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Wisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEAT, PRAY, #LOVE WOULD BE VERY SPICY #TRAVEL WITH PENNY AS #AUTHOR!eing a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on, says Gail Sheehy.
Playing on the surname of my guest, “Ndlela” which is IsiZulu meaning a physical path, or the way you do something or a manner a person conducts themselves, their style or behaviour. Whichever meaning you ascribe her surname, Siphesihle, called Sihle for short, Penny Ndlela has her own unique, distinguishable way of moving through this Life.
Sihle originally hails from Empangeni, in Northern KwaZulu Natal, but grew up in eSikhawini in Richard’s Bay. Penny says #money has never been t...
2026-01-0155 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiIgnorance the Greatest Enemy of #Africans, the Achilles Heel threatening Thriving in an #AI world"To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain #wisdom, subtract things every day." – Philosopher, Lao Tzu
Prince Mashele is a prominent #SouthAfrican political analyst, author, and commentator known for his critical and hard-hitting perspectives.
He holds a Master's Degree in Political Studies from Rhodes University, having previously earned a BA and Honours Degrees from the University of #Venda.
Prince is the Executive Director of the Centre for Politics and Research (CPR), a South African think tank. Prior to this, he served as the Head of the Crime, Justice and Politics Programme at the In...
2025-12-121h 39Wisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiLYNETTE NTULI: TRAILBLAZER AND GBV ACTIVIST AND VICTOR!Lynette Ntuli is a South African #entrepreneur and #business #leader, renowned for her transformative impact on the property, asset management, and #infrastructure sectors. She is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Innate Investment Solutions, a leading professional services firm.
She became the first #woman in South Africa to serve as General Manager of a regional shopping centre, The Pavilion, in 2008.
Her academic credentials include postgraduate qualifications in #property development and urban planning from the University of Pretoria and the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business.
She is a Founding Director and Chairman of IgniteSA...
2025-11-301h 01Wisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWHAT DO RACIAL HEALING & NAIVELY CONFIDENT HAVE IN COMMON?They reside in IAN FUHR!
What a compassionate and wise voice of our time. A true privilege to speak to him.
Ian Fuhr once said: “Racial intolerance has dented our rainbow nation. Shouldn’t stop us from building rainbow companies. Respect and tolerance are the keys.”
Ian Fuhr is the #CEO and Founder of The Hatch Institute, with an extraordinary entrepreneurial career, is a seasoned keynote speaker who shares his invaluable lessons and insights on #culture, self-development, #leadership, customer service and race relations.
Ian’s life journey has been a series of entrepreneurial ventures, each started...
2025-11-0150 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiTHE IMPACT #FATHERS CAN HAVE ON THEIR #DAUGHTERS’ RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL MEN WHEN THEY LEAVE THE MOTHER!Slindile Brilliantine Baloyi’s story is one of scars becoming seeds of #wisdom. In this conversation, she tenderly unpacks the wound of divorce, the belief that ‘men leave,’ and the brave journey toward #trust, #love, and #healing. A humane reminder that pain can birth profound clarity.”
Slindile is the Founder and CEO of #PearlAccess Intl. Ltd a consulting company whose expertise is coaching and strategic leadership. She has a B. Com from University of KwaZulu Natal, Marketing Management (MAP) and Advanced Management Development Program (ADP) from Wits Business School.
She is also an #author and #speaker. She has...
2025-10-0142 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiHow authenticity & family values shape decisions at the top. #WisdomPersonified with Norman Mbazima#Wisdom, you didn’t know you needed. SUBSCRIBE. Don’t just watch.
In this conversation, a Chairman and Chartered Accountant talks about leading with authenticity, prioritising people, and cherishing family. From #boardrooms to home, Noman Mbazima shares lessons on balancing business demands with personal values, showing how genuine leadership creates impact both professionally and personally.
Noman is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Anglo-American Platinum. He has a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) designation, is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Norman is married with thre...
2025-09-0137 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E83 Shado Twala - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiAugust is not a celebration. It is a call to remembrance and reclamation.
We honour the resilience of women who walked in 1956—not just as a historical act, but as a reminder that resistance is relational, collective, and generational.
On Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi on this Women's Month, we pay tribute to
Sis Nomshado Twala, popularly known as Shado Twala, as a trailblazer in the South African media as radio DJ, talk show host, voice-over artist, journalist, Entrepreneur and TV producer.
She started her career in 1986 on the 1st Black English language radio station, Ra...
2025-08-0159 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E82 Dudu Msomi - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiIrene Kiwia, Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer (Cgo), Adanian Labs, #Kenya. #Nigeria & South Africa began the conversation with the quote, “True wisdom is often found not in the voice that leads… but in the silence that listens. And sometimes… even the listener deserves to be heard.”
In this episode, the host of Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi is sharing her perspectives on issues of interest to her fellow #Fortune500 mentee. Having met in Washington D.C. in 2010 on U.S. State Department sponsored Fortune Mentorship Programme, a sistahood developed between them.
Dudu Msomi is the Founder and CEO of B...
2025-06-2854 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E81 Dr Detoun Ogwo - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiBehind every elegant and powerful woman lies a story of resilience and impact. This Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi is with Dr. Detoun Ogwo. A woman who embodies elegance and a fervent dedication to transforming the landscape of youth employability.
Dr Detoun Ogwo is the Executive Director and Technical Advisor at The Skills Development Practice that provides technical and vocational training for 7500 youth across 36 states achieving 85% employment within three months.
She has worked with companies such as PWC, Stanbic IBTC, the International Labour Organization (ILO), Diageo, British Airways, British American Tobacco, T-Mobile, and Halifax Bank...
2025-06-0152 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E80 Sizakele Mzimela - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiWhen in the midst of sorrow
You can't see up when looking down
A brighter day tomorrow will bring
You hear the voice of reason
Telling you this can never be done
No matter how hard reality seems
Just hold on to your dreams, yeah
Don't give up and don't give in, although it seems you never win
You will always pass the test as long as you keep your head to the sky
You can win as long as you keep your head to the sky
You can win...
2025-05-0135 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E79 Tshiamo Thebe - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiAuthors Randall Pinkett and Jeffrey Robinson, in their book “Black Faces in White Places” said: “If experience is the best teacher, learning from someone else’s experience is a close second”. Tshiamo Thebe is proactive in seeking opportunities to learn from others. She lives the adage that ‘when a student is ready, the teacher will appear’. Tshiamo is always on the ready to learn, grow and evolve.
She is a Chartered Accountant working a Senior Specialist for a financial services company. Tshiamo is a former television presenter on SABC 2. She graduated from the University of Johannesburg with a Bachelor’s deg...
2025-03-2946 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E78 Dr Bongani Mageba - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiLEADING YOUR LIFE WITH COURAGE – The Wisdom from Dr Bongani Mageba
Roy T. Bennett says, “Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your #vision and #purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others". This quote captures the spirit that drives the life of my guest Dr Bongani Mageba
He is the Chief Executive Officer of Telesure Advisory Services which is a multi-product and multi-branded advisory business that provides personalised solutions across a wide range of personal, #business, life and #wealth offerings that align with clients’ specific needs and objectives.
...
2025-03-0146 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E76 Teresa Oakley-Smith - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiEquality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed, says Jodi Picoult.
Speaking to Teresa Oakley-Smith, a pioneer in diversity and change management in South Africa in today's insightful episode. You cannot, but talk about equality and equity in the context of transforming workplaces and society.
Teresa Oakley-Smith aptly puts it, "Being a pioneer means forging ahead, not knowing exactly where you're going, but having faith in the journey."
She is a psychologist and former academic, who has successfully carved a path and dedicated...
2025-02-0142 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP EWP E76 Debbie Goodman - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiIf you hear the name ‘Jack Hammer’. You expect a male. Not in the case of the executive search firm.
Debbie Goodman is the Group CEO of Jammer Hammer, a global group of executive search, talent advisory and leadership coaching companies. Debbie also acts as Advisor to various VC-backed, high growth companies and she coaches founder CEOs and co-Founders, globally.
Debbie is a two-time bestselling author and host of the podcast “On Work and Revolution”.
Debbie started her career as an award-winning contemporary choreographer and dancer whilst she was finishing her law degree.
De...
2024-12-1542 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E74 Dr Ngao Motsei - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiAre you driving high performance or are you actually a #bully?
“Every #leader has a shadow”, says Dr Ngao Motsei. “To be an effective leader, you have to be aware and the intention of the shadow that you cast in your direct environment.” The reason why Dr Motsei is our first repeat guest is her recently published book called ‘Building Psychologically Safe Spaces: Safeguarding Your Workplace Against Bullying’. It an instructive read worthy of your time.
Dr Ngao Motsei is an #author, Leadership Consultant, Speaker and Business School Faculty. Ngao has a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Social Sc...
2024-11-0143 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E75 Mabatho Seeiso - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiIt is said that leopards symbolise power, strength and confidence, stealth, perception, bravery, survival, shapeshifting, authenticity and self-reliance. An animal spirit that captures the many qualities in Mabatho.
She has a B.Com from the University of Cape Town. A B. Com Honours in Economics and Marketing from University of Wales, an MBA from the University of Hull.
Mabatho joined the financial services industry in 2001. She currently serves as a professional trustee or independent investment committee member and independent Chairperson on various funds. She also serves as a non-executive director on various company boards.
...
2024-11-0138 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E73 Themba Gamedze - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomihemba Gamedze epitomises what Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi is about. #Wisdom is not a result of aging nor is it about a high IQ. It is about how individuals use good judgement in everyday life (both in their personal and professional lives). It is the interplay of the use of one’s intelligence, knowledge, #creativity, common sense, and experience, and how it impacts their intra- personal, interpersonal and community relationships. It is not about perfection, but rather how they relate and cope in a world of challenges, changes, complexities, and crises.
Themba Gamedze has personified wisdom fr...
2024-09-3051 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E72 Cathy Mohlahlana - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi“A true passion that burns within your soul is one that can never be put out”, says Zach Toelke
Cathy Mohlahlana is an award- winning broadcast #journalist who calls herself a news junkie. It comes through in every broadcast of hers that you watch and listen to. You can catch Cathy on SAFM on every weekday The Talking Point from 9:00 – 12:00 South African time.
She has won the National Press Club Radio Journalist of the Year Award and was selected to be part of the #CNN Journalism Fellowship.
In 2014, Cathy was selected as a fellow for th...
2024-09-0153 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E71 Tryphosa Ramano - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiPaying tribute to women who not only pursue excellence in everything they do. But who also exude compassion, kindness and courage. Most of all, who share their wisdom with their fellow human beings and thrive to leave this world better off. Epitomised by Tryphosa Ramano, the guest in this August Month on Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi.
When you meet Tryphosa and see the things she is involved in. You get the sense that is aptly conveyed by George Bernard Shaw when he said:
“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die. For the ha...
2024-08-0147 min
The Talking PointUnderstanding the importance of leadership and taking of an oath As the cabinet ministers are preparing to be sworn in tomorrow (Wed) to pledge their loyalty to serving the country, we thought to talk about what it is they need to understand when taking that oath. What should it mean to them and also what should we as a nation expect as we’ve seen over the years how many of them did not honour the promises they made. To help us navigate this issue, we are joined by….. Guest: Guru Kali – Director of The Conscious Leadership Academy - Will talk on Conscious Leadership, no politic...
2024-07-0340 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E70 Lebo Biko - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiThere is a quote from John Burroughs that says, “You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it”.
This captures Lebo’s vision as a co-founder of #Womanomics Africa which exists to connect women to opportunities and ecosystems, creating a Pan -African economic highway, driven by women, significantly increasing their participation in intra-Africa #trade.
Lebo Biko is an #Africa inspired social entrepreneur, #feminist, catalyst, optimist, a seasoned strategy and marketing specialist. She is the Co-Founder and Director of Oya Solutions, a holding Company aimed at providing solutions that support the advancement of #wo...
2024-07-0146 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE069 - Natasia & Skye Mc Mahon - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiThis is one of my most heart-warming and yet candid conversations yet.
Natasia becomes teary when her daughter Syke shares what she admires about her as a mother. Inspired by a quote by Jane Flax, a psychoanalyst, Skye says, “Mothers and daughters existing as wretched mirrors of each other. I am all you could have been, and you are all I might be”.
In this inter-generational conversation, I am speaking to Natasia and Skye Mc Mahon. I have chosen to explore the Coloured identity in this relationship including the unique bond between the mothers and daughters. The...
2024-06-0146 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE068 - Helen Nicholson - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi#Networking is an #investment in your #business. It takes time and when done correctly can yield great results for years to come, says Diane Helbig
This sentiment embodies the journey that Helen Nicholson has travelled and the lesson that has made her part of the zeitgeist of Corporate South #Africa.
Helen is called the Networking Queen. She began her career as an accountant. She has evolved into the Founder and Chief Excitement Officer of The Networking Company which specialises in training professionals on ‘soft skills’ such as Personal Branding, Networking and #Mindfulness which are essential power skills to adva...
2024-05-0149 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE067 - Pepe Marais- #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiI love genuine, vulnerable, passionate, compassionate, insightful, intelligent and wise Humans. Those are truly powerful individuals. Pepe is all of these. And more.
Pepe Marais is the Founding Partner and Group Chief Creative Officer of the #brand and #communications group Joe Public United, ranked as one of the top independent and fastest growing South African #advertising groups. He has been the recipient of numerous local and international industry awards. Pepe is the author of Growing Greatness and 20 Habits that break habits. He describes himself as a purpose-driven individual who is passionate about human potential and the growth and...
2024-04-011h 01Wisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE066 - Annina Van Neel - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiAnnina Van Neel is the founder and CEO of The Tiekie Box Project which is a black cultural #heritage organisation working to decolonise Black history and #archaeology and to make this heritage accessible to the African #Diaspora and descendant communities.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental, and Geographical Science and Archaeology from the University of Cape Town. When Annina emigrated to the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena Island in 2012 to work as the environmental officer for an airport construction project, she encountered the neglected, but most significant physical trace of the Trans-Atlantic #Slave Trade, The Af...
2024-03-0138 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE065 - Anne Pratt - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiAnne Pratt says one of the gifts of living through Stage 3 Gastric cancer is that you truly live each day as though it is the last. Not just words. One of the unforgettable wisdoms that she still lives by today that she learnt from her mother. Is that when we have passed on. We will not be remembered for our balance sheet or what we have in the bank. But the lives we touch. And the difference we make whilst we are here on Planet Earth that will define the meaning of our lives and the impact of our legacy.
2024-02-0127 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE064 - Christa Bonnet - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiMy guest for this episode of Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi is Professor Christa Bonnet. Christa is the CEO at The Difference Makers NGO. Her experience cuts across various disciplines. She holds multiple qualifications and professional memberships, a master’s degree (M. Com) in Financial Management, an MBA and a PhD in Organizational leadership…Professor Christa is currently doing her Doctorate in Ministry and Spiritual Formation.
#ChristaBonnet #DuduMsomi #TheDifferencemakers #Leadership #Wisdom
2024-01-0139 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE063 Sibusisiwe Myeni - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiAt the core, the idea of #purpose is the idea that what we do matters to people other than ourselves says Angela Duckworth.
In the work that Sibusisiwe Myeni does as the co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Imbeleko #Foundation, she does exactly that which is a far cry from what she qualified to with a B. Com in statistical Science and Financial Accounting. Sibu is a #banker turned Social #Entrepreneur and Rural Child Education Activist. A 2010 Gauteng Businesswomen Association Business Woman of the Year, a2015 Vital Voices GAP Alum, a 2016 VV100 Fellow, a 2016 Eisenhower Fellow, an Aspen Institute 2017...
2023-12-0141 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE062 Prof Mthunzi Mdwaba - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi“Life presents many choices, the choices we make determine our future.” – Catherine Pulsifer
One can also say that a person’s present life circumstances is a result of their past choices. Professor Mthunzi Mdwaba believes that people can either choose to live in the dark or in the light. He believes it is your choice. Everything in life is a choice,
Prof Mdwaba is the founder, President, and CEO of Tzoro IBC which is an investment and strategic business consultancy and the Chairman of #Productivity South Africa. He is the co-founder of #SANA (South African #Norwegian Associat...
2023-11-0354 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE061 Dr Nozuko Mkabayi - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiI would like to borrow a quote from Matt Haig, who said: "Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, YOU ARE NOT THE RAIN.”
Dr Nozuko Mkabayi is Chief Executive Officer in the Department of Health in South Africa. She has over 28 years of experience as a medical #doctor. She specialises in #pediatrics and child #health.
We met at Howard College at the University of Natal, Durban, now called the University of KwaZulu-Natal. We lived in the same...
2023-10-0140 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE060 Tembisa Marele - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiMy guest for this new episode of Wisdom Personified, Conversations with Dudu Msomi is Tembisa Marele.
We usually joke in life about siblings from another mother. Tee is definitely my sister from another mother. Who I am convinced was brought into my life through the Spirit of my departed sister, S’celo Msomi based on how we first connected. But that is another story on its own.
Tembisa Marele is an experienced #Executive with more than fifteen years in the fields of financial sector regulation, strategic advisory, corporate #leadership, reputation management, and communications. Her career began in th...
2023-09-0147 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE059 Tumi Mphahlele & Dr Lebo Mphahlele-Ntsasa - #Wisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiJerry Smith said, “I may be a twin, but I am one of a kind.” This sentiment captures the two individuals I am speaking to on this episode of Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi.
Tumi Mphahlele is the Chief Executive Officer of I-G3N Energy, one of the few women #entrepreneurs involved in the energy industry. She is a Recreational Ultra Endurance Athlete, Mountaineer, and a Board Member.
At this time, she has completed 8 Comrades, 6 Two Oceans and climbed three of the seven summits around the world. Tumi has a BSc. Chemistry, Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management, Dipl...
2023-08-0145 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE057 Mike Teke - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiWalt #Disney said: “You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your #soul”.
For this episode of Wisdom Personified Conversations with #DuduMsomi, I am having a conversation with Mike Teke whose life journey is captured in this quote.
Mike Teke is the Chief Executive Officer of #SeritiResources, a diversified energy company in SouthAfrica. He is a former schoolteacher and human resources executive who is now the chairperson and controlling shareholder in a multibillion-rand #coal #mining and energy company. He is a past president of the Minerals Council South Afri...
2023-07-0125 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE057 Sangeeta Leach - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiThere is a quote that says, “Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are.” Sangeeta Leach is someone I proudly claim as a friend. From the instance you meet Sangs, her intelligence is palpable. Even at a young age, she was also undoubtedly wise as evident in her good judgement, behaviour, problem solving abilities and understanding of the human condition.
Sangeeta Leach is the co-owner of The Leach Partnership based in #Sydney, Australia which she runs with her husband William Leach. I first met Sangs, as I call her, in 1996 when she move...
2023-06-0141 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE056 Nthati Moshesh - #Wisdom Personified - conversations with Dudu MsomiNthati Moshesh is one of the most accomplished actresses on the African
Continent, professionally trained, having studied Performing Arts in Natal
Technikon (now called Durban University of Technology).
There is something so comforting about growing in this world alongside
people you knew when you were younger. Seeing them charter a successful
journey in their chosen careers. I first came to know Nthati Moshesh when
she was studying at Natal Technikon, now called Durban University of
Technology, where she was one of the first graduates in Performing Arts.
Her sterling career has...
2023-05-0142 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE055 Lerato Molebatsi - #Wisdom Personified- Conversations with Dudu MsomiJim Rohn says, “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be
kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be
humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without
folly.”
There are very few individuals that I have observed that carry these
contradictions with Grace and Wisdom. Lerato Molebatsi is a person that
epitomises that power doesn’t have to be loud and showy. Her character, her
mind and heart are what keep you in her life in the long-t...
2023-04-0143 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE54 Dr Renate Volpe - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi“So often people assume that everyone has good parents”, was the answer to the response of my very first question. I knew that this conversation will be the epitome of what I hoped for when I conceived “Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi”.
I foresaw individuals opening up. Being vulnerable and courageous. Revealing to us their journey to #Wisdom. Which is not always a straight-line. So that their fellow human beings can be inspired. Learn from. And do better than they may have. As Maya Angelou said, “When you know better, you do better.”
This video #podcast seri...
2023-03-0139 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE53 Santie Botha - Wisdom Personified,conversations with Dudu MsomiIn this episode of #WisdomPersonified, Conversations with #DuduMsomi, I am speaking to Santie Botha, one of South Africa’s most respected and accomplished businesspersons. She believes that to do big things, you need to do the hard thinking first.
With the presence of formidable universities, with bright sparks in our country, in a world that is digital, Santie questions where our investments in research and in quality people are? And where is South Africa’s #SiliconValley? Observing the seeming lack of a big vision for the country. She reasons that we need a unified vision, not just pockets. This...
2023-02-0149 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE52 Farayi Mangwende - WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi“Have to choose your hard.” A statement made by
Farayi Mangwende during our conversation when I
asked her why she has not emigrated from Zimbabwe
like millions of professionals have done to make a
better life for themselves in other countries because
of the prolonged political and economic crisis in their
country.
Farayi’s detested cross country running when she
was at school. Her father shared wisdom, “How can
you be beaten by something that doesn’t talk.” That
got me thinking about how I want to Live in 2023.
...
2023-01-0333 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE51 Nonhlanhla Mjoli-Mncube - WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu MsomiI so love no nonsense, simple advice. In this conversation with Sis Nonhlanhla Mjoli-Mncube, she shares salt of the earth wisdom. May I dare say, in this conversation, it is as though Sis Nonhlanhla is paying tribute to her parents and gives us a glimpse of the legacy that they have enriched the family with.
Sis Nonhlanhla is motivated by what her father used to say. That for any constraint, there is a solution. She has lived what Eric Hoffer says that the only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
Sis...
2022-12-0142 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiWP E050 - Molefe Mputamputa - WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu MsomiMy guest for this new episode of Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi is Molefe Mputamputa, the Chief Operating Officer of Royale Energy.
Dr Seuss says, “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose". I think this quote captures the spirit that seems to have driven the life of Molefe Mputamputa. Molefe has a B. Sc. Engineering (Chemical Engineering); a B. Comm degree and an MBA. He is passionate about developing emerging business leaders to reach their potential.
Molefe is a renown #jazz aficionado wh...
2022-11-0138 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 49 Mark & Dr LaTasha Blanton #WisdomPersonifiedI hope this conversation with The Blantons, Mark and Dr LaTasha, has a butterfly effect: a light fluttering of butterfly wings that may cause unpredictable, but positive inspirations and actions in those that watch and hear which can lead to a large-scale movement of Africans and people of African descent in the Diaspora appreciating their common
ancestry and actively seeking to bridge the bonds of time and space. To be the powerful people that they are.
There is an excerpt of a poem from the book Wealth for all Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life...
2022-10-0139 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE048 Zodwa Matsau #WisdomPersonified“Don’t underestimate me because I’m quiet. I know more than I say, think more than I speak and observe more than you know.” – Michaela Chung
I think this quote captures what I see as the essence of Sis Zodwa. Her ‘not too loud’ nature may have you overlook her for the charismatic and vocal in our society. But not me. She has qualities that embody wisdom, one of which is intellectual humility which is endearing.
The best advice she says, came from her father who said: “In life you have to remember that to whom much is given, m...
2022-09-1433 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE047 Women's Month 2022 - Conversations with Dudu MsomiRick Warren, an author echoes what I believe, which in part inspired the creation of
#WisdomPersonified Conversations with #DuduMsomi. He said, “While it is #wise to learn from
experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.”
The more diverse the people you are exposed to, the more enriched your life is. It is projected that by late 2022, the world population will reach 8 billion people. With that many people, we will never meet every people to learn directly from them. Thank goodness for Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi. We will play our part in find...
2022-08-0451 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE046 - Irene Kiwia #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu MsomiIrene Kiwia is from #Tanzania. But is at home in any country in Africa as she
grows her Pan-African empire. Irene is a co-Founder and Chief Growth
Officer (CGO) of Adanian Labs, a #tech venture studio for #African start-
ups. A former Ms Tanzania, her beautiful looks may initially draw your
attention to her. However, her mind and her heart are what will keep you for
a lifetime.
Irene has not had an easy road in Life. She says she has always been on the
side road, never the main one, contrary to...
2022-07-0735 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE045 - Buyani Zwane #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu MsomiBuyani Zwane is the Founder and Cheerful Engagement Orchestrator of #BreakthroughDevelopment, a management #consulting firm providing managerial and #leadership development services.
It is an honour to share Buyani, a fellow child of the Black Management Forum (#BMF) on this June, his birthday month with you. Having known him for about 24 years, this conversation exposes a rare side of Buyani. Vulnerable and emotionally raw because of childhood trauma. An apt conversation to have during Youth Month (June) in South Africa as we commemorate and reflect on the sacrifices of the young people on the 16th of June 1976 in the liberation...
2022-06-0236 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE044 Prof Manoj Chiba #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu MsomiProf Manoj Chiba is an Associate Professor at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) & Data Scientist and principal consultant for ATBMI Advisory. You can undermine Prof Chiba at your own peril, but you certainly cannot deny the positive impact he has in our society. True wisdom is displayed through our actions. This is evident in the way Manoj has lived his life thus far. He is what can be described as whip smart. But what makes him wise is how he uses his intelligence and skills for the betterment of society as well.
Manoj is driven to...
2022-05-0543 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE043 - Nadia Bilchik #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu MsomiNadia Bilchik is President of Greater Impact Communication, is an internationally renowned television personality, communication and professional development based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States, but operates globally. You can get in touch with her at https://nadiaspeaks.com/keynote-speaker/
Nadia Bilchik was born in #South Africa and still calls it home. Nadia anchored for MNET TV in South Africa before moving to the United States in 1997 where she hosted a variety of shows for CNN International and Weekend Passport on #CNN. She has interviewed figures like #NelsonMandela, #GeorgeClooney, and #TomHanks amongst others during her illustrious and...
2022-04-0738 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE042 - Women's Day - Break the Bias! #WisdomPersonifiedThough laws are in place for the advancement of #women. The women carry a disproportionate burden of physical work and emotional labour in the workplace and in the home. It may require South Africa to adopt the Nordic Region practices where there is shared participation in childcare, a more equitable distribution of work at home and a better work-life balance for both women and men. Women encounter difficulties in combining family and work responsibilities in a society still structured on patriarchal norms and practices. Women have feelings of obligation and commitment to others, at most times to their own detriment...
2022-03-0323 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE041 Ambassador Nozipho January-Bardill #WisdomPersonifiedAmbassador Nozipho January-Bardill is the Chair of the Council of the
Nelson Mandela University & UN Global Compact Local Network Board.
She believes that the beginning of wisdom is living consciously, meaning
being aware of where you are, what you are and who you are in any point in
time.
Sis’ Noz, as we fondly call her is serenity, calm personified. Hear her speak
about the injustices of society that make her angry without raising her voice
or any visible change in her demeanour. This is something to behold.
Apartheid, she says, either ma...
2022-03-0336 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE040 Birthday Month #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu MsomiFebruary is my favourite month of the year.
One, because it is my birthday month. Celebrations literally start well before my born date of the 24th. And last sometimes until September 🤣🤣my second favourite month. Plenty of time to be spoilt and to drink in the fact that I am still ALIVE!
Secondly, because it is the Love month. Valentine may only be on the 14th. But the entire month does seem to inspire loving feelings that last for the whole month. Yep. That’s the romantic in me.😂❤️😊
Hope you will find resonance in this message that I felt inspir...
2022-01-2714 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE039 Brigitte Dzogbenuku #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu MsomiThere is a quote by Avijeet Das, “There are moments in our lives when we meet someone, and we feel as if we have known them all our lives.” That is how I felt the first time I met Brigitte Dzogbenuku. Brig, as we commonly call her, is the Founder and Executive Director of Mentoring Women Ghana amongst other roles she has. A former Miss Ghana, a mother of one precious son and Ghanaian #Presidential candidate of the Progressive Peoples’ Party in 2020. You can undermine her at your own peril, but ignoring her, impossible.
Brig says her Achilles Heel i...
2022-01-0630 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 38 Rehema Isa #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi"Labels are filing.
Labels are for clothing.
Labels are not for people."
Said Martina Navratilova.
Rehema Isa defies labelling. The closest label she fits is that she is an #African and an enthusiastic advocate for #women and intra-Africa #trade. Talking about identity, she reminded me of the derogatory, painful, and Soul-destroying term and song “Makwerekwere” that was used to describe African foreigners even in Botswana where she grew up.
Rehema is the Co-Founder of Womanomics Africa, who exist to connect women to opportunities and ecosystems, creating a Pan -African economic highway.
This...
2021-12-0239 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 37 Dudu Msomi #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu MsomiEver since I can remember, I have always wanted to work for myself, either on my own or by creating a business with like- minded individuals that will attract more people that want to do great things and push the boundaries. Entrepreneurs are said to have certain qualities that hold them in good stead to succeed and some have become clichés such as having a vision, persistence, being innovative, creative, hard- working and so forth. But despite having those qualities, there will be many tough times, whether you are running a start-up or an established company, where as a b...
2021-11-0413 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 36 Ashraf Garda #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomihere is something so distinct and remarkable about a man who sights as one of his most courageous decisions in life, cold calling his now wife to introduce himself and express his interest in her after he saw her at a function many moons ago. I knew this was going to be another fascinating conversation. Ashraf Garda is the founder of Champion South Africa. He sees his purpose as to Champion people. His goal is to build a champion nation. How we achieve that, he says it is up to everyone.
Ashraf is ardent about us fighting against ‘othering’ each...
2021-10-0736 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 35 - Nonhlanhla Koza #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu MsomiWith Nonhlanhla Koza, your first impressions will most likely be wrong. Thirty years of knowing her, she still manages to surprise me.
Over the past few years, I have seen her evolution as she acquires wisdom from the good, the bad and the ugly of life which inspired this conversation.
Einstein said: “Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” This certainly holds true for Nonhlanhla. She is a Managing Member of Phuphani Holdings, a professional services company with a diversified investment portfolio in ICT, Healthcare, Multi-Purpose Property development, Strategic Branding and...
2021-09-0230 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 34 Hema Vallabh #WisdomPersonified conversations with Dudu MsomiHema Vallabh is the co-Founder and CEO of the social enterprise, WomHub, which is a boutique incubator, accelerator and co-working hub for female founders in STEM (Stem, Technology, Engineering and Manufacturing).
From an insecure teenager sitting at the back of the classroom in a no frills and no fusses government school in Lenasia, Hema's exposure to a world outside of the bubble of her Indian community has unleashed a powerhouse who has a passion to build organisations that create a lasting impact. Her mum is her biggest inspiration and her father, her biggest fan.
Hema has...
2021-08-0528 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 33 Angelo Fick #WisdomPersonified conversations with Dudu MsomiThere is a quote by Manly P. Hal:
“It is said that wisdom lies not in seeing things, but seeing through things.”
This quote is so apt for this new episode of Wisdom Personified, Conversations with Dudu Msomi. Angelo Fick is the Director of Research at Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute (ASRI). He believes that critical literate education would be useful to produce the kind of people who don’t have to rely on other people to point out to them that something doesn’t cohere logically.
Angelo will get you reflecting deeply with every wisdom he share...
2021-07-0136 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiE032 Mrs Scholastica Kimaryo #WisdomPersonified conversations with Dudu MsomiMrs Scholastica Sylvan Kimaryo is the Founder and CEO of Maadili Leadership Development and Lifestyle Coaching and Kilimanjaro Conscious Leadership Academy in Tanzania. She believes that humans are eternal spirit beings having a temporary human experience. However, the fact that our experiences are temporary because it is fact that none of us are coming out of this life alive, we owe it to our lives not to play it safe.
Auntie Schola, as I call her, was a strategist from a young age when she crafted an ingenious plan and enlisted the support of her village Parish priest at...
2021-06-0333 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 31 Nomso Kana - #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu MsomiNomso Kana is a Nuclear scientist by trade and an entrepreneur in the broadband infrastructure sector. She founded Sun n Shield 84 Tech, a broadband infrastructure solutions company that is designing connectivity networks and distributing passive fibre optic products.
Nomso is not your stereotypical scientist – of an eccentric, isolated workaholic who is socially ill at ease. That image has not held true for many scientists that I know. She is a combination of intelligence and wisdom at a young age. You can undermine her at your peril.
During this conversation, I learnt that South Africa is number 3 in th...
2021-05-0630 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 30 Abdullah Verachia - #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu Msomi"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high,
and we miss it, but that it is too low, and we reach it." –
Michelangelo
Abdullah Verachia, #CEO of The Strategists says, “I didn’t know
that a life like this exists” to my question on what vision he had for
his life. Abdullah is a poster man of a life created through a decision
taken by default leading to unpredictable and magical paths. Trying
to get out of something as a young scholar, led him into this
am...
2021-04-0133 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 29 Makhosi Mthiyane - #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu Msomi"For everything you have missed, you have gained something else. And for everything you gain, you lose something else." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
This quote encapsulates the ‘no regret’ attitude of Makhosi Mthiyane, CEO of Ingqapheli Security, (https://www.ingqapheli.co.za/) who are specialists in security solutions. There are genuinely few human beings in this world that I am in awe of. A two- time high school dropout with passion and determination for learning and personal improvement who matriculated in her 20s. Sis’ Makhosi is a role model for girls and women anywhere in the world.
In her co...
2021-03-0433 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 28 Warwick Gill - #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu MsomiLiving consciously and with gusto are the greatest wisdoms I have learnt from Warwick Gill, CEO of Freethinking whom I have known since 2005 as our highly intelligent, raucous, and hilarious MBA classmate at Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). Warrick is individual who in his youth was not guaranteed a long life because of fragile health challenges. Like all of us are not guaranteed. Sometimes we forget that.
Warwick shares insights on disability that every leader and every individual would benefit from. It is not always possible to walk in someone else’s shoes so that we have em...
2021-02-0434 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 27 Dr Tashmia Ismail-Saville - #WisdomPersonified Conversations with D'Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others." – Hema proverb (DRC)
You will definitely be enlightened by the fire shared in this Wisdom Personified conversation with Dr Tashmia Ismail–Saville who is the CEO of Youth Employment Service (YES). There is a saying that do not judge a book by its cover. You will fail miserably if you try with Tashmia, and you will also encounter an individuals who truly defies being boxed in. Her passion and knowledge of wide range of disciplines and interests are tied together by her dislike of inequality and for working for the...
2021-01-0732 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 26 Nicola Tyler - Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu MsomiThis Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi is with Nicola Tyler,
Director of Business Results Group (BRG) who has dined with Presidents and danced with Paupers. Her self-effacing and self-deprecating mannerisms and humour belies the wealth of wisdom you gain from a conversation with her. I think these words from her
capture her life wisdom. “We need Ego when we enter the race. We need Humility when we win. Nobody likes an arrogant winner.”
Nicola Tyler believes that if you are above ground. Be grateful. She says, “The trick is to have enough Energy to have the Ti...
2020-12-0341 min
Leadership Conversations With Kemi OgunkoyaLeading with CharacterIn today's fast-paced world the requirement for leadership seems to be evolving. While we have leaders who will do anything to get ahead the best of leaders are those who lead with character. Join Kemi Ogunkoya and Dudu Msomi on this amazing episode of Leadership Conversations with Kemi Ogunkoya and discover how to develop the right character for effective leadership.
2020-11-2346 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 25 William Leach - #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu MsomiTeachers come in all shapes, ages, races, colours, educational level or lack thereof, class, fame or lack thereof and cultures.
William Leach, former CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi Africa and co-founder of The Leach Partnership, Sydney, Australia has been one of the most significant and impactful teachers and mentors in my life with regards to Living, Leadership and Loving.
His leadership instincts and courage at a young age, late 20s and early 30s, had him accepting opportunities to establish a Saatchi advertising agency in Budapest, Hungary at the end of Communism in 1990 and to lead the...
2020-11-0234 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 24 Soma Zaaiman #WisdomPersonified with Dudu MsomiI am in conversation with Soma Zaaiman, the Managing Director of BTS, who inspire and equip people to do the best work of their lives, creating better teams and better businesses.
I have not met a South African more pained by our past, but at peace with how her race can be viewed by our history to not take things personally and to have the compassion to look forward and not minimise the pain and perspectives of what she has not lived as a privileged White female.
I am proud to showcase a fellow proud South African who...
2020-09-3022 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 23 Tsakani Maluleke #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu MsomiOur guest in this episode is Tsakani Maluleke, the first woman to be appointed Deputy Auditor-General since the existence of the Office of the AG in South Africa.
You are first struck by her beauty. The stereotypical tall, dark and beautiful kind. Then unarmed by her genuine warmth, intelligence and grounded-ness. An intoxicating combination.
I keep telling her I love her surname – Maluleke. I don’t care who sweeps her off her feet next. How charming he is. She must never change her surname again. 😂😂😂
Our Deputy-Auditor General, Tsakani Maluleke was inspired to join the Chartered Accounting pr...
2020-08-3131 min
Life HappensTalking relationships - women supporting women. how are we doing?Collectively as women we have impact. There is a belief that women don’t support each other , how true is this? In the past there has been research that shows women in particular, benefit from collaboration instead of competing. How are we doing as women?Guest: Dudu Msomi - Founder and ceo of busara leadership partners -expertise is to facilitate the development and effectiveness of leaders to achieve Guest: Vanessa Mogorosi - Relationship & life coach
2020-08-1725 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 22 Dr Judy Dlamini #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu MsomiIn this episode I am talking to Dr Judy Dlamini, a renowned Businesswoman and Executive Chairperson, Mbekani Group about the courage of living your best life in the face of tragedy and pain. To still impact the world positively. That is the wisdom in episode 21 of Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi
H. Jackson Brown, Jr captures the character of Dr Judy Dlamini in the
the most heart-wrenching and nourishing conversation thus far on Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi. "Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you".
2020-08-0630 min
Rested Life By Platform ChurchEffective Leadership And Systematic Management With Dudu MsomiEffective Leadership And Systematic Management Post COVID. The leadership, understanding the times and the season are very important in navigating new level thinking and adjustment and still maintain high-level performances
For personal coaching and mentorship please email my guest on info@busaraleadershippartners.co.za
2020-08-031h 09Wisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 21 #WisdomPersonified with Dudu Msomi10 July is my sister, S'celo Msomi's birthday. This year would have been her 54th Born Day. I dedicate this Conversation with you to her.
The positioning of my life is: I may not be perfect, but I am always me: Dudu Msomi.
I was introduced to Rule Number 6 which is ‘Don’t take yourself so g—damn seriously' early in my working life.
It has really inspired a life journey of a lighter heart in the midst of a life that is characterised by a non-stop active mind and busy schedule that I thoroughly love a...
2020-07-0227 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 20 Musa E Zulu #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiIn this episode I am in conversation with Musa E Zulu, Creative Director, Valhalla Arts.
Tragedy should be utilised as a source of strength. No matter what sort of difficulties. How painful the experience is. If we lose our hope, that's our real disaster. - Dalai Lama XIV
As I entered the working world in 1995, as an Account Executive at Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising energised by the possibilites of the new South Africa, my university friend Musa E. Zulu was charting a new life following an accident that left him paralyzed and wheelchair bound.
After...
2020-06-1226 min
Life HappensSelf-leadership in the time of covid-19Guest: DUDU MSOMI - Founder and CEO of Busara Leadership Partners -expertise is to facilitate the development and effectiveness of leaders to achieve.
2020-06-0221 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 19 Kalyani Pillay #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiThe one word I have been hearing over and over about Covid19 is how it is an opportunity to reset. Reset from what to what? That is for you to answer.
This conversation with Kalyani Pillay, former CEO of Sabric, is opportune for these uncertain, fearful and hopeful times as you Reset your life for during and after this pandemic.
I experienced an extreme sense of peace and calm in her presence which makes her living with cancer not the overwhelming focus in a vibrant, joyfull and loving life.
You will be thankful for the...
2020-04-1032 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 18 Nozipho Mbanjwa #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiMeet an African voice that drives global conversations with depth, breadth and intellect. Nozipho Mbanjwa is a Conversation Strategist who named and overpowered her boogeyman and took a risk to develop a new industry and profession. Conversation Strategists function at the convergence of strategy and and conversation.
Nozipho is unapologetically African. I count her amongst the next generation of wise African women. She jokingly shares that she is a middle child with firstborn tendencies 😂
Enjoy this smart and yet simple conversation on this month of International Women's Day on the 8th of March.
Lest you have for...
2020-03-3034 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 17 Tara Fela-Durotoye #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiDudu Msomi discusses wisdom, entrepreneurship, and life with Tara Fela-Durotoye, Founder & CEO of House of Tara international. Tara is a pioneer in the beauty and makeup industry in Nigeria and Africa as a whole and a trailblazer in the areas of retail, distribution channel management and education.
#DuduMsomi #TaraFela-Durotoye #HouseOfTaraInternational
#Wisdom #BusinessLeadership
#Leadership
#WisdomPersonified
#ConversationsWithDuduMsomi
2020-01-2929 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 16 Tammy Chetty - #WisdomPersonifiedDudu in conversation with Tammy Chetty, Chief Operating Officer, Harambee Academy.
"If you have no vision of yourself in the future, then you have nothing to live for." - Les Brown
No one epitomises how the quotes and beliefs we utter with such conviction are not cast in stone or fait accompli.
Tammy Chetty is the Chief Operating Officer of Harambee Academy and a former seasoned banker.
This Conversation literally brought tears of pride and awe at how Tammy Chetty defied her own odds and has created an inspirational life.
She is...
2019-12-1336 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 15 Victor Kgomoeswana #WisdomPersonified" - Conversations with Dudu MsomDudu in conversation with Victor Kgomoeswana is an afro-optimist, media commentator, columnist, commentator, speaker & author (Africa is Open for Business)
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. - Jimi Hendrix
Victor Kgomoeswana has an elegant balance of both knowledge and wisdom which he has chosen to hone in through insights on Africa. Victor is a Specialist Consultant on African Business Development &
the Author of Africa is Open For Business. He has always struck me as resolute, disciplined and calm in his passionate evangelical spreading of the good growth story that is Africa. You meet individuals who have...
2019-11-2042 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 14 Shireen Chengadu #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiDudu in conversation with Shireen Chengadu, CEO of Chengadu Advisory; a Leadership and Advisory practice.
We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their colour. - Maya Angelou
Shireen Chengadu, Founder and CEO, Chengadu Advisory, a leadership practice defies categorisation. She schools you on appreciating and embracing Diversity and Inclusion just from her way of Being in the world, outside of her classroom.
Shireen is a fiery personality. One that cannot be contained. Her...
2019-10-2435 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 13 Dr Adrian Saville #Wisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiDudu Msomi talks inspiration, passion and wisdom with Dr Adrian Saville, CEO Canon Asset Managers.
#DuduMsomi #AdrianSaville #CanonAssetManagers
#Wisdom #BusinessLeadership
#Leadership
#WisdomPersonified
#ConversationsWithDuduMsomi
2019-09-2635 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 12 Polo Leteka #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiDudu Msomi talks Wisdom, Business Leadership & Entrepreneurship with Polo Leteka, Chairperson - IDF Capital
#IDFCapital #Wisdom #Leadership #DuduMsomi #Polo Leteka
2019-08-2933 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 11 - Ayanda Seboni #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiDudu Msomi talks Wisdom, life and business with Ayanda Seboni, Group Executive Marketing : PPS
#DuduMsomi
#Wisdom #BusinessLeadership
#Leadership
#WisdomPersonified
#ConversationsWithDuduMsomi #AyandaSeboni #PPS
2019-07-3034 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 10 Adam Craker #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiDudu Msomi talks Wisdom, Business Leadership, Entrepreneurship and EQ with Adam Craker, CEO IQ Business.
#DuduMsomi
#Wisdom #BusinessLeadership
#Leadership
#WisdomPersonified
#ConversationsWithDuduMsomi #AdamCraker #IQbusiness
2019-06-2635 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 9 Happy Ntshingila #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiIn this episode I am in conversation with Happy Ntshingila Marketing Guru Happy Ntshingila, the Co Founder of Herbuoys.
"The unexamined life is not worth living". - Socrates
Happy Ntshingila shared some insights on how ill health forced him to pause. To know himself better. To know for sure that health is better than wealth.
I invite you to be inspired and enriched by this episode
of WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu Msomi.
Happy Ntshingila co- founded South Africa's first black-owned agency, HerdBuoys. He is a businessman, brand and media exemplar; author, marketing...
2019-05-2934 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 8 Maurice Radebe #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiDudu Msomi discusses Life, Wisdom and Business leadership with Maurice Radebe, Executive Vice President of Energy Business for Sasol Limited
#DuduMsomi
#Wisdom #BusinessLeadership
#Leadership
#WisdomPersonified
#ConversationsWithDuduMsomi
#MuariceRadebe #Sasol
2019-04-2430 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 7 Dr Fundile Nyati #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiDudu Msomi chats to Dr Fundile Nyati, Founder and CEO
of Proactive Health Solutions (Pty) Ltd, an Employee Health and Wellness company about Leadership, Wisdom and lessons of Life.
Sometimes it takes an overwhelming breakdown to have an undeniable breakthrough.
Don't just take my word. Dr Fundile Nyathi, Chief Executive Officer, Proactive Health Solutions (Pty) Ltd epitomizes triumph over the dark times to rise from the ashes of his previous Self to be a force that is still evolving. Making a positive impact and living his best life yet.
Enjoy on this Human Rights Day...
2019-03-2133 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 6 Professor Nicola Kleyn. #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with DuduDudu Msomi chats Life, Education, Business Ethics and Wisdom with Professor Nicola Kleyn. Prof Kleyn is Dean of Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), University of Pretoria, South Africa
#DuduMsomi
#Wisdom
#Leadership
#WisdomPersonified
#ConversationsWithDuduMsomi #NicolaKleyn #ProfNicolaKleyn #GIBS #GordonInstituteOfBusinessScience
2019-03-0131 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 5 Teddy Daka #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiDudu Msomi in conversation with Teddy Daka, CEO, Etion Ltd, JSE-AltX-listed digital technology solutions provider, IITPSA's IT Personality of the year 2018 and Aurecon's Global Chair.
#DuduMsomi
#Wisdom
#Leadership
#WisdomPersonified
#ConversationsWithDuduMsomi #TeddyDaka #EtionLtd
2019-01-3031 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 4 Dr Ngao Motsei #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu MsomiDudu Msomi in conversation with Dr Ngao Motsei. Dr Ngao Motsei is Founder and Chief PortfolioLife Officer at #MyPortfolioLife. Before MyPortfolioLife, she was Partner at Heidrick and Struggles’ Johannesburg office and a member of the global Leadership Consulting Practice where she focused mainly on leadership consulting and advisory work, servicing all industry sectors.
#DuduMsomi
#Wisdom
#Leadership
#WisdomPersonified
#ConversationsWithDuduMsomi #DrNgaoMotsei #NgaoMotsei
2018-12-0730 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 3 - Dr Yvonne Muthien #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu MsomiDudu Msomi talks to Dr Yvonne Muthien - The Mother of South Africa's National Symbols
#DuduMsomi
#Wisdom
#Leadership
#WisdomPersonified
#ConversationsWithDuduMsomi #DrYvonneMuthien #YvonneMuthien
2018-10-2837 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 2 - Bonang Mohale #WisdomPersonified" Conversations with Dudu Msomi"Episode 2: Wisdom Personified. Dudu Msomi in conversation with Bonang Mohale, CEO, Business Leadership South Africa
#DuduMsomi
#Wisdom
#Leadership
#WisdomPersonified
#ConversationsWithDuduMsomi
#BonangMohale #BLSA
2018-09-2043 minWisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu MsomiEpisode 1 Cynthia Schoeman #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu MsomiWisdom Personified - Dudu Msomi in conversation with Cynthia Schoeman - Managing Director of Ethics Monitoring & Management Services Proprietary Ltd. She is a founding Non-Executive Director of the Ethics Practitioners Association (EPA), and sits on the Investigating Committee of the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA).
#DuduMsomi
#Wisdom
#Leadership
#WisdomPersonified
#ConversationsWithDuduMsomi #CynthiaSchoeman
2018-07-2732 min
The TalkshopDiversity critical for transformation in SADiversity critical for transformation in SA: March being International Woman’s Month, we look at leadership in the context of the benefits of diversity. Our guest is of the view that diversity is a critical component of transformation in South Africa especially for African women. As far as she is concerned, where do we start….Guest: Dudu Msomi (CEO: Busara Leadership Partners)
2018-03-0524 min
The TalkshopIs the middleclass overburdened?The unfriendly, anti-middle class budget and its effect on all of us…Is the middleclass overburdened? Are we being squeezed too much?...we get an explanation of the effects of the new VAT, the burden the black middle class carries as they also have to worry about black tax: GUEST: Dudu Msomi (Founder & CEO: Busara Leadership Partners)
2018-02-2622 min
Afternoon TalkHOW CAN WE TRANSFORM SOUTH AFRICA’S WORKPLACE?Guest: Dudu Msomi - CEO of Busara Leadership Partners
2017-05-1924 min
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