If more people are given the opportunity to recognise there is purpose in chasing your dream, then we will see beautiful things coming to the world - Chib Nwokonkor

From a young age, our guest, Chib knew, he wanted to work with computers, and with some twists and turns, he has is now living his dream. It can be easy to get deterred from your dreams - especially if they are not seen as worthy - with friends, family and even teachers, sharing advice & thoughts on our lives.

But what they dont know, is your commitment, passion and your vision of the future.

In this weeks episode, Chib Nwokonkor, shares empowering perspectives on how we can and do anything that we are truly passionate about. You dont need to have an idea from when you were 10, or even only have one idea....its just about where you put your time and energy!

About Chib Nwokonkor

Chib currently serves as the CEO of Zanshuri, and Zanshuri Holdings, after founding it in 2014, with ideas going back twenty years. With a background in Computer Science, Chib worked for a variety of blue chip companies including IBM, Met Police, Ministry of Justice, and the list goes on.

He currently is designing the most eco friendly computers, that positively challenges most brand computers out there now! Connect with Chib

• LinkedIN
• Zanshuri Website

Some topics discussed

• Experimenting with computers & finding your passion
• Getting kids involved with tech in a safe way
• Gaining first-hand insight into the next generation
• The opportunity to use tech to save the environment
• Having a north star and doing your passion
• Not living with regret
• Find your own path by satisfying your appetite for learning
• Being intentional and committing to your passions
• The ultimate goal when looking back on your life
• Finding inclusion in the business
• There is nothing you cannot deal with
• Dont take things personally

Connect with Me

• Website
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Email: [email protected]

I am always keen to hear your thoughts and connect with the community of listeners. If you have any comments, feedback or thoughts, please drop me an email at [email protected].

Connect with Sope

Website | Youtube | Instagram | LinkedIn

Did you find this helpful? If you like this episode, please leave a review or share it with someone who could benefit from listening. 

We’re always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts, send us an email at [email protected]

There is no dream job, nobody lives in their dreams but you have to find a sustainable way to live, ascertain what success looks like for you - Davina Williamson CEO of Forbes Family Group

It can be easy to dream, dream of how we want our lives to look like and how we want our team and businesses to be. Yet, the reality of fulfilling these goals comes down to your intentions, your deliberate approach and thoughtfulness. Consciously leading and understanding yourself, will enable you to confidently lead others with your direction.

In this weeks episode, Davina Williamson and Dean Forbes share personal and professional tactics they use to intentional and deliberately create the lives they want. It is possible to achieve everything you wish for!

About Davina Forbes-WilliamsonDavina currently serves as the Founder and Director of 6 Degrees Talent and 6 Degrees Talent Digital and co-CEO at Forbes Family Group and a Qualified Yoga Teacher too!

She focuses on senior search specialist recruiting across all levels and sectors in the Integrated PR and Digital sectors. Davina concentrates on the delivery of ethical and holistic recruitment into the Public Relations and Creative Communications industries, combined with a consultative and honest approach to both clients and candidates.

About Dean Forbes Dean has had a phenomenal 20-year career as a Tech Leader and has orchestrated exit deals in excess of 1 billion dollars over the course of his impressive career. A trailblazer with the enviable moniker of a Tech CEO Unicorn, he has the respect and accolades of both his professional industry peers and the wider the Black African and Caribbean community and has been named twice as one of the UKs most influential Black people, by JP Morgan sponsored Powerlist. Connect with Davina and DeanLinkedIn: Davina and Dean Instagram: Davina and Forbes Family Group Twitter: Davina and Dean Websites: 6Degrees Talent and Forbes Family Group Some topics discussed

• Redefining how you view Work
• Learning how to pivot and aim at a new goal especially after a setback
• Staying consistent with your mindset
• Approaching your career holistically
• The Powerlist and the value of visibility to the next generation
• Balancing parenting, business and family
• Managing the transitions of change with people
• Listening & hearing multiple perspectives
• Lack of female leaders and how to change that

Connect with Me

WebsiteInstagram LinkedIn Twitter Email: [email protected]

I am always keen to hear your thoughts and connect with the community of listeners. If you have any comments, feedback or thoughts, please drop me an email at [email protected].

Connect with Sope

Website | Youtube | Instagram | LinkedIn

Did you find this helpful? If you like this episode, please leave a review or share it with someone who could benefit from listening. 

We’re always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts, send us an email at [email protected]

Some things are not working, so if youre serious about setting goals and accomplishing your goals, you need to look at things completely differently - Sope Agbelusi, Founder, MindsetShift

It is that time of the year where people make resolutions, resolutions that statistically you are not likely to achieve. Resolutions that by January 2022 you would have forgotten about until Dec 2022 because resolutions are not goals. "Your resolution is your desired outcome, while your goals are the steps you must take to accomplish it. Goals, not resolutions, are the key to long-term growth and success" Its not just about knowing what you want or where you want to go. Are you doing some level of reflection and critical self-assessment to have some understanding of HOW you can get there? In this weeks episode, I share 3 practical steps to lay the foundation for a committed year of achieving your goals.

About Sope Im Sope. I help ambitious and innovative leaders unlock their leadership potential through actionable coaching. In blunt terms? I help you get out of the tracks youve dug yourself into and onto the next steps of your path. Everyone gets stuck. The beautiful thing is, everything you need to move forward, to gain your momentum back, is in you. You just need some help getting it out and into action. Some topics discussed

• Looking at your new year differently
• Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast
• Living and practising your values
• Who is in your personal boardroom?
• Learning & unlearning in your mindset
• The 3 steps for your new year

Connect with Me

Website Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Email: [email protected]

I am always keen to hear your thoughts and connect with the community of listeners. If you have any comments, feedback or thoughts, please drop me an email at [email protected].

Connect with Sope

Website | Youtube | Instagram | LinkedIn

Did you find this helpful? If you like this episode, please leave a review or share it with someone who could benefit from listening. 

We’re always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts, send us an email at [email protected]

"Even if you have that spark of curiosity, it will grow" - Joseph Kayode-Alli, Vice President & Senior Counsel

As we plant seeds and take new roads towards our career goals, it's just as important to stay open and curious, especially with your passions. You may deviate from the "plan", but you can also explore and experience new spaces just because you want to.

In this weeks episode, Joseph Kayode-Alli takes us through career changes and bends that have led him to uncover new opportunities. It can be easy to take your current lens and apply to your life, but its important to take them off once in a while to be completely open...and potentially see new routes of growth and success. About Speaker

Joseph Kayode-Alli, currently serves as the Vice President and Senior Counsel for a leading financial services business. As a trained solicitor, Joe has worked at Mishcon de Reya and Genworth, with a focus on finance with his interest lying in maths. However, his career did not start in Law but rather in Medieval History and English. As a leader with varied interests, you can be sure Joe is keen on pursuing his passions.

Connect with Joseph

• LinkedIn

Some topics discussed

• The reality of the streets being paved with gold
• Your parents pass down what they have learnt
• Using your experiences as a lens for life
• Opening yourself up after overcoming pain
• You can be your environment, or you can be more
• Being in an environment of support and success
• Going after your passions and finding your people
• Being open to all opportunities by prioritising your passions
• Helping others understand what is in front of them

Connect with Me

• Website
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Email: [email protected]

I am always keen to hear your thoughts and connect with the community of listeners. If you have any comments, feedback or thoughts, please drop me an email at [email protected].

Connect with Sope

Website | Youtube | Instagram | LinkedIn

Did you find this helpful? If you like this episode, please leave a review or share it with someone who could benefit from listening. 

We’re always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts, send us an email at [email protected]

If youre not part of it, its going to be very isolating and if it's not comforting safe space, then how can you really be a part of it - Bonnie Kate Wolf, Icon Designer

The growth of the digital world and the transition to web 3.0 is creating a world parallel to ours. This can create opportunities and untold success for almost anyone, but the reality is that it is currently being designed through the lens of white, middle-class males.

In this weeks episode with Bonnie Kate Wolf not only do we dive into the MetaVerse & NFT's but also discuss the importance of perspectives in our day to day lives. From how we see ourselves to how we grasp "rejection", and how we can redefine our understandings to create further roads, and sometimes, unknown opportunities. Occasionally, you've got to go anywhere to start somewhere.

About Bonnie Kate Wolf Bonnie Kate Wolf is an illustrator and icon designer working in brand and product design. She is currently working with Netflix, based in San Francisco. As well as the brand lead and illustrator for Design x Us. Her most notable clients and iconographic client work include Airbnb, Lyft, Square, Meta, Lush and many more Connect with Bonnie Kate Wolf

Some topics discussed

• Lack of diversity in the growing NFT Space
• Fear of Rejection: The logic behind not being scared
• Putting yourself out there and accepting the results
• Starting anywhere to go somewhere
• Learning how to fail
• Being good in one area, being better in another
• Showing the full human experience in design
• Leaders as umbrellas for your people
• You can re-label yourself

Connect with Me

Website Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Email: [email protected]

I am always keen to hear your thoughts and connect with the community of listeners. If you have any comments, feedback or thoughts, please drop me an email at [email protected].

Connect with Sope

Website | Youtube | Instagram | LinkedIn

Did you find this helpful? If you like this episode, please leave a review or share it with someone who could benefit from listening. 

We’re always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts, send us an email at [email protected]

Its about creating conditions where people can show up as their true authentic selves and to not be scared of judgment or retribution based on things they bring to the table - Kim Wylie, Global Director of People Development and Change, Farfetch

As we continue to navigate change and some level of uncertainty, prioritising your people and the workplace has become more important than ever before. Not everyone can thrive in ambiguous situations, so how do you effectively take your people on a rationale and collaborative journey of change?

In this weeks episode, Kim Wylie, a business transformation expert, shares some proven strategies to keep your people connected, confident and happy while laying personal tactics of being intentional, curious and understanding as a leader.

About Kim Wylie

Kim is an expert in organisational change and business transformation. Her career has been spent working with organisations across the world in a variety of industries, advising them on the design and execution of successful technology change and cultural transformation programs.

She previously worked at Kim Google for their Work Change and Transformation team. And is now currently serving as the Director of People Development and Change at Farfetch. She was recently published in The Economist, and has a Postgraduate Certificate in the Psychology of Change and Organisational Development.

Connect with Kim Wylie

• LinkedIN
• Twitter

Some topics discussed

• Confidence in being an expert in your subject
• Getting your team comfortable and confident with change
• Being involved and contributing to change
• Creating the right conditions to avoid burnout
• Creating psychological safety
• Identifying ways of looking after your team
• Taking the time to reflect
• Celebrating your accomplishments
• Feedback is a gift
• Feedforward as well as feedback
• Clarity through leadership

Connect with Sope

• Website
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Email: [email protected]

I am always keen to hear your thoughts and connect with the community of listeners. If you have any comments, feedback or thoughts, please drop me a voice message: https://mindsetshift.co.uk/#ask-me-anything

Connect with Sope

Website | Youtube | Instagram | LinkedIn

Did you find this helpful? If you like this episode, please leave a review or share it with someone who could benefit from listening. 

We’re always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts, send us an email at [email protected]