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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 15, 2021
S2: E14 In conversation with Konstantinos Vossos
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
In S2:E14 we chat to Konstantinos Vossos, until recently a senior executive at GlaxoSmithkline, for a fascinating conversation about how Healthcare and Consumer Products businesses are reinventing themselves for a post-Covid world. From surviving the financial crisis which hit his home country Greece, to championing growth in new markets, many lessons emerged during our conversation, about leadership, Strategy and the passion of teams to deliver extraordinary results.
Enjoy this episode!
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
S2: E13 Meet our interns
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
In S2:E13 a very special edition of our podcast series we discuss our innovative Internship programme – you can hear from our interns themselves, learn how the programme came into being and why, now more than ever, creating new opportunities for the youth matters most. Our internship programme launched in 2020, by our South African office (Ascentios Growth Partners).
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Monday Feb 01, 2021
S2: E12 In conversation with Nombasa Tsengwa
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Today we kick off season 2: E1 of Hidden Growth Champions. This time, we go beyond the story to discover the management innovations which some of our admired organisations employ.
In our first episode of the season, you can listen to our conversation with Nombasa Tsengwa, MD: Minerals at Exxaro Resources, a true South African success story, which has been on the transition from Coal to a sustainable, future-fit organisation. She speaks about what inspired her to build a minerals business portfolio, where innovations in the Mining & Resources sector come from and how to build the most critical capabilities, to thrive in the future. Enjoy!
Friday Dec 11, 2020
S1: E11 In conversation with Marc Vlietstra
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
In S1:E11 a special edition of Hidden Growth Champions, we speak with Marc Vlietstra of TTRO, on our work with clients to develop strategic capabilities. As we adapt to new and unfamiliar terrains, the capabilities we need often change. Complex new capability sets come into focus while others no longer offer us a measure of differentiation. Listen to our conversation about how we’ve gone about developing one such capability, at speed and scale.
Monday Nov 23, 2020
S1: E10 In conversation with Paula Doyle
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
In S1:E10 we have Paula Doyle, SVP Sales & Marketing at Cognite, a global software development company, on a mission to transform industry from basing decisions on limited, often fractured data sets to decision-making that is truly data-driven, across distributed operations and assets - in Energy, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and others.
Based out of Oslo, joins Saar for today's 10th episode of Hidden Growth Champions. An episode not to be missed - Enjoy!
Monday Nov 09, 2020
S1: E9 In conversation with Peter Armitage
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
In S1:E9 Peter Armitage joins host Saar in our virtual Hidden Growth Champions studio. As CEO at Anchor Capital, Peter has 23 years' experience in global financial markets. Peter has also been rated the top investment analyst in the annual Financial Mail rankings a record 21 times.
Join Peter and Saar for a deep dive into the world of financial markets in very unpredictable times.
Monday Oct 26, 2020
S1 E8: In conversation with Claudia Manning
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
In S1:E8 of Hidden Growth Champions we have Claudia Manning in our virtual studio.
Claudia is an experienced investment professional, currently Investment Principal at the SA SME Fund. She is passionate about building an innovation economy in South Africa, with the majority of early-stage companies invested in, concentrating in areas that are consistent with the goals of sustainable development – financial access to the poor and small businesses; low cost health, reducing health care costs at a national level, affordable education, personal security for vulnerable people, etc.
Join Claudia and Saar for a fascinating discussion.
As we learn to navigate in crisis and emerge into a future that few have predicted or prepared for, our ability to understand the changes we are experiencing, focus on the critical, underlying issues and adapt to new realities, is crucial. Our diagnostics provide the ability to understand and focus, within key areas of your organisation.
Based on recognised research in strategy, change and strategic portfolio management, each diagnostic self-assessments should take you about 10 minutes to complete. You’ll be able to view your score, benchmark your results against selected organisations from around the world and decide where to focus next, all in a secure and confidential setting.
Monday Oct 12, 2020
S1: E7 In conversation with Amit Pathare
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
In S1:E7 of Hidden Growth Champions we have Amit Pathare in our virtual studio.
Amit is an experienced energy/utilities sector executive and entrepreneur, having worked across UK & Continental Europe, North & Latin America, the Middle East, India and East Asia over the past 20 years. He is a passionate advocate for integrating technological developments in the energy sector into policy design, business strategy, and operational execution.
Join Amit and Saar for a fascinating discussion.
As we learn to navigate in crisis and emerge into a future that few have predicted or prepared for, our ability to understand the changes we are experiencing, focus on the critical, underlying issues and adapt to new realities, is crucial. Our diagnostics provide the ability to understand and focus, within key areas of your organisation.
Based on recognised research in strategy, change and strategic portfolio management, each diagnostic self-assessments should take you about 10 minutes to complete. You’ll be able to view your score, benchmark your results against selected organisations from around the world and decide where to focus next, all in a secure and confidential setting.
Monday Sep 28, 2020
S1: E6 In conversation with Kirsty Chadwick and John Dickenson
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
In S1:E6 of Hidden Growth Champions host Saar sits down in our virtual study with two guests - Kirsty Chadwick and John Dickenson both of TTRO.
TTRO is a fascinating organisation which designs and develops innovative learning solutions to upskill and empower people for the now and for the future.
It's a fantastic discussion and episode not to be missed!
As we learn to navigate in crisis and emerge into a future that few have predicted or prepared for, our ability to understand the changes we are experiencing, focus on the critical, underlying issues and adapt to new realities, is crucial. Our diagnostics provide the ability to understand and focus, within key areas of your organisation.
Based on recognised research in strategy, change and strategic portfolio management, each diagnostic self-assessments should take you about 10 minutes to complete. You’ll be able to view your score, benchmark your results against selected organisations from around the world and decide where to focus next, all in a secure and confidential setting.
Monday Sep 07, 2020
S1: E5 In conversation with Viola Llewellyn
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
In S1:E5 of Hidden Growth Champions host Saar sits down virtually with Viola LLewellyn to chat about her unique business.
Viola joins us from Maryland to talk about her business and emerging markets. It's a fantastic episode, one not to be missed!
As we learn to navigate in crisis and emerge into a future that few have predicted or prepared for, our ability to understand the changes we are experiencing, focus on the critical, underlying issues and adapt to new realities, is crucial. Our diagnostics provide the ability to understand and focus, within key areas of your organisation.
Based on recognised research in strategy, change and strategic portfolio management, each diagnostic self-assessments should take you about 10 minutes to complete. You’ll be able to view your score, benchmark your results against selected organisations from around the world and decide where to focus next, all in a secure and confidential setting.