Wellness for Entrepreneurs

Episode 15: How to develop a disruptive and innovative mindset

Disruptive companies are industry game-changers. They redefine the rules of the industries they disrupt and move the world forward. In this episode we spoke to Dr. Nik Eberl who is a scholar and practitioner in innovation. We explored how entrepreneurs can develop a disruptive mindset and the tools and strategies they can use.

Innovation and disruption are not reserved for entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk. By observing your industry, determining whether customers are getting value for their money, and by experimenting you too can become a disruptive innovator.

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Dr. Nik Eberl is of German descent and is the co-founder of many global companies including The Unicorn Disruptovator, The LinkedIn DealMaker, and Clients for Life.

He is the author of many thought leadership publications in innovation including the 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴™ 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁. Using principles from this book, Dr. Eberl helped South Africa position itself to host its first Soccer World Cup.

I hope you find these tools useful as you prepare for the new year.

Episode 14: The history and future of entrepreneurship in Africa, with Dr Charles Sinkala

Very little is known about the first form of trade and entrepreneurship in Africa. Today the African continent is one of the poorest continents in the world. But history shows that trade and entrepreneurship happened in Africa in the early 500s. In this episode, we explore the mindset of entrepreneurship that existed in Africa in the early 500s and we trace it to the entrepreneurial mindset that exists in the 21st Century.

I spoke to Dr. Charles Sinkala who is an international political analyst and lawyer by background. He is a former member of Parliament in Zambia and the 2021 Presidential Candidate in Zambia. He is the President of Africa 55 States – an advocacy group that drives free-thinking in Africa.

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We end our discussion on how Africa can emancipate the thinking of her people such that her entrepreneurs can thrive.

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Episode 13 – The mindset of transitioning from corporate to entrepreneurship

Many large companies have shed jobs driven both by digitalization and Covid19. For the first time, full-time employment is becoming less and less of a normality. In this episode, I spoke to Adi Kaimowitz on the type of mindset that employees looking to make a shift to entrepreneurship need to have.

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Our conversation covered the need to be brave, as well as necessary steps to “bootstrap” your business in its first few months.

We spoke about how transitioning employees can access social networks to gain resources necessary to grow their businesses. Adi spoke about the concept of a lean consortium that is useful in both cost and efficiency for entrepreneurs.

Adi Kaimowitz is the founder and CEO of Virtual Actuary – a freelancing platform for actuaries.

I hope you find our conversation useful.

Episode 12 – How entrepreneurs should think about technology in their businesses

If you are an entrepreneur in more traditional sectors such as farming, tourism, fishing, and others, you may be wondering how you can start to take advantage of technologies shaping the Fourth Industrial revolution and digitalization.

I believe technology presents an exciting opportunity for all entrepreneurs whether they are already in the technology sector or they are in more traditional sectors. But, what are the factors that entrepreneurs should be thinking about to help them to use technology in a more transformational way?

In this episode, I spoke to Lindelwa Skenjana, who is a digital adoption strategist and has an MSc. ICT for Development from the University of Manchester. She has helped many businesses adopt technology and think about it in a way that can result in an enabling and transformational way.

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Our conversation covers the use of various digital technologies; how entrepreneurs can overcome the fear associated with using technology; and how entrepreneurs from developing countries can think deeply about digital technologies to help them gain competitive advantage.

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Episode 11 – How entrepreneurs should be thinking about global change, trade, and tensions – with Bongivangeli Buthelezi

Entrepreneurs have to constantly assess the changes around them and determine the most appropriate strategy to follow. On Tuesday, 3 November 2020, the United States held their elections where nationalism went head to head with multilateralism.

In this episode, we talk about global trends that have created uncertainty and perhaps some anxiety for entrepreneurs and businesspeople around the world. We talk to Bongivangeli Buthelezi, a political and economic commentator, on global trade, multilateral institutions, recent events around the world involving China, the United States, Russia, and other countries and their implications on entrepreneurship and innovation. We also talk about changes brought about by Covid-19, technology shifts, and climate change and what they mean for entrepreneurs.

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Episode 10: Increasing your creativity, brand consciousness, and telling your story – with Joanne Augustin

Creativity is a competitive advantage in entrepreneurship, and yet it remains a fluid concept for many people. In this episode, I spoke to creative entrepreneur, brand, and content strategist, Joanne Augustin. She is the founder of “All Things Content” – a brand content strategy firm based in Atlanta, United States.

We spoke about the concept of creativity, how entrepreneurs can improve their creativity, and ultimately how they can tell their stories a lot better. Brand consciousness and communication is linked to the economic outcomes that so many entrepreneurs look for.

Ultimately, increasing your creativity and how you tell your story requires a number of factors and skills from entrepreneurs. These are existing domain knowledge and superior cognitive processes that allow entrepreneurs to see patterns and connections in multiple domains/areas. Additionally, factors such as your motivation, the work environment, and your overall mental wellness play a large role in determining the level of your creativity.

What is quite strange about creativity is that often, it requires society to approve and legitimize its brilliance. In art, there must be a consensus that Leonardo da Vinci‘s Mona Lisa is a masterpiece. Likewise, in entrepreneurship there must be consensus of novelty and innovation of certain products. Communication, brand positioning, and telling your story as an entrepreneur becomes extremely important in this regard.

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Episode 09: How data and mathematics enhance entrepreneurial thinking – with Mathematician, Edzai Zvobwo

Have you ever wondered how you can improve the assumptions you make in key areas of your business? It goes without saying that we live in such an uncertain time fueled with so much change both technologically and behaviorally. As entrepreneurs we require stable frameworks and models to help us in our day to day decision-making.

In this episode, I spoke to mathematician and data scientist, Edzai Zvobwo, on how entrepreneurs can improve their decision-making process.

We spoke about how entrepreneurs can use data to better understand their environments and to dream up new value propositions. We make reference to counter-factual thinking and how the best performing entrepreneurs use this type of thinking to simulate alternative realities and outcomes based on data and imagination.

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Episode 08: A psychologist’s view on entrepreneurial wellness with Clinical Psychologist, Batetshi Matenge

Entrepreneurs often do not have the resources to commit themselves to long term psychotherapy. This could be resources either in time, money, or both. In this episode I interviewed a dear friend and a clinical psychologist on the importance of psychotherapy, mindfulness, and self-reflection for entrepreneurs.

We spoke about how entrepreneurs who have had tough life experiences can develop new experiences to develop lateral thinking and expand on the repertoire of their skills.

We spoke about how psycho-therapy opens a plethora of choice for responding to various situations and how this is important for entrepreneurs to spot new opportunities.

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My greatest take-away here was that we are only using 2% of our minds and that 98% of our responses are based on our sub-conscious thoughts. This is significant for entrepreneurs as we are the innovators and heroes of our modern-day society. By truly exploring various avenues of our minds, we expand the probability of increasing our creativity, our people skills, and making new connections that ultimately lead to better outcomes for our businesses, society, and ourselves.

I hope you enjoy this episode. You may listen to the audio version in the link below and on other platforms such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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Love and light,

Mmathebe

In conversation with Sipamandla Manqele on wellness – uncut video

In Episode 07, I spoke to the founder and CEO of Local Village Foods on wellness and entrepreneurship. We had so much to talk about that I decided to share with you our full conversation in an uncut video.

What remains clear to me is that inspiration is everywhere. It mainly requires an alert entrepreneur to look and notice. There is a school of thought that says opportunities exist whether or not they have been found, they exist. The opportunity for for air travel existed long before the Wright Brothers discovered it. Of course, certain shifts in the market and advances in technology enable different value propositions as they occur. That is exactly why alertness is required in entrepreneurship. Alertness is about systematically searching your environment and having a moment of insight. We can summarize this as a “eureka” moment.

Sipamandla talks of her “eureka” moment that led her to ultimately establish Local Village Foods.

In conversation with Sipamandla Manqele on wellness – uncut video

Sipamandla talks of her “eureka” moment that led her to ultimately establish Local Village Foods.