Wisdom Personified - Conversations with Dudu Msomi
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E039 Brigitte Dzogbenuku #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
There 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…
Episode 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…
Episode 37 Dudu Msomi #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
Ever 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…
Episode 36 Ashraf Garda #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
here 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…
Episode 35 - Nonhlanhla Koza #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
With 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…
Episode 34 Hema Vallabh #WisdomPersonified conversations with Dudu Msomi
Hema 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…
Episode 33 Angelo Fick #WisdomPersonified conversations with Dudu Msomi
There 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…
E032 Mrs Scholastica Kimaryo #WisdomPersonified conversations with Dudu Msomi
Mrs 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…
Episode 31 Nomso Kana - #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu Msomi
Nomso 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…
Episode 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…
Episode 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…
Episode 28 Warwick Gill - #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu Msomi
Living 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…
Episode 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…
Episode 26 Nicola Tyler - Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi
This 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…
Episode 25 William Leach - #WisdomPersonified, conversations with Dudu Msomi
Teachers 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…
Episode 24 Soma Zaaiman #WisdomPersonified with Dudu Msomi
I 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…
Episode 23 Tsakani Maluleke #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu Msomi
Our 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…
Episode 22 Dr Judy Dlamini #WisdomPersonified Conversations with Dudu Msomi
In 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…
Episode 21 #WisdomPersonified with Dudu Msomi
10 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…
Episode 20 Musa E Zulu #WisdomPersonified - Conversations with Dudu Msomi
In 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…