Nathan (Nate) Kinch is a sociotechnology ethicist, organisational designer and trust researcher. His work centres around the question; how might we best design trustworthy organisations, technologies and 'systems' that contribute to a healthy and dignified life for all, within planetary boundaries? To do this he draws on many branches of philosophy, systems science, the cognitive sciences and related disciplines.

Throughout his career Nate has worked with organisations like CSIRO, The Australian Government, The UK Government, Microsoft, Facebook’s TTC Labs, Autodesk, The Ethics Centre, Visa, Telefonica, and TELUS.

Currently he is a Fellow of The Royal Society of the Arts and co-lead of the Responsible AI (RAIN) Network, as well as the Lead of Ethics in Action, a monthly workshop series that teaches practical ethics. He is also the Ethicist in Residence at CoLabs, and guest lectures for a number of universities.

Previously Nate was an angel investor, having made 76 impact-focused investments. Earlier in his career, Nate was the founding CEO of a venture capital-backed startup that used machine learning to predict the propensity that elite athletes have to incur soft-tissue injuries.

In everyday life Nate's an urban rewilder, community convener and ‘inner developer’, bringing regenerative thinking, practice and culture into the heart of his little corner of Melbourne. Most of his days are spent joking, laughing hysterically and being as joyful as possible with his daughter and partner.

Sarah's love of drawing and art led to her graduatation from The University of Applied Science in Münster, Germany with a bachelor degree in Media Design.

Sarah's career started at the design studio Giraffentoast in Hamburg, covering mostly 2d and 3d illustration and animation. With focus on finding unusual solutions, she combined interdisciplinary skills and media, creating unique ideas for various TV and internet productions.

Sarah’s love for travelling the world brought her to New Zealand, where she continues exploring the landscape of digital design, working with various Wellington design studios.

After becoming a mum to two girls, Sarah started to explore mindfulness, delving into brain function, growth mindset, breath work, meditation and yoga. She completed her 200h Yoga Teacher Training in 2022, and more recently completed a Meditation Teacher Training Course.

Being a mum influenced Sarah’s designs immensely. Illustrations became more hand made, and less computer-based. In 2023 she self-published a childrens activity book to enhance kid’s creativity in a playful way, while imparting awareness -practises to empower kids in daily life. Sarah intends to share her knowledge around illustration and mindfulness with children around the community, by offering creative workshops that enhance awareness, curiosity and creativity.

With a career spanning leader of arctic expeditions, insurance company senior leader, Government policy consultant and innovation specialist, Rob is driven by adventure, knowledge, and impact. He is an innate complexity thinker, and leadership and business coach, who thrives on unravelling intricate problems with creativity and analytical prowess.

He says that all of his experience has taught him that the key to most challenges is people, their experience, being curious and caring. His ability is helping organisations move away from repetitive paperwork, towards caring about people, creating improvement, and giving people power over the things that affect them.

Finn's whole thing is helping people work together - he loves supporting positive social and civic movements, building tools to foster collaboration, and developing leadership that serves the collective. Finn brings strong strategic, facilitation, and execution skills into his work and he has a knack for enabling the harmony required to achieve the best outcome. Finn's traditional background is in Marketing & Communications, with a recent focus on Product-led marketing, marketing automation, and how personalisation can increase core metrics. Finn sits on several Boards of several social enterprises.

Need zest? Meet Emilie. Deeply curious, passionately collaborative, and inspired by the people and world we live in; Emilie brings a diverse background and relentless optimism to all her endeavors. She’s worked in and out of design as an outdoor guide, a freelancer, in a boutique consultancy, as well as starting tech and non-tech businesses before taking the plunge into the large global team that is Xero. Outside of her day job she contributes to the startup ecosystem, mentoring programs for young women, and as a lurker in environmental communities. She’s also an outdoor enthusiast and lover of great dinner table conversations with old friends and new.

Freda founded the Goodlife Collective in 2023 (a name and idea she first thought of in 2013!) Freda's curiousity about people, behaviour and the invisible forces between things, and her tendency to daydream, doodle and empathise, have carved a winding life path around many countries, conversations and adventures.

Her university studies encompassed environmental science, psychology, neuropsyc, french, philosophy, graphic design, and music - for Freda they're all connected in one way or another. She felt from early on, that there is more value and power in seeing our commonalities than our differences. She is a qualified yoga teacher, and considers yogis the original psychologists;  yoga has immense power to heal and reconnect, to repair our 'illusion of separation' - the root of so much human suffering. Freda's work portfolio includes curation, facilitation, communication & engagement, curation of The Kiwi Diary – a diary designed to share art and ideas that are good for people and planet, and overseeing Goodlife Collective.
Freda see's many global woes as social in nature, that we need to “bring heart back”. Freda is passionate about raising 'nervous system literacy' - building understanding of how our inner world constructs our outer world. She is energised by being in the service of unlocking our collective potential!