Values Alignment

I read the news today that Xero, and its founder Rod Drury, have made two significant investments that - even individually - turn me off big time. Seen together, it’s undeniable, I’ll have to divest.

Thoughts turned to alternatives. MYOB looks good, but what can find find out about owner KKR? Aotearoa’s Hnry is niched for sole traders, and we are a company. Ambitious for growth, we need software that will grow with us.

Values alignment is my love language (my meet-cute story includes the time my now-husband casually called a popular celeb ‘a bit of a right-wing @#$*’. Swoon! I fell hard).

When I look closely at the positive changes mega-corps have made (think Nestle’s global supply chain compelling Fonterra to upgrade environmental performance), it’s doubtful these are coming from within. When mega-corporates disrupt the status quo for the better, it is due to the values of the customer, and investor, and how those values are expressed through grass roots financial choices.

In other words, where we put our dollar is the biggest influence we have over the seemingly-untouchable biggest of problems.

I won’t clean my supplier list over night. As well as accounting software, we use others who are on the stinky step values-wise. I’m committing to getting there by the end of 2026.