Kiwi Talkz #60 - Rob Campbell Interview (Business, E-Sports, Infrastructure, Auckland, CGT, Housing etc.)
Rob Campbell is a successful businessman who now is chair for big companies like Skycity & NZ Tourism Holdings.
TIMESTAMPS
00:39 - Being Chair Of Skycity & NZ Tourism Holdings During Covid-19
02:54 - Being Forced To Make Decisions Is Sometimes Easier/Fatigue & Uncertainty
04:30 - Their Is No Certainty In Business/Auditing In Public Companies
06:48 - Diversifying Skycity & NZ Tourism Holdings To Cope Without Tourism
08:48 - What A Chairperson Actually Does
10:53 - Divided Boards/Stakeholders
12:34 - Rob Is Very Opinionated/Businessnesses Develops To Much Of Formal Patterns
14:20 - Making Judgements About People That Were Incorrect
15:47 - Business Leaders Try To Influence Government Policy That Benefits Them
18:01 - Good & Evil Both Comes From Business
19:23 - Objective Reality
19:52 - Why Rob Likes Working With Younger People/Younger People Need More Leadership Roles
21:39 - Generational Divide
23:19 - Learning To Trust Younger People/Young People Are More Flexible
25:36 - LPL Studios/How It Was Created/Older Heads Don’t Understand How To Monetise E-Sports
28:41 - How Skycity Decided To Invest In E-Sports
29:49 - E-Sports Is Huge Worldwide/E-Sports In Olympics
30:25 - Building LPL Studios For Live Events
31:28 - Government Funding For Gaming/Rocketwerkz Leasing The Most Expensive Commercial Property In Auckland
34:10 - Gaming Wont Need Taxation Like Film Does
34:55 - Complexity Of Capital Gains Tax(CGT)
37:26 - Social Equity/Housing Problem Is Because Of Supply & Demand
39:16 - Auckland’s Infrastructure Problems
42:01 - Capitalism Caused Environmental Crisis
43:26 - Fixing Auckland Requires Less Immigration & More Regional Development
44:33 - More Central Government Funding Needs To Happen In Auckland
45:59 - More Investment In Whangarei, Hamilton & Tauranga
48:34 - Electricity & Health Backwards Distribution Centres
49:49 - Auckland Is Starting To Build Up
50:46 - Building Up Has Less Red Tape But Planning Is Still Involved
52:56 - What Sort Of City Will Auckland Become
53:03 - Rob Would Never Get Into Politics/Admiring Politicians
53:49 - Landlords Vs Tenants Discussion
57:02 - Some Landlords Are To Entitled
58:57 - It Is Always Someone Else’s Fault/Privileged People Making Stuff Up On Social Media
1:01:11 - Echo Chambers/Privileged Peoples Echo Chambers Actually Hurts People
1:02:12 - Rob Tells Story Of How He Had His Bubble Popped
1:03:54 - Rob Being Self Aware Of His Ignorance/South Auckland
1:06:33 - Rob Believes Pakeha Still Dont Understand Maori