Day 2 | Session 1| Keynote | Wayfaring Leadership

Wayfaring Leadership

Wayfinders journey beyond the known, navigating toward new horizons through curiosity, courage, and refined perception. Wayfinding leadership is an unfolding practice that sharpens our powers of observation, deepens our comfort with uncertainty, and expands the ways we respond to complexity. It draws not only on rational analysis but on the full spectrum of human intelligence — intuitive, relational, embodied, and spiritual.

Wayfinding leaders cultivate people who are fit for change. They create environments where learning is continuous and shared, recognising that the insight generated by the collective is more powerful than that of any individual.

Professor Chellie Spiller

Professor Chellie Spiller (Waikato Management School) explores how Indigenous wisdom and wayfinding can transform leadership and organisational practice. Her career integrates more than thirty years of corporate experience with internationally recognised scholarship. She has held global roles as Fulbright Senior Scholar at Harvard Kennedy School and Leader-in-Residence at the Atlantic Institute, Oxford. 

Chellie is co-author of Wayfinding Leadership, an award-winning book that has catalysed new approaches to leadership across sectors. Her work focuses on ethical stewardship, collective wellbeing, and supporting leaders to navigate complexity with clarity and cultural intelligence.