Business Bookshelf

Episode 97 of the Business Bookshelf podcast - Siphiwe Moyo - Author of "Your Next Move"

Today our guest is Siphiwe Moyo.

Siphiwe is a Chief People Officer, Global Speaker & Business School Faculty Member, specialising in Organisational Behaviour.

He is the founder and CEO of Paradigm People Solutions that helps organisations improve performance through their people.

I talk to Siphiwe about his new book “Your Next Move: Career strategies to survive and thrive during COVID-19 and beyond”.  With a mix of sound scholarship, practical HR experience, humour and storytelling, Siphiwe presents 50 career strategies to survive and thrive during COVID-19 and beyond.  The book can be purchased here.

Siphiwe is the founder of Paradigm People Solutions and his personal website is http://siphiwemoyo.co.za.

The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler.  Email him at [email protected] or visit www.ideastorm.co.za.

Episode 96 of the Business Bookshelf - Kristina Zumpolle - Author of "Finding Flow"

Today our guest is Kristina Zumpolle.

Kristina is a workshop leader and facilitator and has worked successfully with Executives and teams across a variety of industries and countries.

I talk to Kristina about her new book “Finding Flow - Connect with yourself, others and the planet.  The book highlights some of the most effective activities and routines that can be used to connect with yourself and others.  The book can be purchased here.

Kristina is founder and CEO of the Zumflow which can be found here.

The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler.  Email him at [email protected] or visit www.ideastorm.co.za.

Episode 95 of the Business Bookshelf - Dr Andrew Brough - Author of "Leadership - The Exponential Effect"

Today our guest is Dr Andrew Brough.

Andrew is a lecturer, facilitator, keynote speaker & broadcaster and has over 25 years experience in writing, producing & presenting 3500+ leadership/marketing/team keynotes & programmes to audiences in more than 80 countries.

Andrew is the author of “Leadership- The Exponential Effect”.  It is a well-researched, principle-based book that explores the relationship between self-leadership (leading me), leading others (leading them), leading teams (leading us) and leading for results (developing solutions).  The book can be purchased here.

Andrew is founder and CEO of the Brough Leadership Institute which can be found here.

The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler.  Email him at [email protected] or visit www.ideastorm.co.za.

Episode 94 of the Business Bookshelf - Debora Mackenzie - Author of "COVID-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened, and How to Stop the Next One"

Today our guest is Debora Mackenzie.

Debora has been covering emerging diseases for more than 30 years as a science journalist for outlets like New Scientist magazine. From SARs to rabies and Ebola to AIDs, she’s been on the frontline in reporting on how pandemics form, why they spread, and how to stop them throughout her career. In addition to infectious disease, she also specializes in reporting on the science of complexity and social organization. In 2010, she won the American Society for Microbiology Public Communication Award. Before becoming a journalist, she worked as a biomedical researcher.

Today we are talking to Debora about her new book “COVID-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened, and How to Stop the Next One”.  In a gripping, accessible narrative, a veteran science journalist lays out the shocking story of how the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic happened and how to make sure this never happens again.

The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler.  Email him at [email protected] or visit www.ideastorm.co.za.

Todays episode is brought to you by Jonathan Ball Publishers.   “COVID-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened, and How to Stop the Next One” by Debora Mackenzie is published by The Bridge Street Press and distributed in South Africa by Jonathan Ball Publishers. You can find it at all good book stores and also online through Loot and Takealot for R355.  Thank you to Jonathan Ball Publishers for arranging this interview.

Episode 93 of the Business Bookshelf - John Sanei - Author of "FutureNEXT: Re-imagining our world & conquering uncertainty"

John has a fascination with human psychology and the future that has seen him become Africa’s first faculty member at Singularity University in San Francisco, a lecturer at Duke Corporate Education in Johannesburg, and an Associate Partner at the Copenhagen Institute of Future Studies in Denmark.

Author of best-sellers What’s Your Moonshot? Magnetiize and FOREsight, John is also the Co-founder and Chief Exponential Officer at Future Self Academy, an author-led, online platform that connects the curious to leading thinkers.

I talk to John about his new book “FutureNEXT: Re-imagining our world & conquering uncertainty”.  The future has arrived early. And it is challenging each of us to ask, and answer, the defining questions of our time:How will our post-pandemic society move forward?  Will we ever return to the world we once knew?  Are we witnessing the development of a new socio-economic system?  You can buy his book here.

John's personal website is https://johnsanei.com and Future Self Academy found here - https://futureselfacademy.com.

The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler.  Email him at [email protected] or visit www.ideastorm.co.za.

This episode is sponsored by Idea Storm - an exponential, innovation and leadership consultancy.  Book your free strategy session by visiting www.ideastorm.co.za.

Episode 92 of the Business Bookshelf - Dr Johanna Pagonis - Author of "Choose to be a leader others would want to follow"

Today our guest is Dr Johanna Pagonis.

Johanna’s goal is to transform workplaces that have a climate of command and control to one of possibility.

She is the owner of Sinogap Solutions Leadership Consulting which has a vision to Transform managers and employees into confident and capable leaders that achieve excellence and are a source of strategic value in the organization.  You can find the website here.

She also has a podcast called Tackle Tuesday which can be found here.

We talk about her book “Choose to be a leader others would want to follow”.  Johanna’s goal for this book is that people, especially leaders in top ranks, will be motivated to create a workplace environment where managers are supported and encouraged to embrace their vulnerability and develop their emotional intelligence.  You can buy here book here.

The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler.  Email him at [email protected] or visit www.ideastorm.co.za.

This episode is sponsored by Idea Storm - an exponential, innovation and leadership consultancy.  Book your free strategy session by visiting www.ideastorm.co.za.

Episode 91 of the Business Bookshelf - Sean Fields - Author of "Quantum Lean"

Sean Fields is an industry practitioner with over 30 years of success at applying and implementing lean principles, inventory control, and production scheduling. With technical versatility, personal rapport, and intense practicality he is uniquely able to bridge theory and reality in the most challenging environments.

You can find his company Beehive Fund at https://www.beehivefund.org.

Sean is the co-author of “Quantum Lean”. Whereas traditional lean techniques suffer from less-than-inspiring results, Quantum Lean (QL) rethinks this subject and provides an overdue remedy.  You can buy "Quantum Lean" by clicking here.

The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler.  Email him at [email protected] or visit www.ideastorm.co.za.

This episode is sponsored by Idea Storm - an exponential, innovation and leadership consultancy.  Book your free strategy session by visiting www.ideastorm.co.za.

Episode 90 of the Business Bookshelf - Fred Copestake - Author of "Selling Through Partnering Skills"

Fred is a consultant, trainer, coach and an expert in helping sales professionals around the world to improve their performance and unleash their full potential.  He is the principal consultant at Brindis, the consultancy he founded in 2004.

You can find his company at www.brindis.co.uk.

I talk to him about his new book “Selling Through Partnering Skills” - which looks at the evolving world of sales and sets out what people need to do to refine their approach.  You can buy "Train Naked" by clicking here.

The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler.  Email him at [email protected] or visit www.ideastorm.co.za.

This episode is sponsored by Idea Storm - an exponential, innovation and leadership consultancy.  Book your free strategy session by visiting www.ideastorm.co.za.

Episode 89 of the Business Bookshelf - Pierre du Plessis - Author of "Train Naked"

"To train naked is to show up just as you are. No pretenses, no masks, no BS."

Pierre helps people build meaningful lives and businesses do work that matters, in a chaotic world. He is a dissident preacher and has a habit of making the familiar strange and turning the world upside down.

He is currently the CEO of his passion project, HumanWrites, an organisation that gets storybooks to kids who need them.

You can find his website - This is Pierre Du Plessis - www.thisispierreduplessis.com.  You can join Palaestra by clicking on the link within the website.

Pierre is the author of "Train Naked: A Guide to a Meaningful Life and Work That Matters".  Train Naked is a curated selection of short reflections, prompts to get skin in the game, on building a meaningful life and doing work that matters.  You can buy "Train Naked" by clicking here.

The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler.  Email him at [email protected] or visit www.ideastorm.co.za.

This episode is sponsored by Idea Storm - an exponential, innovation and leadership consultancy.  Book your free strategy session by visiting www.ideastorm.co.za.

Episode 88 of the Business Bookshelf - Dr Nadya Zhexembayeva - Author of "The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook"

Have you heard of the title "Chief Reinvention Officer"?

Nadya helps people & organizations turn change & disruptions into an opportunity - and a source of real competitive advantage - again and again.

Called ‘The Reinvention Guru’ (In Ventures magazine) & ‘The Queen of Reinvention’ (TEDx Navasink), Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva is a business owner, educator, speaker & author -- specializing in reinvention.

As a consultant, Nadya has helped such organizations as The Coca-Cola Company, ERG, Kohler, L'Oreal, IBM, CISCO, Erste Bank, Henkel, Knauf Insulation & many others to reinvent their products, processes, & leadership practices.

You can find her website - Chief Reinvention Officer - www.chiefreinventionofficer.com.  There is also a thriving Facebook group that you can join called Reinvention Society.

In the interview we talk to Nadya about her new book “The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos”.  In this visual guide to thriving in the midst of chaos Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva brings together the insights from a community of 3000+ “reinventors” to offer a bold new method for business resilience during disruptive times.  You can buy the book by clicking here.  You can also download a free 85 page preview of the book here.

The host of the podcast is Lance Peppler.  Email him at [email protected] or visit www.ideastorm.co.za.

This episode is sponsored by Idea Storm - an exponential, innovation and leadership consultancy.  Book your free strategy session by visiting www.ideastorm.co.za.