Alex MacPhail Podcast

Doug Ryder is the Principal of NTT Pro Cycling, a UCI top flight professional cycling team that competes in all the top cycling events, including:  Tour de France, Giro d'italia, Veulta a Espana.

Doug was an Olympic cyclist and has worked in IT with Microsoft for many years. He founded and build up this team, to compete at the highest level, with great success.

From talent, to technology, to perseverance, to putting together a High Performance Team, Doug is uniquely qualified. Please join me for this exciting conversation.

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My guest today is Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira, a formidable player on the rugby field and a key part in the 2019 World Cup winning Springbok team. He is the most capped prop in South African history and the third most capped Springbok of all time.

Originally from Zimbabwe, Tendai moved to South Africa with the goal of playing for the Springboks. It is never a linear path to success, there are always setbacks and disappointments. Tendai overcame many obstacles, but has retired after playing top flight rugby for more than a decade.

He has 3 x Currie Cups, 3 x Barbarian appearances, 1 Tri-Nations, 1 x Rugby Championship, 1 x British & Irish Lions series, the most caps in Super Rugby by a South African and a World Cup medal for 2019 RWC.

Watch this interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DkFGZ71Eoo

Get in touch with Alex  to improve the performance of your team: 

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alexmacphail99
• Twitter: @AlexMacPhail1
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
• Website: www.alexmacphail.co.za

My Guest  is Major General Des Barker, retired from the SA Air Force after 40+ years of service. His last posting was Chief of Air Staff Operations. Prior to Air Command, General Barker served as the Chief Test Pilot and later Officer Commanding for the Test Flight & Development Centre for 10 years.

General Barker has been involved in Test flying for nearly 4 decades. He was a Silver Falcons display pilot, an A1 Category Instructor, an Honorary Fellow in the Royal Aeronautical Society, fired more missiles in testing than any other SA Air Force pilot and Captain of the SA Air Force cricket team.

Watch this interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5grHzHtjXa8

Get in touch with Alex  to improve the performance of your team: 

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @alexmacphail99
• Twitter: @AlexMacPhail1
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
• Website: www.alexmacphail.co.za

My guest is a hard working, educated and community driven professional. Fatima Jakoet has been a professional airline pilot for 18 years.

She is soon going to be celebrating 10 years since she started Sakhikmava Foundation, a non-profit organisation involved in aviation and skills development for the aerospace industry. This STEM based NGO identifies and fosters talent, to assist in building a strong aerospace industry in South Africa.

Fatima started her career as a Forensic Scientist in the South African Police Services. She later attended Stellenbosch University and completed her MBA. She is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School Executive Education. All the while, flying around the world as an Airline Pilot with South African Airways.

Get in touch with Alex  to improve the performance of your team: 

• Email:  [email protected]
• Instagram:  @alexmacphail99
• Twitter:  @AlexMacPhail1
• LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
• Website:  www.alexmacphail.co.za

My guest, Dr Adriana Marais is a Theoretical Physicist and Founder of Proudly Human, a project that is exploring resilient life, off earth. She is a Director at Foundation for Space Development and an astronaut candidate at Mars One.

Adriana and her team are exploring the questions needed to be asked, should we live on a different planet. She has created survival conditions in some harsh environments across the globe. If you are interested in space and thinking outside the box, this conversation is for you.

Get in touch with Alex  to improve the performance of your team: 

• Email:  [email protected]
• Instagram:  @alexmacphail99
• Twitter:  @AlexMacPhail1
• LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
• Website:  www.alexmacphail.co.za

David Southwood started flying military jets 40 years ago. He has been a test pilot for many decades. He has taught test pilots for many decades. He is one of those legends of aviation… the story goes:  "if Dave Southwood can’t fly it, it can’t be flown!” I don’t think there is anything more to say.

Get in touch with Alex  to improve the performance of your team: 

• Email:  [email protected]
• Instagram:  @alexmacphail99
• Twitter:  @AlexMacPhail1
• LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
• Website:  www.alexmacphail.co.za

My guest today has been providing your virtual game drive experience during Lockdown, all around the globe. Graham Wallington first started providing online LIVE safaris more than two decades ago.

The technology today has made the job a little easier for the team at WildEarth, but the lessons learned over 20+ years of production, has made all the difference.

During Lockdown, people all around the globe have tuned in to live safari’s produced in South Africa. Join me for this live conversation as we discuss what goes on in this High Performance Team, to bring you two game drives, every day of the year.

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Get in touch with Alex  to improve the performance of your team: 

• Email:  [email protected]
• Instagram:  @alexmacphail99
• Twitter:  @AlexMacPhail1
• LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
• Website:  www.alexmacphail.co.za

My guest today has a distinguished aviation career. He was an operational RAF Harrier pilot in Afghanistan. He joined the Red Arrows in 2006 and later became the Red 1,  the Leader and one of the most prestigious flying positions in the world.

After his RAF career, Ben joined The Blades aerobatic team, and later became the leader of the 4 ship team of Extra 300 and Extra 330's.

He has been a Red Bull Air Race Pilot since 2016 in The Blades racing team and has achieved many podium finishes, including 2nd place in Hungary.

Watch this conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4C4Zgl7lgM

Get in touch with Alex  to improve the performance of your team: 

• Email:  [email protected]
• Instagram:  @alexmacphail99
• Twitter:  @AlexMacPhail1
• LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
• Website:  www.alexmacphail.co.za

Gary Kirsten is one of the greatest batsmen South Africa has ever produced. He was the first cricketer to play 100 tests and scored 21 test centuries, with a high score of 275. He played 185 ODI, achieved 13 centuries and held the record for highest ODI score of 188 not out.

As a batsman he had the ability to concentrate for long periods. He was one of the most organised batsman to play for South Africa, Calm and level-headed.

In 2007 was appointed coach of India, his low-profile approach to the job was appreciated by the players. He took India to No. 1 in the test rankings and World Cup Champions in 2011. As coach of South Africa, he also helped the Proteas to No. 1 Test team in the world.

Watch this conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OvfbWtDYls

Get in touch with Alex  to improve the performance of your team: 

• Email:  [email protected]
• Instagram:  @alexmacphail99
• Twitter:  @AlexMacPhail1
• LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
• Website:  www.alexmacphail.co.za

My guest has a great story to tell. He set himself a goal of flying in the Red Bull Air Race series. Then he threw himself headfirst and worked until he got there. Dario Costa know how to set a goal and work like crazy until you reach it. He also knows that in flying, as in life, things don’t just come easy.

He is a part of the Flying Bulls and is a Red Bull Athlete, based at the head office in Salzburg. Our conversation will cover the journey this effervescent Italian embarked on, to reach his goal. There were many sacrifices along the way. Dario worked multiple jobs, lecturing aerodynamics during the evenings and developed training syllabi for the largest flying school in Italy, all the while giving aerobatic flying instruction.

Watch the YouTube interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kztBmytGhbE

Get in touch with Alex  to improve the performance of your team: 

• Email:  [email protected]
• Instagram:  @alexmacphail99
• Twitter:  @AlexMacPhail1
• LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul
• Website:  www.alexmacphail.co.za