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Welcome to Hidden Growth Champions - real innovators, real conversations, real lessons about growth in the midst of uncertainty. We explore why growth truly matters, as we learn to navigate new and unfamiliar terrains, what forms it can take in innovative organisations (e.g. new markets, acceleration, closing the innovation gap or transformation and renewal), and how ‘growth champions’, situated not just in developed tech centres but across emerging markets, go about discovering, preparing for and powering growth. Every second week, we meet one of these growth champions for a conversation about what growth means to them – not about dry theory, complex methodologies or formulas promising a ‘sure way’ to navigate our way beyond the crisis. Rather, real innovators, real conversations, real lessons.
Episodes
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
In this podcast episode, we speak with Dennis Akkerman, MBA, Founder and Managing Director of Orbis Business School. Our conversation is all about transformational leadership – why developing a new mindset matters, what leading people and (cloud-based) robots involves and how, in the midst of digital transformation, we can reinvent our leadership (sometimes in small and highly-effective ways).
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
In conversation with Debneel Mukherjee and Jeshua Soh of DECACORN Capital, who were early-stage investors in companies such as Spotify and Lyft, we discuss their journey to find opportunities that other people overlook and supporting entrepreneurs, beyond known city innovation ecosystems. In a world where new ventures are needed more than ever, contrarian thinking can be our edge.
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
In conversation with Karen Williams, a published author and book mentor. We discuss my upcoming book on business ecosystems and how we can build the partnerships at the core of successful ecosystems – from digital currencies to ecosystem-centred operating models being piloted around the world.
We also discuss how writing is, at its core, a team sport; how it helps create professional communities, where ideas can scale.
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
In this conversation with Leon de Fleuriot de la Coliniere, we discuss TechCo ambitions and how Telecoms sector players are adapting to a changing environment, through innovation, corporate venturing and partnerships.
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
In this episode, we speak with Anthony Sani, Co-Founder and Executive at Orillion Solutions and one of our very own Amy-Mbali Bands, Industrial Psychologist/People pundit. We discuss how we uniquely assist clients in solving problems by incorporating simulation and gamification into our work. This conversation is not to be missed.
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
In this podcast episode, we speak with John G. Singer, an expert in ecosystem-centered market strategies. We speak about how ecosystem strategy is, at its essence, a creative act of differentiated connectedness, of building something new and how we must step out of familiar spaces to solve for a broader societal challenge and achieve an ecosysem advantage. An insightful conversation not to be missed.
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
In this podcast episode, we speak with Faheem Moosa, strategic advisor, about the importance of striving for meaningful outcomes with clients and what a commitment to client success can realise. We speak about a systematic approach to marketing and sales, beyond referrals, for professional services firms in this context. An insightful conversation for professional services business owners and the teams driving them towards market success.
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
In this podcast episode of Hidden Growth Champions, we speak with Andrew Rechtman, Property sector executive (ex-REA Group, PayPal) and PropTech advisor, on how PropTech and FinTech are transforming the industry and what we can learn from partnerships between Property and Financial Services players in emerging markets. A fascinating conversation.
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
S3:E46 Special Edition in conversation with Tashinee Moodley, a team member, M&A expert and someone with deep passion for bringing organizations together, to realise shared value in their ecosystem. In this episode, we speak about the role of corporate ventures in our partnering toolkit, creating a culture of innovation and the mindset of individuals driving corporate venturing units.
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
S3:E45 In conversation with Reem El Sherif, Strategy and Business Development Manager at RMB Namibia, we discuss how women entrepreneurs and innovators can make a big impact, along with how institutional partners can promote gender equality.