For 30 years she has been helping organisations unlock the potential of their greatest assets – their people 'he tangata'. Working with leaders on how to not only leverage their people to improve their bottom line, but also add significant value to their communities at the same time.
Jane has been instrumental in skilling and tooling organisations up on how to pivot quickly, and this is something we delve into today - as we discuss remote dispersed workforces which certainly became the norm over the COVID19 lockdown period, as well as fascinating insights she's picked up along the way!
Connect with Jane
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frog1/
Connect with Frog Recruitment
Website: https://www.frogrecruitment.co.nz/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/frog-recruitment/?trk=biz-companies-cym
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrogRecruitment
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrogRecruitment/?ref=hl
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frogrecruitment/
Connect with Greg to find out more about Kotahitanga - HERA's People and HR innovation cluster
Website: https://www.hera.org.nz/team-member/greg-buckley/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-buckley-nz/
Email: greg.buckley@hera.org.nz
Phone: +64 21 299 6167
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
In this episode of Stirring the Pot we talk about a subject that might be a bit unfamiliar to our industry – and that’s calculating carbon footprint.
It’s a part of a journey toward SSC Certification that will enable businesses, especially SMEs to build their skill and capacity.
To help drive this conversation, we’re joined by our very own CEO, Dr Troy Coyle, as well as Christin Schaller & Barbara Nebel of thinkstep-anz.
thinkstep-anz are a sustainability consultancy passionate about enabling organisations to succeed in sustainability using a science-based approach. They were also engaged to assist HERA in calculating our own carbon footprint as we worked to meet the criteria to become SSC Certified.
Connect with Barbara
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-nebel/
Email: barbara.nebel@thinkstep-anz.com
Connect with Christin
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christin-schaller-101a96aa/
Connect with thinkstep-anz
Website: https://www.thinkstep-anz.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thinkstep-anz/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkstepANZ
Email: info@thinkstep-anz.com
Other useful links that might be of interest
Micro-site for EPDs: https://www.think-epd.com/
Greenhouse Gas Protocol corporate standard: https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard
Webinars from thinkstep-anz: https://www.thinkstep-anz.com/resrc/webinars/
Webinar ’Carbon: All aboard! Navigating the reduction & offset network': https://www.thinkstep-anz.com/resrc/webinars/carbon-all-aboard-navigating-the-reduction-and-offset-network/
Connect with Troy
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
In this episode of Stirring the Pot we talk to runner up of HERA’s Leading Metalhead Award - Mikaela Keir.
As a Casting Production Engineer at New Zealand Steel, she was acknowledged in this award category as a high potential employee (not yet at Executive level) who had created a mind-shift change in her employers business.
In Mikaela’s case, recognising her contributions to champion cultural change relating to innovation and inclusiveness as well as help hire the first female casting operator at New Zealand Steel. Join us as we delve into these works and how it has helped to prepare New Zealand Steel for the future.
Connect with Mikaela
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikaela-keir-81b869b1/
Email: Mikaela.keir@bluescopesteel.com
Connect with New Zealand Steel
Website: https://www.nzsteel.co.nz/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-zealand-steel/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NewZealandSteel
Connect with Greg to find out more about Kotahitanga - HERA's People and HR innovation cluster
Website: https://www.hera.org.nz/team-member/greg-buckley/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-buckley-nz/
Email: greg.buckley@hera.org.nz
Phone: +64 21 299 6167
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
In this episode of Stirring the Pot we talk to recent recipient of HERA’s Innovation Award - Chris Bumby.
As a Victoria University of Wellingtons Senior Scientist, he has been heading exciting research that is leading towards the development of hydrogen as a reductant for iron ores. This would mean that water, instead of carbon dioxide, would be the bi-product of reduction and may eliminate the use of coal.
Their work has already developed a small-scale zero-carbon way to make iron that works especially well for New Zealand iron sands. The one-step process is also looking promising in that it produces very high purity iron very quickly.
Excitingly, the team have recently won a $6.5 million grant to start to scale-up the process to tens of kilograms level, taking it one step further towards the aimed eventual commercial scale.
Connect with Chris
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-bumby-7b972025/
More information on this research: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/engineering/about/news/robinson-research-institutes-hydrogen-steelmaking-research-wins-innovation-award
Connect with Troy
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
In this episode of Stirring the Pot we talk about what the recovery process for the building & construction industry looks like post Covid-19.
To help explore this, we're joined by Warwick Quinn of BCITO and Graham Burke of NZCIC.
To give some background, Warwick is Chief Executive of BCITO and works with his team to ensure the construction industry has a skilled workforce full of confident, capable and motivated professionals. Driving on-the-job training and guidance alongside industry employers.
Graham brings context to this conversation as Chair of the Construction Industry Council. A not for profit industry association of associations in the building and construction, design and property sectors. Their focus being to create a collaborative voice of the built environment industry in New Zealand and operate as an interface between them and government.
Connect with Warwick
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warwick-quinn-80950282/
Connect with BCITO
Website: https://bcito.org.nz/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BCITO.org.nz
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCITO
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8MYeLVyuNppZjia4MbtncQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bcito/
Connect with Graham
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-burke-a611ba11b/
Email: graham@grahamburke.co.nz
Phone: +64 21 249 3459
Connect with NZCIC
Website: https://nzcic.co.nz/
Connect with Greg to find out more about Kotahitanga - HERA's People and HR innovation cluster
Website: https://www.hera.org.nz/team-member/greg-buckley/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-buckley-nz/
Email: greg.buckley@hera.org.nz
Phone: +64 21 299 6167
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we talk with Former Director of Australia's Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (or SBRC for short) – Professor Paul Cooper.
His work was focused on bringing together a wide range of researchers to holistically address the challenges of making our buildings sustainable and effective places to live and work in.
SBRC has a specific focus to retrofit existing buildings to make them more sustainable.
Connect with Paul
LinkedIn for Paul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-cooper-06ab623a/
SBRC Website: https://www.uow.edu.au/sbrc/
Info about Paul: https://scholars.uow.edu.au/display/paul_cooper
Video on SBRC: https://vimeo.com/408230724
Connect with Troy
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we check in with our CEO Dr Troy Coyle and Metals NZ CE Nick Collins.
Together we reflect back on the first of HERA's Future Forum Conference which this year was aptly called 20/20 VISION.
Its theme was visualising the future - and our goal was to look at discussing some of the key challenges facing our industry so that together we could come up with ways to solve these issues and help our industry be more future focused.
Throughout this podcast we touch on the following aspects of the event:
Nation Breakfast - hosted by HR Specialist Alia Bojilova and a panel of engineering students, this delved into the skills crisis, labour shortages, the future of work, and how we can better attract and retain talent.
A futurists view on steel - presented by Futurist Chris Riddell. This NZ Steel sponsored keynote speaker delved into future opportunities and threats of disruption for our industry and the world in general!
Steel bridge to the future - presented by MX3D CEO Gijs Van der Velden. This keynote speaker came to us from Amsterdam where he presented on his robotics lab and 3D-printing business which has changed the face of architectural fabrication through optimisation. Using learning from his project to deliver the worlds first 3D-printed steel bridge to explain the opportunities for our industry and inspire technology adoption.
Building a tribe - presented by Innovation and Business Commentator, Mike Hutchinson. This key note speaker delved into his background in PR to better understand how communications are key to building a tribe of passionate metalheads who together innovate successfully.
Hook em' & keep em' - retaining staff - presented by HR Specialist, Alia Bojilova. This key note speaker leveraged her experiences in the NZ Defence Force where she was held captive in Syria to better understand resilience, wellbeing in workplace and the importance of disestablishing tiers of leadership to ensure all staff are appreciated and have a voice.
Scanning to the future - presented by Watkins Steel CEO, Des Watkins. This NZ Steel sponsored keynote speaker shared his journey to transition from business as usual to a fully integrated technology system within his workshop. Exploring the challenges faced, the outputs of his decision to embrace the future, and the multiple business opportunities that grew from this action.
An indigenous approach to STEM engagement - presented by Puhoro STEM academy. This presentation brought Te Ao Maori (the world of Maori) to life, why it's important to get more Maori engaged in engineering, and the benefits of programs that foster this belief in terms of diversity of thought and more future engineers in the pipeline.
Nation Dinner - hosted by MC Rawdon Christie, this was a night of glitz and glame to celebrate our industry wins, with a strong focus on sustainability and inovation.
Connect with Troy
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troy-coyle-8202b912/
Connect with Nick
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-collins-2286824/
Metals NZ: https://www.metals.org.nz/
Sustainable Steel Council: https://www.sustainablesteel.org.nz/
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we talk with Dr Shahab Ramhormozian and Prof Charles Walker from the Auckland University of Technology.
Shahab is a Lecturer in Structural and Earthquake Engineering and Prof Charles Walker is Head of AUT’s new School of Future Environments and has a background in architecture. Together we’ll be discussing the exciting two new degrees at AUT – the BEng (honours) in Architectural Engineering and the Bachelor of Architecture and Future Environments.
The idea being to teach our future engineers and architects how to work together to prepare and present building design projects of varying scales and complexity.
Connect with Shahab
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahab-ramhormozian-b58b7583/
Connect with Prof Charles Walker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-walker-a050216/
Connect with Auckland University of Technology
Website: https://www.aut.ac.nz/
School of Future Environments: https://www.aut.ac.nz/study/study-options/architecture/courses/bachelor-of-architecture-and-future-environments
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/autuni/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/autuni
Twitter: https://twitter.com/autuni
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AUTUniversity
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autuni/
Want to hear more from AUT and the exciting work they're doing? Come to our Future Forum - 20/20 VISION conference where they're sponsors of our Nation Breakfast and demonstrating virtual reality capabilities during the evening session!
Find out more & register today! http://bit.ly/2020VIS
Got a question? Contact our Event Manager: brian.low@hera.org.nz
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
Today our conversation is with Puhoro STEM Academy’s Leland Ruwhiu who is responsible for Operations. As navigators their role is to better support Maori student engagement with STEM disciplines via mentoring, tutoring and wananga, which is experiential learning and field trips.
We also have in studio our very first Whanake Scholarship Recipient and Mechatronical Student at Massey University, Sarah Lewis, who’ll be sharing her perspective on STEM as an aspiring engineer starting out her career.
Together, we’ll scratch below the surface to better understand how we can improve Maori engagement in STEM, and why that is important for our industry.
Connect with Puhoro STEM Academy
Website: https://www.puhoro.co.nz/
Connect with Sarah
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-le-lewis/
Interested to know more about HERA's Whanake Scholarship or the Transformation Agenda?
Contact our CEO Troy Coyle at troy.coyle@hera.org.nz
Website: https://www.hera.org.nz/hera-whanake-scholarship/
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we talk with Watkins Steel Managing Director, Des Watkins.
He has gone through a truly transformative process in his steel fabrication business – developing a four-step end-to-end digital process utilising 3D scanning, digital twins, augmented reality and automation.
This change has allowed him to achieve real world outcomes that have redefined his business.
Not surprisingly, we couldn’t resist inviting him to be on our podcast, but also to be a keynote speaker at our Future Forum 20/20 VISION conference next year! He’ll also be hosting an exclusive Industry 4.0 Innovation cluster workshop during this time too.
Connect with Des
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/des-watkins-aaa60415/
Connect with Watkins Steel
Website: https://www.watkinssteel.com.au/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/watkins-steel/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watkinssteel/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/watkinssteel/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ0nDL736S66iCqwcvPY1tw/
Want to hear more from Des? Come to our Future Forum - 20/20 VISION conference next year!
Find out more & register today! http://bit.ly/2020VIS
Got a question? Contact our Event Manager: brian.low@hera.org.nz