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An invite-only quarterly breakfast series for CEOs
building resilient businesses in a shifting world.

Unscripted. Unfiltered. Unplugged.

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After a year of CEO Tables, the feedback has been clear: leaders want this space.

  •  “This was the best couple of hours I’ve spent all year with other leaders.”

  • “Great to hear stories of resilience — honestly, it was pretty cathartic.”

  • “What I valued most was the genuine honesty and practical insight. No posturing — just real lessons that sharpen decision-making.”

  • “Sharing experiences and listening to peers in a genuinely ‘safe’ environment was incredibly energising.”

  • “Sometimes the value is simply hearing others are going through it too. It’s good to know you’re not alone — or losing it.”

  • “Everyone came in with a challenge. What we left with was so more than solutions it was a real sense of momentum.”

  • "There's nothing out there like this - it needs to exist!"

Because the right room with the right people is priceless

Now, we’re raising the bar.

The Schedule

THE NEXT TABLE • MAY 2026

The CEO Table: People Intelligence

From Technological Acceleration to Human Advantage: How CEOs are building the leadership, culture and capability needed to unlock human potential, adapt and win in an era of rapid change.

  • What effective leadership looks like when technology is revolutionising the way value is created

  • How CEOs are leveraging human capability in the age of automation to stay ahead of the curve

  • Why trust, judgement and structured autonomy are pivotal to strong modern business performance

  • What “people intelligence” looks like in practice across organisations and leadership teams

What to Expect:

  • 8 CEOs, Chatham House Rules.

  • Real use cases and success stories.

  • No speakers. No vendors. Just talk.

12th May 2026 • Christchurch

7:30–9:30 am
The George – Residence
50 Park Terrace, Christchurch

15th May 2026 • Wellington

7:30–9:30 am
RPNYC
103 Oriental Parade, Wellington

20th & 21st May 2026 • Auckland

7:30–9:30 am
Hotel DeBrett
2 High Street, Auckland

27th May 2026 • Palmerston North

7:30–9:30 am
Venue TBD

28th May 2026 • Hamilton

7:30–9:30 am
Venue TBD

Past Tables

MOST RECENT TABLE • March 2026

The AI Table

From Curiosity and Experimentation to Real Application and Advantage: How CEOs Are Actually Using AI to Evolve, Compete and Stay Ahead.

November 2025

The Strategy Table

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July/August 2025

The Sales Shift Table

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Why This is Important

The CEOs who moved fastest and made the strongest decisions last year had one thing in common: they weren’t doing it alone.

The CEO Table brings together the right peers—not advisors or consultants, but CEOs sharing what’s actually working in real time. It’s a space to step above the day-to-day, sharpen judgment, and focus on the decisions that will matter over the next 18–24 months.

What to Expect

The CEO Table is invite-only to ensure relevance and peer-stage alignment, with curated cohorts of B2B CEOs at similar stages of growth and complexity.

Conversations operate under Chatham House Rules to enable candour and confidentiality, and each session delivers a tailored set of practical “what to do next” actions—distilled from our tables across New Zealand—to help leaders reduce risk and increase productivity.

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Introducing The CEO Table by Flux

A Flux-powered leadership series for B2B CEOs who want less theory, more truth and a smart room to think in.