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A collection of articles, perspectives and collaborative thinking designed to help you lead in action, adapt in motion and your business thrive.
The Unfiltered State of NZ CEOs
The Unfiltered State of NZ CEOs captures what emerges from Flux’s closed-door CEO Tables, held under Chatham House Rule.
These conversations go beyond strategy and surface how New Zealand CEOs are really thinking about leadership, bandwidth, decision-making, and change as they step into 2026.
The posts and reports in this section reflect those shared insights and the patterns that appear when experiences from across the country are viewed together.
THE CEO TABLE INSIGHTS 2025 • PART 1
Enduring Smarter: Inside the Christchurch CEO Table. Surviving, and Leading, Through Shallow Waters.
Let’s call it what it is: the Christchurch market feels different.
At our latest CEO Table, hosted by Flux in late August, a cross-industry group of leaders came together to talk about what it takes to lead, sell, and grow in a market that’s not only quiet, but hollowing out.
Winning Work in a Distracted Market: What 8 CEOs Told Us at The CEO Table
Hosted by Flux, this invitation-only breakfast brought together leaders from healthtech, SaaS, manufacturing, and professional services… all scaling through complexity.
How Capability, Culture, Cadence and Outside-In Thinking is the Real Strategy.
Auckland closed the year’s final CEO Tables with two unique conversations: one with a returning cohort who’ve shared a long strategy journey together, and another with a fresh group of CEOs stepping into the room for the first time.
Enduring Smarter in Christchurch: Leadership, Reading Future Signals and Human Execution in Shallow Waters
Auckland closed the year’s final CEO Tables with two unique conversations: one with a returning cohort who’ve shared a long strategy journey together, and another with a fresh group of CEOs stepping into the room for the first time.