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The One-Eyed Man with Mike Stopforth

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

Welcome to The One-Eyed Man with Mike Stopforth

It's a messy, complicated world out there. We need better solutions to the problems around us, and better leaders to them. No one person has it all figured out, but in a quest to discover a more impactful brand of leadership, I'm having conversations with people who have at least some part of it figured out, and specifically in the fields of business, entrepreneurship, impact and technology.
Occasionally English South Africa Management · Personal Journals
65 Episodes
32 – 52

#032 Perseverance is the ultimate start-up capital — Robert Mtshali

Robert Mtshali — MobiWashSA | Founder Discussing perseverance and passion with Alexandra's Robin Hood "In this episode I talk to the self-proclaimed Robin Hood of Alexandra township, Robert Mtshali (and who am I to argue?). Robert is a serial entrepreneur who reached out to me on Twitter because he believed…
11 Nov 2020 42 min

#031 BONUS Breaking up is hard to do

I just ended a 13 year relationship... with Facebook. Now, before you laugh (ok, you can laugh), this was a bigger deal for me than I'd like to admit. For over a decade I ran a social media business that relied heavily on the existence of Facebook - and its…
31 Oct 2020 18 min

#030 Psychedelic medicine and the potential of your mind — Ronen Aires

Ronen Aires — CEO | Student Village How society and business is taking a new look at psychedelics In this episode I talk to Ronen Aires about the future of psychedelic medicine and innovation. I am admittedly ignorant on the topic, but have kept a keen eye on Ronen's journey…
29 Oct 2020 51 min

#029 Building a free online money university for everybody — Kristia van Heerden

Kristia van Heerden — JustOneLap.com | CEO Uncovering why so many people have a dysfunctional relationship with money In this episode I talk to financial wellness evangelist and crusader Kristia van Heerden about her work on JustOneLap.com - a free online money university for traders, investors, and just about everyone…
28 Oct 2020 38 min

#028 Turning attitude into altitude — Gidon Novick

Gidon Novick — Entrepreneur How to innovate in the face of disruption and unpredictability In this episode I talk to Gidon Novick about his decision to launch a new airline in the midst of a global pandemic. Gidon is a well known entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist, and in his own…
21 Oct 2020 32 min

#027 Is podcasting a bubble or a business? — Jeff Large

Jeff Large — Comealivecreative.com | Founder Is podcasting a bubble or a business? — Jeff Large (Comealivecreative.com | Founder) In this episode I talk to Jeff Large, purveyor and producer of profitable podcasts (my title, not his) about the burgeoning business of podcasting, and whether it's a viable marketing and…
13 Oct 2020 44 min

#026 The trouble with having an open mind — Bronwyn Williams

Bronwyn Williams — Flux Trends | Partner Fixing the world and breaking echo chambers In this episode, my friend and speaking colleague Bronwyn Williams and I finally get around to solving all the world's problems, and in only 45 minutes or so. Bronwyn is a futurist, economist and trends analyst…
8 Oct 2020 53 min

#025 How big is Big Enough? — Lee LeFever

Lee LeFever — CommonCraft.com | Co-founder In this episode I talk to Lee LeFever, co-founder of Common Craft and author of the freshly released book Big Enough. I've been following Lee since my earliest social media (ad)ventures, and deeply respect the quality of Sachi (Lee's wife and partner) and his…
19 Sep 2020 40 min

#024 How to change a million lives — Dr Louise van Rhyn

Dr Louise van Rhyn — Symphonia | Founder In this episode, I talk to Dr Louise van Rhyn, founder of Symphonia.net and the visionary behind the wildly successful and impactful Partners for Possibility programme. Louise holds a doctoral degree in organisational change, has 25 years' experience as a change practitioner…
17 Sep 2020 39 min

#023 Mentorship as a catalyst for change — Ntsiki Mkhize

Ntsiki Mkhize — MentHer | Founder In this episode I talk to Ntsiki Mkhize about her journey to social entrepreneurship and her passion for mentorship and the role it plays in uplifting and empowering young women in South Africa. Ntsiki previously achieved success as a finalist in the Miss South…
31 Aug 2020 42 min

#022 Misinformation, media, and the metaphysics of race — Phila Msimang

Phila Msimang — University of Stellenbosch | Lecturer In this episode I talk to Phila Msimang about misinformation and fake news, the need for trustworthy, reliable institutions, and then we veer into a conversation about the Black Lives Matter movement and the importance of having difficult conversations if we are…
5 Aug 2020 41 min

#021 The importance of training naked — Pierre du Plessis

Pierre du Plessis — Speaker and Author In this episode I talk to author, speaker and self-proclaimed 'dissident preacher' Pierre du Plessis about his book Train Naked, his work as a speaker, facilitator and coach, and the power of belief. Pierre recently launched a new project called Palaestra - a…
30 Jul 2020 44 min

#020 Building platform businesses that drive social change — Dr Aisha Pandor

Dr Aisha Pandor — SweepSouth | Co-founder In this episode I speak to Aisha Pandor about the tech start-up and funding ecosystem in South Africa, about the unique challenges of running highly scalable platform businesses, and about how her partners and team have navigated some of the unpredictability of the…
20 Jul 2020 39 min

#019 Exporting African innovation to solve global challenges — Duke Malan

Duke Malan — Africa Works Ventures | Partner In this episode I talk to Duke Malan about his broad ranging experience in the South African corporate world, his decision to move to Hong Kong, and the lessons he's learned along the way. We cover his worldview around innovation and social…
30 Jun 2020 55 min

#018 Bridging the continent's digital divide — Gavin Weale

Gavin Weale — Digify Africa | Founder and CEO I speak to Gavin Weale about how critical practical experience is in fast-tracking new digital talent into the workplace, and how they've solved this massive challenge with Digify Africa and its partners. Digify Africa has its roots in publishing and has…
22 Jun 2020 32 min

#016 Amplifying impact through focus and mindfulness — Max Pichulik

Max Pichulik — Impact Amplifier | Co-founder In this episode I talk to impact pioneer, mindfulness expert and social entrepreneurship thought leader Maximilian Pichulik. Max has decades worth of experience navigating the scale and complexity of the social impact space in South Africa and beyond our borders. He has a…
12 Jun 2020 38 min

#014 Moving purpose beyond a branding exercise — Tom Fels

Tom Fels — Animarem | CEO I talk to Tom Fels, branding expert and conscious capitalism advocate about his mission to create a new movement of business leadership in South Africa and beyond. Tom is the founder and CEO of Animarem, a boutique impact advisory that powers visionary, purpose-driven growth…
2 Jun 2020 42 min

#013 Pivoting the publishing industry toward purpose — Arthur Attwell

Arthur Attwell — Electric Book Works | MD I talk to entrepreneur and innovator Arthur Attwell about the publishing industry and the social impact of better access to information, lessons learned from the successes and failures of his entrepreneurship journey, and a range of other topics. Arthur is the co-founder…
28 May 2020 41 min
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