The SME Stream podcast by Nespresso Professional
- Publish date
- Thursday, 30 Jul 2026, 10:36AM
In this special series of The SME Stream Podcast, Wilhelmina O’Keeffe steps inside some of Aotearoa’s most loved small and medium businesses - exploring their culture, their stories, and how coffee helps bring people and ideas together.
Proudly served by Nespresso Professional, supporting conversations that matter in business. Check out all of the episodes below.
Episode 1 | Sills & Co
Wilhelmina O’Keeffe caught up with Toni & Christina Sills from Sills & Co to step inside their business - exploring their culture, their stories, and how coffee helps bring people and ideas together.
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Episode 2 | Blunt
Wilhelmina O’Keeffe caught up with Greig Brebner & Todd Graydon from Blunt to step inside their business - exploring their culture, their stories, and how coffee helps bring people and ideas together.
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Episode 3 | Tax Traders
Wilhelmina O’Keeffe chats with Tax Traders' Co-Founder Nicola Taylor to discuss how the coffee machine has become the modern office water cooler- fuelling creative conversations and ideas.
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Episode 4 | Signature Homes
Wilhelmina O’Keeffe chats with Portia Lawrence and Gavin Hunt to chat how coffee plays an important role in Signature Homes’ culture, creating informal moments for people to connect, share ideas, and strengthen relationships across the business..
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Episode 5 | Scapegrace
Wilhelmina O’Keeffe chats with Dan McLaughlin, co-founder and managing director of Scapegrace to explore how coffee can strengthen workplace culture and connection, acting as an icebreaker, and the role it has in building success in a business.
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Episode 6 | Nespresso
Wilhelmina O’Keeffe catches up with Nespresso's very own New Zealand Market Director; Andrew Bowring to discuss the journey of Nespresso coffee from its origin to why it's become such a morning, social ritual both at home and in the office, as an opportunity to strengthening workplace engagement and human connection in a post-COVID culture and environment..
