Our first podcast of 2021 featuring David Donde, CEO Founder of Minimalist Chocolate and award-winning Truth Coffee. Read Full article > David Donde is the Founder of Truth Coffee Roasting, which specialises in sourcing and roasting some of the world’s most exclusive coffees. Truth Coffee was named the world’s best coffee shop by MSN Travel in 2013…

Our first pandemic podcast featuring Carin-Isabel Knoop, Executive Director of the Global Research Group at Harvard Business School. First published at www.get5.io/podcast Carin Knoop is the Executive Director of the Global Research Group / Case Research & Writing Group at Harvard Business School, supporting faculty research and the development of …

Full article published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/18-siobhan-mchale-culture-change-insider Siobhan McHale is an acclaimed culture transformation expert and global executive. She currently holds the title of Executive General Manager of People, Culture & Change at Dulux Group. She recently published her book, The Insider’s Guide to Culture Chang…

We chat to Jane Garza (Managing Director of culture change company, NOBL) on the benefits of culture change. Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/17-jane-garza-organisational-sub-cultures-how-to-set-up-culture-team Jane Garza is the Managing Director of NOBL, a radical team of culture change experts whose mission it is to improve wor…

Previously the MD and Talent Manager of Brighthouse (now known as This Way Up), Nadia has worked at Gitlab since 2017 simultaneously recruiting to scale the company from 75 to 767 hired team members and building up her career in People Operations at the company. She moved into a management position at Gitlab a couple of months ago. All 767 Gitlab e…

In this episode of Working better, together, we chat to Melissa Hui from Context Leap on people + culture design. Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/15-melissa-hui-how-design-thinking-helps-hr Melissa is educated in social sciences & anthropology, but has worked most of her career as a designer. With 15 years’ experience in the tec…

We chat to Founder Coach, Dave Bailey, on how he helps CEO’s move their companies from scale-up to success. First published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/14-dave-bailey-what-it-takes-ceo-scale-up-companies Timestamp notes: 0.23 — Dave introduces himself. 1.00 — How Dave got into the Coaching business. 2.59 — What is Dave’s №1 regret? 3.12 — Dave’s…

We chat to Dr Paul White, experienced psychologist & speaker, and co-author of book The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace. Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/13-dr-paul-white-5-languages-of-appreciation-in-workplace Dr Paul White is a psychologist, author, keynote speaker, leadership trainer & consultant who has been hel…

Tom Haak, Founder and Director of the HR Trends Institute, tells us how he became an HR trend watcher, and what’s happening in HR today. Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/12-tom-haak-hr-trends-today Tom Haak has always worked in HR. Based in the Netherlands, he worked his way up from a trainee to a senior position at Phillips Elec…

We chat to Claude Silver on how she brings the humanity back into HR as the Chief Heart Officer at Vayner Media. Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/11-claude-silver-bringing-humanity-back-into-hr In her almost 5 years of working at Vayner Media as their Chief Heart Officer, Claude Silver (Publicis London, Garageband.com) has assist…

Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/10-richard-shotton-actions-vs-behaviour We chat with Richard Shotton, author of “The Choice Factory”, experienced media planner & behavioural scientist and founder of Astroten media consultancy. Richard Shotton started his career as a media planner working with brands such as Coke, Lexus and compa…

Breegan works with growing startups to implement clearly defined cultural values, an onboarding programme unique to the company, and sustainable, authentic hiring practices. She has also worked in large companies like Amazon and Snap Inc. (the makers of Snapchat). When it comes to company culture, Breegan thinks that startups have somewhat of an ad…

Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/8-rob-stokes-treat-employees-like-adults Rob Stokes is an investor, entrepreneur & speaker who is passionate about business and education. He sits as a non-exec Director on the boards of BrandsEye, Openbox, Happy Flats and CloudOne.mobi. Rob founded the digital agency Quirk in 1999, one of South A…

Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/7-themba-chakela-new-world-of-workIn this episode of our Working better, together. podcast, Themba Chakela joins us for a chat around the state of HR and the “new world of work.”Themba wears many hats (check out his LinkedIN profile), but is currently the new People and Culture Director for Go-To …

Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/6-richard-mulholland-why-innovation-requires-the-right-cultureRichard Mulholland is a highly regarded business thinker, innovator and speaker. He authored his book Legacide: Why legacy thinking is the silent killer of innovation (with another book on the way!), is an avid blogger and vlogger, writ…

Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/5-gangs-of-balletIn this fifth episode of Working better, together., we chat to Brad Klynsmith, the lead singer and manager of Durban-based band, Gangs of Ballet.Gangs of Ballet was formed in 2011 when Brad wanted to play bass in a band and persuaded his brother to be the drummer. The band was an …

Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/4-lemon-radically-fresh-take-on-leadershipIn this episode of Working better, together. we chat to Brett Johnson, an impactful leader, Silicon Valley consultant and author of 10 books, one of which is the well-known LEMON leadership.0.37 — Brett explains how LEMON leadership came about.1.02 — More …

Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/3-colombo-coffee-tea-portrait-of-collaborative-company-cultureIn this episode of Working better, together. we chat to Geoff Noble, one of the Noble Brothers, who bought over the legendary Durban-based café & coffee reseller, Colombo Coffee & Tea."Colombo has become synonymous with coffee in Durban…

Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/2-lee-watts-travelstart-recruitment-storyWe chat to Lee Watts, Business Partner (People Team) at Travelstart, on how this “startup” became 300+ staff strong.Conceived in Sweden, Travelstart first opened its doors in 1999, as the brainchild of Travel visionary Stephan Ekbergh. In true start-up fash…

Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/1-bailey-kropman-how-to-set-vision-values-in-high-performance-companyWelcome to our first episode of Working better, together!In this episode, we chat to Bailey Kropman, who is the Head of Talent and Organisational Performance at Superbalist.Superbalist.com is South Africa’s biggest and trendiest …