#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