Our behavioural aspirations
The Boma Behavioural Aspirations define our culture: how we commit to showing up together to deliver on our ambitions.
Boma sits at the intersection of hunger and heart.
We are wildly ambitious. We’re here to achieve great things, and to push ourselves and each other to perform at our maximum potential.
At the same time, we are fiercely compassionate. We are one team and care deeply about each other. We’re not interested in individual advancement at each other’s expense; we support and encourage each other to be our best selves.
This intersection is a challenging place to work. Our aspirations and demands on ourselves are not for everyone. We navigate constant tension — the tension between pressure and calm, between effort and regeneration, between ambition and presence.
Our bicultural context
Boma embraces the bicultural context of our headquarters in Aotearoa New Zealand.
We recognise and honour Māori as tangata whenua, and recognise and honour Ngāi Tūāhuriri as mana whenua of Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Our commitments to our bicultural context include:
Actively learning more about our history and te Tiriti o Waitangi,
Learning Māori tikanga to build confidence and cultural competency (such as at the learning day at Tuahiwi Marae, or a local equivalent for team members not in Ōtautahi),
Engaging appropriately with tikanga for our programmes and offerings (eg mihi to mana whenua for virtual events, karakia kai at in-person events),
Embracing concepts of whanaungatanga (relationships) and manaakitanga (welcome and care),
Incorporating te reo Māori into our everyday correspondence,
Encouraging staff to learn and use their pepeha, and
Where appropriate, incorporating Māori concepts into our policies, eg using the framework of Te Whare Tapa Whā for our hauora policy.
We seek opportunities to respectfully, authentically and appropriately partner with tangata whenua in our work.
The aspirations
1. We create impact — Give it.
4. We’re trustworthy — Earn it.
2. We’re hungry for learning and growth — Get it.
5. We’re here because we choose to be here — Own it.
3. We speak up — Say it.
Meet the team
Boma is an awesome place to work — a place where, together, we’re always striving to be our best selves, and supporting each other to do the same. Interested in joining our growth journey? Reach out and let’s chat.
Advisors and collaborators
