Steven Holloway

And winning teams is his website if you want to find out more or lean into him for some work too.

I was really intimidated going into this because it was around AI and futures thinking, and I'm a little bit of a dinosaur perhaps in some of my – and I was like, oh, man, this is going to be way out of my depth.

But after speaking to the connections that she gave us, I was like, oh, this is all just about people.

It's all just about connecting people.

Yeah, I think the face of the workforce will look predominantly Māori and Pasifika in that time period as well.

I think by 2040, it'll be around 80%.

So, you know, understanding what these trends look like and then how we can utilise as a country

AI and technology to help that.

For me, the love heart stuff was really interesting, which is her new venture, which is about giving over 60s more skills because we, we prioritize, I guess, education up until working.

And then after retirement, it's sort of like, oh, well,

Thanks for your service.

Off you go.

And she's really enthusiastic about providing opportunities for over 60s to increase their own capacity to continue education, to connect because there's a global loneliness problem with an aged population as well.

So that was really interesting thinking about like my mum who is in that demographic and how much that social interaction would be a big part of a week for her.

So really interesting, diverse range of topics, but all centred around people.

Yeah, last New Zealand-based ambassadors for a little while, and then the next couple will be from North America.

And don't worry, Between Two Bears episodes will continue, as will accidental business owners and ambassadors while we're away as well.

Business as usual.

Business as usual.

That's a better way to say it.