Wisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu Msomi
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E067 - Pepe Marais- #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi
I 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…
E066 - Annina Van Neel - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi
Annina 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…
E065 - Anne Pratt - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi
Anne 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…
E064 - Christa Bonnet - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi
My 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…
E063 Sibusisiwe Myeni - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi
At 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…
E062 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…
E061 Dr Nozuko Mkabayi - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi
I 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…
E060 Tembisa Marele - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi
My 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,…
E059 Tumi Mphahlele & Dr Lebo Mphahlele-Ntsasa - #Wisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu Msomi
Jerry 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…
E057 Mike Teke - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi
Walt #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…
E057 Sangeeta Leach - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi
There 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…
E056 Nthati Moshesh - #Wisdom Personified - conversations with Dudu Msomi
Nthati 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…
E055 Lerato Molebatsi - #Wisdom Personified- Conversations with Dudu Msomi
Jim 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…
E54 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…
E53 Santie Botha - Wisdom Personified,conversations with Dudu Msomi
In 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,…
E52 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…
E51 Nonhlanhla Mjoli-Mncube - WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
I 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…
WP E050 - Molefe Mputamputa - WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi
My 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…
Episode 49 Mark & Dr LaTasha Blanton #WisdomPersonified
I 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…
E048 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…