Today I interviewed an amazing guy called Wayne to join the board of RIVIR. It was a very humbling experience. An engineer by training, he has worked across and invested in so many fascinating engineering and business projects in his career. Including his latest area of focus - employing AI to accelerate local government processes. But it was the stories from his spare time that made me realize how aligned he was to RIVIR's aspirations... He once climbed to the top of Mt Everest, just to help a good friend get there after he had lost both his legs when stuck in a snow cave on Mt Cook. Wayne designing his friend some very special prosthetic legs for the climb - and he even carried a spare leg to the top for him in his backpack. He also ran the Britten motorcycle factory and racing team. The Britten was an incredible machine, made right here in Christchurch (by my childhood hero John Britten). It won the @DAYTONA Battle of the Twins in the 1990s, beating the factory teams of @harleydavidson, @HondaRacingGLB , @BMWMotorradMoSp, and @DucatiMotor on a shoestring budget. This beautiful bike also set the Fastest Top Speed at the Isle of Man TT. - A perfect example of the famous Kiwi #number8wire innovation culture - that has also helped us build RIVIR. Wayne also decided to reengineer a massive lake system here in #Canterbury #NZ, just out of a sense of civic duty, to stop the sea water ingress that had caused massive toxic algal blooms for generations. His work successfully eliminated the lake's toxicity for future generations of human visitors and wildlife to enjoy. Oh, and he also helped make the absolutely brilliant film, The World's Fastest Indian (2005), starring Sir @AnthonyHopkins. Not only did he hand make the wonderful streamlined bikes seen in the film, he even rode one at over 110mph on the @BonnevilleMST Salt Flats of #Utah to help record the film's sound track. The universe can throw a lot of challenges your way when you're building a company like @RIVIRspaceIoT - at the speed of @SpaceX . If I can convince him, I honestly can't think of a steadier had to have at the tiller than Wayne. What a guy. #governance #entrepreneurialism #iiot

A new record for #projectESCA, down to 700 m deep from a Zodiac using a pot-hauler and a battery. This project is the embodiment of #number8wire. @PureOceanFund @ALCESonline @Te_Papa #Antarctic #Antarctica #RossSea

THIS IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING @cz_binance. KIWIS LOVE INNOVATION. #NUMBER8WIRE. .

Rejigs machine into a new body for cooling stuff. PSU fan intake now on the bottom. Hmmmm. Pizza box temporary air intake enablerthingymajigger to the rescue! #number8wire

Turns out the modem is in the basement garage so I set up downstairs. Laptop on an old fridge, notes behind the laptop, ring light, microphone resting on the fridge, roses on some old books, vintage photos for the backdrop. Good times! #number8wire #keynotespeaker #noexcuses

The real Aotearoa ...#lakecoleridge #peakhill Canterbury #number8wire

The winter version is filling in your leg with a sharpie to disguise a ladder. #number8wire

3/3 Our teaching team are delighted to have won the ASCILITE Innovation Award for 2020 for our Batman: Online Clinical Classroom. lnkd.in/gBdhuZE @marlaburrow @shelley_vdk @claire_minton @MasseyUni @MasseyUniHealth #rapidpivot #hybridlearningenvironments #Number8wire

Not only do we chat with @PhilKeoghan, host of The Amazing Race about his new show #ToughAsNails (tonight on CBS), we also chat about his homeland New Zealand and the resourcefulness of it's people #Number8Wire - On this week's Travel WIth Hawkeye podcast omny.fm/shows/travel-with-ha…

Kiwi ingenuity at its finest ...but what is it? Have a guess. #Number8Wire

#Number8Wire Right there.

What do you call #creativity #ingenuity in your country? New Zealanders call it #Number8Wire mentality. Fred Russo, @PR_InstituteNZ Board member will tell you more about it in the video. Look forward to seeing you at #WPRF2020 in Auckland NZ. worldprforum.com

Loving @ZURUToys - you are smashing it out of the park. Latest genius idea from the 🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝 youtu.be/8XqGSK0EoKY 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 #number8wire #nzrepresent 🇳🇿 Other NZ companies to keep your 👀 on @Allbirds @VXSport @StretchSense

Finally found a 10 foot trampoline frame to test my trampoline tent that I am converting into a mobile obserbatiry for outreach work! #kiwiingenuity #number8wire #repurpose

SNOW PATROL. Number 8 Wire’s Cool Honda CL350 Desert Sled pipeburn.com/home/2019/01/29… #Honda #CL350 #Scrambler #DesertSled #Montana #Number8Wire #Pipeburn

SNOW PATROL. Number 8 Wire’s Cool Honda CL350 Desert Sled pipeburn.com/home/2019/01/29… #Honda #CL350 #Scrambler #DesertSled #Montana #Number8Wire #Pipeburn

SNOW PATROL. Number 8 Wire’s Cool Honda CL350 Desert Sled pipeburn.com/home/2019/01/29… #Honda #CL350 #Scrambler #DesertSled #Montana #Number8Wire #Pipeburn

#KiwiIngenuity #number8wire What a partner, this #BrilliantTogether @MichaelVoco @davehowden85 @ShavvahA

Hendrickson lab highlight of the day: Q: How can we make very small volume spritzers for our bacteria? A: Borer and an eppendorf tube! @1CourtneyDavies #NZLabLife #MicrobesRule #Number8Wire #LabDIY

Bespoke/makeshift coffee filter thingy. How's your Tuesday going? #number8wire