EVENT SUMMARY  

“ I learned a lot more than I anticipated from each event I attended.  Looking forward to next year! MOD Wellington 2019 attendee 

We set out to shift mindsets, expand horizons and explore the unobvious. From arts and culture, to science and technology, there was something from and something for everyone. MOD 2019 brought together thought leaders, industry experts, design professionals, leadership coaches, local heroes and more. The only requirement; a mindset of pushing boundaries, re-thinking definitions and challenging the status-quo; a Mindset of Design. 

This year proved there is a genuine hunger for these types of experiences in our community. If year one (run as ‘Experience Week’) served to prove the minimum viable product, year two showed that there is a bright and necessary future for the Mindset of Design festival in Wellington and beyond.  

45  665 Events registered  Tickets sold* 

*not including GovTech Demo Day, 1,455 including GovTech Demo Day 

 

Attendees from across NZ, Australia, Canada, USA, Finland, the UK and India Hosts from Australia, the USA and Canada 

Work is underway to deliver the MOD2020 programme.  We hope you can join us in supporting this year’s event. 

 

SPEAKERS/HOSTS  

 

    

“ Everyone was really engaged and positive…  10/10 experience overall, super happy to have done it. 

Laurent Sylvestre  BECA, chief people and culture officer 

  

 

Speaker(s)  Organisation 

Reuben Jensen / James Swope  Creative HQ 

Sandra Daniel  Openfield 

Laurent Sylvestre  Beca 

Aaron Power  Creative HQ 

Joint Centre for Disaster Research / Toi Aria / Massey University 

Cedric Defay / Philippe Coullomb  Openfield 

Ben Forman  Wrestler 

Julie Treanor  Just Lead 

Hanna Waswa  Eabametoong First Nation / Openfield 

Cody Iddings  Z Energy 

Aleth Doat / Natacha Rousseau  Talenteos 

Kathy Tracey  Systemic Coach Academy NZ 

Lucy McMaster  Springload 

Jess Ducey / Tan Hu  PledgeMe 

Mel Rowsell  Wisdom at Work 

Brett Holland  Creative HQ 

Emily Dwyer  Creative HQ 

Michelle McCarthy  Asia NZ Foundation / Creative HQ 

Silvia Zuur  Enspiral / PwC  

   

 

EVENT ATTENDANCE  

    

“ Wow! Just Wow! What a selection of events! I was strapped for time to attend more events but I will be marking my diary next year to attend as many as I can. With thanks again. I am incredibly inspired. 

Andrea Jensen IMPAC, solutions delivery specialist 

 

  

 

Event  Attendees 

Startup Garage: Presenting MOD Wellington  35 

Setting new mindsets  15 

Three critical behaviours that can make you an impactful human-centered leader 

50 

Keeping Humans in Mind: Facilitation #1   18 

Creative Resilience  13 

Storytelling with purpose  45 

Keeping Humans in Mind: Facilitation #2  18 

Leadership for Humans  20 

Indigenous Perspectives: Designing our future mino biimaadiziwin – living life in a good way 

16 

A 101 intro to human-centred design  18 

GovTech Demo Day  370 

MBTI: Myers Briggs Type Indicator #1  Unknown 

Exploring your leadership patterns  Unknown 

How design guided our newest innovation at Z Energy  15 

What makes a great collaborative community workplace?  13 

The Value of Listening  18 

Guiding change in an Agile environment – talk  Unknown 

Event  Attendees 

Are personas problematic?  35 

MBTI: Myers Briggs Type Indicator #2  Unknown 

Design Play  44 

Crowdfunding 101  12 

Gaining self mastery  5 

Make the world a better place  Unknown 

Innovation hub hui 2019  37 

Crowdfunding 101 – drop in sessions  3 

Keeping Humans in Mind: Events  16 

Prototyping: Fidelity, mindsets and things to remember  12 

Lessons from scaling  48 

Cards against complacency  11 

Tech innovation in Asia  29 

Designing for people at the centre  5 

What’s your 2040?  Unknown 

Speculative futures for more-than-human worlds  12 

Looking at increasing human design in the way we deliver services to people with disabilities 

12 

Keeping Humans in Mind: Brand  15 

Design and facilitation masterclass  Unknown 

Future Mindsets  47  

 

“  Loved the events, awesome topics and great to have free and affordable events. Thank you! 

 

 

 

“ There were a lot more events than the previous year and a terrific range. 

    

 

EVENT ATTENDEES   

Organisations 

MOD Wellington 2019 attracted a range of organisations to the forty-five events on offer. The festival drew attendees from national and international organisations to small business owners and individual entrepreneurs, as well as representatives from government agencies. Below are just some of the organisations that attended: 

● Adminis ● REANNZ ● Agilyx New Zealand ● Ahau ● Aiesec ● Antipodes Nature ● ANZ ● Asia NZ Foundation ● Barnardos ● Beca ● Centrality ● Deloitte ● Dinopoloclub? ● Experience Wellington ● FMG ● Henry Hughes ● Hutt City Council ● Inspire Group ● Inspiring Stories ● Kiwibank ● MBIE ● NZ Educational Institute ● NZTE ● Springload ● Te Papa ● TradeMe ● Victoria University of Wellington ● Volunteer Service Abroad ● Weta Workshop ● Z Energy 

 

Sectors 

● Consulting ● Culture, Entertainment ● Design, Marketing ● Education, Youth development ● Employment ● Energy ● Engineering ● Events ● Finance ● Health, Beauty ● Government (National and International) ● Infrastructure ● Innovation ● Law ● Management ● Social enterprise 

 

Over 25%  of attendees attended multiple events during MOD Wellington 2019 Registrations p/person* ● 1 event. ● 2 events. ● 3 events. ● 4 events ● 5 events ● 6 or more *not including attendance from GovTech Demo Day 

  

  

DIGITAL  8,825 page views on MODWELLINGTON.COM during the week of the festival 

2018 Experience Week 

2019 MODWellington  

  

LOCATIONS  45 EVENTS AT 15 different venues across Wellington CBD 

 

 

 

 

 

“ The events were very good.  I appreciated the opportunity to learn from other organisations. 

 

 

 

PARTNERS  Foundation  

     

 

 Venue 

 

    

    All photography and video from  FolkYeah!