He kōrerorero ki a Lila

When she's not finding the perfect words for every situation, our Project Manager Lila can be found juggling a million-and-one things in our Wellington studio. I tēnei marama, i whiwhi mātau i ōna whakaaro mo te noho hei PM i roto i te umanga auaha.

Kōrero mai ki a mātou mō tō ara mahi i tēnei wā.

I runga i te aroha ki ngā kupu me ngā toi, ka whakatau ahau ki te ako i ngā Tuhinga Ingarihi me te Hītori Toi i Pākehā. Kātahi ahau ka haere haere ki te kohikohi i tētahi tīpakonga taitara mahi ōrite ki te 'Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa': whanaungatanga tūmatanui, whakahaere takahanga, comms, whakamāoritanga, tārua, pukapuka pukapuka... I te uho o aku wheako katoa, he matewai tonu ki te tūhono ki te tangata (me te tauhiuhi reo me te whakahaere i reira hoki). I mauria ahau e aua mahi - mai i Rānana, Itari, Wīwī ki Ahitereiria me Kānata.

He aha te PM i roto i te umanga auaha?

He maha ngā āhuatanga, koia te pahekotanga tino pai o aku wheako katoa o mua. I ngā wā katoa e uaua ana ahau ki te kōwhiri i tētahi pouaka hei whakauru ki roto. I konei, he rite ki te mano mahi! Ka taea e au te mahi tahi me ngā kiritaki mai i ngā momo umanga katoa, te rutu i ngā wero hou me te hepara i ngā auaha ki ngā momo huaputa. I te rā kotahi, kei te whakaputa ataata whakahau mātou, kei te whakatairanga i tētahi hui whakawhiwhinga me te tuhi ihirangi paetukutuku... And same goes for subject matters: from mushroom production and compliance to conversations around consent for rangatahi - you name it, I know it! 

Ki tōu whakaaro he aha te PM pai?

He EQ tiketike - mā te whakamahi i ō 'pūhihi hinengaro tuaono' hei waihanga i ngā pātahitanga roa ki ngā momo tāngata katoa (āe, ahakoa kāore rātou i te mārama ki tō tūkinotanga ki ngā pīkara kua tohua ki te mātiti). Being a Jack(ie) of all trades - seamless herding cats, juggling complicated budgets, sorting through inboxes, taking calls... Te whai whakamihi pono ki te auahatanga - ka taea e koe te whakamāori i te mahi ki ngā kiritaki me te tuarua. Te whakarite mō ia tūponotanga, kātahi ka urutau ina pā katoa ki te pīataata - nā te mea, i ngā āhuatanga, ka pēnei tonu. Te pupuri i te pūngao tūmanako - me tiki koe i te tereina ki te teihana me te pupuri i te katoa ki runga, ahakoa te roa, te uaua rānei o te kaupapa. Mēnā kei te menemene te katoa i te mutunga, he piro bonus!

He aha te kaupapa e tino whakahīhī ana koe? He aha hoki tēnā?

Last year, we were the campaign studio for the Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Awards. I whai wāhi mātou ki te pana i te poto i tēnei tauomaoma o tētahi kaupapa. He moemoeā - pēnei i te tamariki anō. Ko te Surrealism taku nekehanga toi tino pai i ngā wā katoa, nā reira ko ngā nekeneke tū rerekē, pōhēhē, ātaahua he mea pai ki te kūnatu (me te mahi whakapakari hinengaro hei whakaputa).

Puta noa i te mahinga 10 marama, i tūtaki mātou ki ētahi wero taumaha. I te hoahoa mātou mō ngā kaihoahoa, me te hiahia hoki ki te whakaatu ko wai mātou hei studio. Ko te nui o ngā tukunga me te paerewa i tukua ai he puranga mahi. Engari i aua pō tōmuri e kai ana i te pizza me te tīma, ka tārewa te peita i runga i o mātau ringa, ka noho ētahi o aku pūmahara tino pai i Rautaki.

Me pēhea koe e whakatere ai i aua pātahitanga katoa, mai i ngā hoa mahi ki ngā kiritaki?

Kia tūturu tātou, ko te PM he ruānuku tūmahi maha. Ko koe te kaitātaki rōpū o te katoa, te kaiwhakamāori, te pūtiro kawheina, me te pakihiwi ki te tangi. He kanikani ātaahua - ka noho koe i waenganui i ēnei tangata auaha katoa, āwhina i a rātou kia mārama ki te uauatanga, te pāpāhotanga i ngā kōrerorero me te kimi i te huarahi pai rawa atu. Ko ngā mea katoa e arohaina ana e au.

He aha te wā whai mana i whakarerekē i tō āhua mahi?

I kī mai tētahi kaiwhakahaere o mua ki a au kia rangitaki i aku whakatutukitanga katoa, nā reira ka puritia e au tētahi pukapuka whakapehapeha (āe, he mea whakahau te ingoa riri). Ngā tohu hira, ngā whakamihi ātaahua, ngā īmēra rongonui: Ka topengamata ahau me te pupuri hei tohutoro mō aua rā e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakatakoto i a au anō, ki te hiahia rānei i tētahi kōrero whakahauhau. Ka poipoi mai taua kōpaki wee ki a au, ka mea: "Hey boss, you're doing pretty good".

I tua atu, he aha te tohutohu ka hoatu e koe ki tētahi kaiwhakahaere kaupapa e tīmata ana?

Awhi i te ānau ako me te hiainu ki te urupare - ahakoa te āhua o te hākinakina. Kāore te whai āputa i roto i tō mōhiotanga e karanga "kei te hapa koe", e kī ana "kei a koe tonu ngā wāhi hei haere". Whāia ake te whakaaro nui mai i te hunga e karapoti ana i a koe, ā, ka pārekareka ki te tiritiri i a koe - koia te wāhi e puta ai te mīharo. Ka pā tēnei mō tō mahi katoa. Ko ahau, mō tētahi, e kore rawa e hiahia ki te whakamutu i te noho ākonga.

He aha tāu i ako ai i ō mahi o mua tata nei i te whakangungu mo te omaoma? 

Ka puta tonu ngā niggles. Ko te kī ko te mōhio mēnā ko te hōhā tētahi mea me tū koe me te aromatawai tonu, mēnā rānei ka taea e koe te huri mārire. Ki te oma, ko te nuinga o tēnā e pā ana ki te whara, engari ka pā hoki ki te mahi. Mō ngā hyperactives pēnei i a au, he uaua pea te whakawhitiwhiti i ngā mea katoa i a koe e hoki ana ki te okiokinga. Ina pau i a koe te rā katoa ki te whakaaro he aha ngā kiritaki me ngā auaha e hiahiatia ana, he pūkenga tinihanga te whakawātea wāhi ki te whakarongo ki tō ake hinengaro.

He aha ō mea tino pai e mahia ana e mātou i roto i te studio?

He rawe ki ahau te nui o ngā hongere Slack kāore e pā ana ki te mahi kei a mātou. Kei roto i tā mātou tīpakonga tino pai tētahi hongere run_fun, he toi kawhe me te kōrerorero arotake, tae atu ki taku tāpiritanga hou rawa: he hongere nerd reo e kiia nei ko "gaga for grammar" (he raruraru tōku mō ngā matā, he aha taku kōrero). Kātahi, he rawe ki a au te āhua ngātahi o tō mātou mokowāmahi. Kāore pea te tangata e mōhio ki te tata o tātau katoa (hei hoa engari hoki... ā-tinana)! He tino ahurei ō mātau tuakiri - he hari te noho i roto i tētahi mokowā studio e taea ai e au te hurihuri mō tētahi kōrerorero.

He aha ngā huringa e hiahia ana koe ki te kite i roto i te umanga?

Ki taku whakaaro me nui ake te hauora hinengaro o te whārite. Te whakauru ki roto i ngā tukanga kaupapa, e āhei ana ki te whakaata me te hākari, me te mārama hoki ki te mahi a ngā roro rerekē. He pai ngā tūāpapa o te nuinga o ngā studios i tēnei wā, engari ki taku whakaaro ka pai ake tā mātou mahi ki te whakapūnoa i te rere o te hauora hinengaro me te pēhea e tauwhiti ai ki te tukanga auaha.

Waihoki: he nui ake ngā wāhine i roto i te ārahitanga, he nui ake te rerenga kētanga, me tētahi huarahi ahurea tāpiri ake! 

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I tēnei wā...

Te pānui i ngā pūrākau Kariki katoa (aka, Stephen Fry's Mythos).

E whakarongo ana ki te pai o Franc Moody. I runga i te vinyl? He pai ake.

E mātakitaki ana i te The Great for the absurd, Tour de France: Unchained for the adrenaline, the Barbie movie for all the rest.

E hiahia ana ahau i runga i tētahi papa Wīwī me taku whānau me te 5kgs tīhi.

E hiahia ana mēnā ka mau te "parani-iti" i tētahi tohuhono, kāore rānei.