# On Change with Petro du Pisani

Context is the primary-source knowledge base for On Change with Petro du Pisani: the place to find what Petro du Pisani and guests actually said, in their own words, about taking a sabbatical, adaptability and resilience, women believing in themselves at work and technical experts learning to lead. It holds verbatim, timestamped quotations from episodes of On Change with Petro du Pisani. Other topics include living by your values, personal change, leadership and executive coaching. Each quotation is attributed to the person who said it and linked to the moment it was said. The quotations are the conversation itself, not a summary of it. Browse them by topic or by episode.

> Verbatim, timestamped quotations from the On Change with Petro du Pisani podcast. Each quotation is copied word for word from the episode audio transcript, attributed to its speaker (host or guest), and linked to the moment it was said. Quotations and passages are never written or altered by AI; topic labels, passage notes and episode analyses are AI-generated, and every analysis point cites the moment it rests on. Guest details come from the published episode notes or the guest's own words.

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## Topics

- [Conscious breaks from work as life redesign](https://context.onchange.co.za/threads/conscious-breaks-from-work/): The show's biggest thread. Guests describe stepping away from work on purpose to rethink how they live, what they learned, and how they came back. 6 verbatim quotations from 13 episodes.
- [Who am I without the job title?](https://context.onchange.co.za/threads/identity-beyond-the-title/): Guest after guest describes how their sense of self had merged with their employer or role, and the discomfort of losing it. 6 verbatim quotations from 7 episodes.
- [Burnout, warning signs and listening to your body](https://context.onchange.co.za/threads/burnout-and-the-body/): The show keeps returning to people who pushed until their bodies forced a stop. 6 verbatim quotations from 11 episodes.
- [Keeping the break alive after returning](https://context.onchange.co.za/threads/carrying-the-pause-into-daily-life/): Guests describe how they protect what a break gave them once they are back at work: daily touch points, rest days, quarterly long weekends, mini breaks. 6 verbatim quotations from 7 episodes.
- [Change begins with yourself](https://context.onchange.co.za/threads/personal-change-and-choice/): Across the early change episodes and the EMBA conversations, guests say personal change is the hard part. 6 verbatim quotations from 7 episodes.
- [The people side beats the perfect solution](https://context.onchange.co.za/threads/human-side-of-improvement/): From business improvement to technology rollouts, guests argue that listening, buy-in and people's own purposes decide whether anything sticks. 6 verbatim quotations from 7 episodes.
- [From technical expert to leader of people](https://context.onchange.co.za/threads/technical-experts-learning-to-lead/): Guests who rose on technical skill describe finding that leading means focusing people rather than supplying answers, admitting what they don't know, and supporting new managers. 6 verbatim quotations from 6 episodes.
- [Purpose and values as the compass](https://context.onchange.co.za/threads/purpose-and-values-as-compass/): Purpose recurs first as an EMBA research subject and then as a personal filter for choosing work and direction. 6 verbatim quotations from 7 episodes.
- [Women backing themselves and claiming space](https://context.onchange.co.za/threads/women-backing-themselves/): Women leaders talk about self-doubt, feeling like they are wearing someone else's coat, being called bossy, and stretching their 'fear muscle'. 6 verbatim quotations from 6 episodes.
- [You don't have to do it alone](https://context.onchange.co.za/threads/nobody-does-it-alone/): Guests keep saying that coaches, therapists, mentors and honest friends made the difference. 6 verbatim quotations from 7 episodes.

## Episodes

- [#048 The Accidental Entrepreneur | Carmel Peinke](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/048-the-accidental-entrepreneur/): 2026-06-02; guest Carmel Peinke (founder and CEO, eRoute2Market); themes: Accidental path into FMCG, Founding E-Route to Market, Self-doubt and confidence, Networking through curiosity, Authentic leadership, Women in male-dominated tech, Integrity and ethics, Empowering future leaders; 6 long passages. Petro du Pisani talks with Carmel Peinke about how she came into FMCG by chance, launched Lipton Iced Tea at Smollan, and saw a sales-data gap that led her to found E-Route to Market in 2009, a platform she built without writing code.
- [#047 Owning Your Financial Future | Ann Wilson](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/047-owning-your-financial-future/): 2026-03-05; guest Ann Wilson (best-selling author, speaker, and financial empowerment activist); themes: Rich versus wealthy, Women and financial power, Investing simply and consistently, Paying yourself first, Enough number and worthiness, Making the career leap, Financial freedom and legacy; 6 long passages. Petro du Pisani talks with Ann Wilson, known as The Wealth Chef, a former civil engineer who says she has been financially free for nearly 20 years.
- [#046 Lessons from a serial entrepreneur | Catherine Wijnberg](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/046-lessons-from-a-serial-entrepreneur/): 2025-12-24; guest Catherine Wijnberg (CEO, Fetola); themes: Entrepreneurial courage, Losing everything and rebuilding, Founding Fetola, Purpose-driven leadership, Burnout and self-care, Redefining success, Lessons from developing nations; 6 long passages. Petro du Pisani talks with Catherine Wijnberg, CEO of Fetola, about a life of serial entrepreneurship.
- [#045 Lessons from Everest | Jeannette McGill](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/045-lessons-from-everest/): 2025-11-07; guest Jeannette McGill; themes: Everest mountaineering journey, Women in mining leadership, Resilience and self-belief, Ageism and older women, Values as North Star, Commitment, consistency, courage; 6 long passages. Petro du Pisani talks with her long-time friend Jeannette McGill, who in 2025 became the oldest South African woman to summit Everest.
- [#044 We need a new future | Carmen Murray](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/044-we-need-a-new-future/): 2025-10-31; guest Carmen Murray (CEO, Carmen Murray Communications); themes: Authentic Intelligence Framework, Conscious Leaders movement, Futurism and shaping the future, Women in leadership, AI as a mirror, Masking and authenticity, Fear versus hope, Redefining success; 6 long passages. In this episode of On Change's Powerful Women series, the host speaks with Carmen Murray, who describes herself as a marketer, technographer and numerologist moving into futurism.
- [#043 We Need New Leaders | Charlotte Otter](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/043-we-need-new-leaders/): 2025-09-09; guest Charlotte Otter (speaker, leadership coach, and former journalist); themes: Radical redesign of leadership, Reputation as leadership tool, Authenticity and vulnerability, Clear, credible, connected leaders, Inclusive leadership and meetings, Women in corporate leadership, Charlotte's career journey; 5 long passages. Petro du Pisani opens her Powerful Women series with Charlotte Otter, a former journalist and corporate communicator whose book We Need New Leaders grew out of an MSc thesis on reputation.
- [#042 Special Focus on Seasonality | Amy Martin](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/042-special-focus-on-seasonality/): 2025-02-26; guest Amy Martin (coach and organization development practitioner); themes: Seasonality and life cycles, Burnout and rest, Menstrual cycle awareness, Rest and renewal practices, Coaching with seasonal metaphors, Energy at work, Leadership and self-care, Books on rest; 6 long passages. In the last episode of Petro du Pisani's series on conscious breaks from work, she talks with Amy Martin, a coach and organization development practitioner with two decades of leadership in the veterinary sector.
- [#041 Special Focus on Burnout | Shannon Royden-Turner](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/041-special-focus-on-burnout/): 2025-02-17; guest Shannon Royden-Turner (burnout coach); themes: Defining burnout, Warning signs of burnout, Root causes of burnout, Purpose and values alignment, Stress and adaptation, Returning to work, Guest's personal backstory; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani talks with burnout coach Shannon Royden-Turner, who works with CEOs and executive teams in mining, energy and development.
- [#040 Special Focus on Burnout | Laura-Jean Evens & Lurinda Maree](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/040-special-focus-on-burnout/): 2025-02-01; guest Laura-Jean Evens (executive coach), Lurinda Maree (industrial psychologist and applied theatre specialist); themes: Defining burnout, Warning signs of burnout, Organisational culture and burnout, Personality and self-contribution, Recovery and professional help, Coping strategies, Boundaries and prevention, Books and resources; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani, framing burnout as one reason people take conscious breaks from work, talks with two coaches.
- [#039 The Sabbatical Mindset | Omri van Zyl](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/039-the-sabbatical-mindset/): 2025-01-30; guest Omri van Zyl (CEO, RussellStone Capital); themes: Career breaks and adventure, Leaving corporate life, Ambition versus freedom, Meditation and visualization, Energy and mentorship, Healthy habits and continuous improvement; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani, herself on a sabbatical after 25 years in corporate, talks to Omri van Zyl, CEO of RussellStone Capital.
- [#038 The Reinvention Pause | Mike Stopforth](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/038-the-reinvention-pause/): 2025-01-27; guest Mike Stopforth (managing director, Flume); themes: Sabbatical after business exit, Identity beyond job title, Execution over perfect ideas, Asking for help, Skills versus environment, Re-entry into work, Supporting others' breaks; 6 long passages. Petro du Pisani interviews Mike Stopforth, managing director of Flume and former CEO of Cerebra, about a break he earmarked for one year of study in 2019 that became a roughly four-year reinvention period.
- [#037 Pausing to Pivot | Pamela Naidoo-Ameglio](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/037-pausing-to-pivot/): 2025-01-25; guest Pamela Naidoo-Ameglio (executive leader and geoscientist, ANSTO); themes: Burnout and sabbatical, Career pivot from mining, Self-reflection during a break, Sabbatical mindset and mini breaks, Mentoring and empathy; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani talks to Pamela Naidoo-Ameglio about the sabbatical she took in 2015.
- [#036 Rest, Reset, and Recharge | Sas Wessels](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/036-rest-reset-and-recharge/): 2024-10-30; guest Sas Wessels (mechanical engineer and business improvement professional); themes: Sabbatical after restructuring, Facing financial fears, Planning a career break, Corporate identity and social pressure, Fear to opportunity mindset, Family and work balance, Consulting and further study; 6 long passages. Petro du Pisani talks with Sas Wessels, a mining-industry mechanical engineer and business improvement professional, about a sabbatical that followed repeated company restructures.
- [#035 The Re-ignition Pause | Briony Liber](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/035-the-re-ignition-pause/): 2024-10-28; guest Briony Liber (career and leadership coach); themes: Burnout and boundaries, Sabbatical as experimentation, Identity beyond job title, Intentional time and reflection, Career reinvention into coaching, Putting yourself first; 6 long passages. Part of Petro du Pisani's series on conscious breaks from work.
- [#034 The Transformative Break | Zaheera Soomar](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/034-the-transformative-break/): 2024-10-24; guest Zaheera Soomar (business leader, independent consultant, and academic scholar); themes: Taking a sabbatical, Identity and self-worth, Corporate restructuring, Reflection and introspection, Re-entering the workplace, Privilege and choice, Solo adventures; 6 long passages. Petro du Pisani talks with Zaheera Soomar, who took her first sabbatical after twenty years of work, following a corporate restructure.
- [#033 The Self-Discovery Pause | Louise Rapley](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/033-the-self-discovery-pause/): 2024-10-09; guest Louise Rapley (freelance writer and editor); themes: Sabbatical as life threshold, Overwork and numbing, Memoir writing as healing, Inner child work, Guilt and privilege, Boundaries and perfectionism, Reinventing a career; 7 long passages. Petro du Pisani, herself on a conscious break from work, talks with Louise Rapley, a former French teacher and textbook editor, about a sabbatical funded by her partner after a COVID-cancelled trip.
- [#032 The Thoughtful Time-Out | Gargi Mishra](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/032-the-thoughtful-time-out/): 2024-09-23; guest Gargi Mishra (foresight practitioner); themes: Intentional career breaks, Burnout and overwork, Career pivots and reinvention, Foresight and futurism, Self-care habits, Women returning to work, Financial planning for breaks; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani, who is on his own sabbatical after 25 years in corporate, talks with Gargi Mishra about career breaks.
- [#031 Intentional Interludes | Thea Weeks](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/031-intentional-interludes/): 2024-09-12; guest Thea Weeks (environmental, social, and governance lead, MPI Mott Africa); themes: Career breaks and sabbaticals, Burnout and warning signs, Hearing loss and disability, Parenthood and work, NGO work and giving back, Hybrid work and flexibility, Planning finances and re-entry, Mentors and coaches; 7 long passages. Petro du Pisani, on her own sabbatical after 25 years in corporate, talks to Thea Weeks, ESG lead at MPI Mott Africa, about her three career breaks: volunteering in the NGO space, time with her newborn son, and adjusting after losing hearing following an illness in Cameroon.
- [#030 The Healing Pause | Ntseiseng Lephole](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/030-the-healing-pause/): 2024-09-01; guest Ntseiseng Lephole; themes: Career break for health, Stress and thyroid health, Reflection and self-care, Returning to work, Journaling and meditation routine, Preventive health checks; 6 long passages. In the fourth episode of a series on conscious breaks from work, host Petro du Pisani talks to Ntseiseng Lephole, who works with international NGOs.
- [#029 A Life-Changing Break | Hermien Uys](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/029-a-life-changing-break/): 2024-08-23; guest Hermien Uys (corporate lawyer, Vedanta); themes: Why take a sabbatical, Leaving corporate on good terms, Adjusting to free time, Travel and personal enrichment, Volunteering and giving back, Self-worth beyond corporate, Mindfulness and meaningfulness, Re-entering the workplace; 6 long passages. In the third episode of Petro du Pisani's series on conscious breaks from work, Hermien Uys, a corporate lawyer in the mining industry, describes her roughly year-long sabbatical in 2017-2018.
- [#028 The Realignment Pause | Lizette Spangenberg](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/028-the-realignment-pause/): 2024-08-08; guest Lizette Spangenberg; themes: Sabbaticals and career breaks, Burnout and self-care, Career realignment and purpose, Climbing Kilimanjaro, Healthcare and UX design, Mental health support; 6 long passages. In the second episode of Petro du Pisani's series on conscious breaks from work, Lizette Spangenberg describes two sabbaticals.
- [#027 Purposeful Pauses | Fatima Collins](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/027-purposeful-pauses/): 2024-08-02; guest Fatima Collins (Women in Mining Project Manager, Sibanye-Stillwater); themes: Taking conscious career breaks, Introspection and self-discovery, Finding meaningful work, Identity separate from job, Re-entering the workforce, Keeping a sabbatical mindset, Grief and recovery; 5 long passages. The first episode of an On Change series in which host Petro du Pisani, herself on a conscious break, talks with Fatima Collins about her four career breaks.
- [#026 Thoughts on Innovation in the Mining Industry | Elaine Hattingh & Sandiso Sibisi](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/026-thoughts-on-innovation-in-the-mining/): 2024-01-14; guest Elaine Hattingh (manager of innovation, Exxaro Resources), Sandiso Sibisi (startup founder, COOi Studios); themes: Why mining needs innovation, First versus second mover, Choosing technologies to invest in, Prototyping and proof of value, Data, AI and IoT, Robotics and remote operations, Open innovation and collaboration, Corporate venturing and startups; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani talks with Elaine Hattingh, an innovation manager in mining, and Sandiso Sibisi, who runs an innovation studio after nine years at Accenture.
- [#025 Unleashing my superpowers | Patience Mpofu](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/025-unleashing-my-superpowers/): 2022-08-29; guest Patience Mpofu (CEO, Peak Performance with Patience and Insights Mining Experts); themes: Women in mining, Career journey in mining, Leadership and self-knowledge, Sponsorship and male champions, ESG and impact, Unleashing my Superpowers book; 6 long passages. Petro du Pisani interviews Dr Patience Mpofu, a former vice president corporate affairs at South32, about her path from applied chemistry in Zimbabwe and South Africa to a PhD in Australia and senior roles at Anglo American, Lonmin and South32.
- [#024 A study on Open Banking | Karen Nadasen](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/024-a-study-on-open-banking/): 2022-08-29; guest Karen Nadasen (CEO, PayU); themes: Open banking, EMBA learning journey, Design science research, South African payment system, Financial inclusion, Consumer data consent; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani speaks with fellow UCT GSB EMBA student Karen Nadasen, CEO of PayU South Africa, about her research project, an open banking relevance and assessment model.
- [#023 Harnessing shared leadership to improve strategic coherence | Jordan Ludlow](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/023-harnessing-shared-leadership-to-improve-strategic/): 2022-07-18; guest Jordan Ludlow (managing director, Tradereach); themes: Shared leadership, Strategic coherence, Social constructs and culture, Human agency and autonomy, Complexity and uncertainty, EMBA research methodology, Strategy practice; 6 long passages. Host Petro interviews fellow UCT EMBA graduate Jordan Ludlow, MD of a specialist retail asset management business in FMCG logistics, about his research on improving strategic coherence.
- [#022 Understanding my desire to be a biotech entrepreneur | Mauritz Venter](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/022-understanding-my-desire-to-be-a/): 2022-07-16; guest Mauritz Venter (CEO and co-founder, AzarGen Biotechnologies); themes: Biotech entrepreneurship, Desire and resilience, Reflective practice, Practical rationality research, Executive MBA learning, Values and meaning; 5 long passages. Petro du Pisani interviews fellow UCT GSB Executive MBA student Mauritz Venter, a scientist and biotech founder, about his research project on his desire to be a biotech entrepreneur.
- [#021 The impact of remote work on organisational design | Desereé van den Berg](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/021-the-impact-of-remote-work-on/): 2022-06-21; guest Desereé van den Berg (HR Executive, RBS); themes: Remote work and organisational design, Strategy and organisational design, Hybrid work models, Executive MBA learning journey, Research methodology, Personal leadership transformation; 6 long passages. The host, a fellow UCT GSB Executive MBA graduate, talks with Desereé van den Berg, an HR executive, about her EMBA research into how remote work affects organisational design.
- [#020 Chris Smith | Finding happiness at work](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/020-finding-happiness-at-work/): 2022-06-16; guest Chris Smith (Freelance Consultant in Project and Business Management); themes: Happiness at work, Leadership and direct reports, Purpose and authenticity, Phenomenology research methods, EMBA learning journey, Leading through uncertainty; 5 long passages. Petro du Pisani talks with fellow UCT EMBA student Chris Smith about his dissertation, Improving Happiness at Work, What Leaders Can Do and Why They Should Do It.
- [#019 Gordon Wilson | Purpose as a driver for human behaviour](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/019-purpose-as-a-driver-for-human/): 2022-04-04; guest Gordon Wilson (Achievement Awards Group); themes: Purpose as a driver of behaviour, Executive MBA experience, Research methodology, Profit and purpose balance, Leadership and purpose, Putting purpose into practice, Personal transformation; 6 long passages. Host Petro talks with fellow UCT EMBA student Gordon Wilson, who works in the human performance improvement industry at Achievement Awards Group, about his research project on purpose as a driver of human behaviour from a leadership perspective.
- [#018 Sean Lewis | In search of knowledge](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/018-in-search-of-knowledge/): 2020-07-27; guest Sean Lewis (part-time lecturer, UCT GSB); themes: Growing up under apartheid, Education and activism, Studying abroad on scholarship, Persistence in pursuing knowledge, Career from teaching to IT, EMBA learning and teaching, Systems thinking at work, Future of work and inequality; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani talks with Sean Lewis, a part-time lecturer on the UCT EMBA whom she met on her first course.
- [#017 Chris Breen | Finding what matters most](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/017-finding-what-matters-most/): 2020-07-19; guest Chris Breen (Emeritus Professor, UCT GSB); themes: Personal leadership, Teaching for transformation, Learning from failure, Three marriages, Living an examined life, Say yes to everything, Leading during COVID-19; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani talks with Chris Breen, a former maths educator who now teaches personal leadership in complex times, as part of her EMBA learning-journey series.
- [#016 Kosheek Sewchurran | Creating worlds through conversation](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/016-creating-worlds-through-conversation/): 2020-07-13; guest Kosheek Sewchurran (Associate Professor, University of Cape Town (UCT) Graduate School of Business (GSB)); themes: Executive MBA learning journey, From technical to human systems, Student transformation stories, Everydayness and productivity, Leadership and character, Circular economy and organising, Creating worlds through conversation; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani, starting her Executive MBA at UCT GSB, talks with its programme director, Associate Professor Kosheek Sewchurran.
- [#015 Tracey Swanepoel, Lisa Shippey and Bernard Swanepoel | The power of storytelling to inspire change](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/015-the-power-of-storytelling-to-inspire/): 2020-01-07; guest Tracey Swanepoel (Thinkspiration), Bernard Swanepoel (Thinkspiration), Lisa Shippey (director, Thinkspiration); themes: Storytelling for leaders, Communicating business strategy, Listening to employees, Mining industry leadership, Human connection at work, Authenticity and vulnerability; 6 long passages. The host speaks with three people from Thinkspiration about using storytelling to make business strategy understandable at every level of an organisation.
- [#014 Riaan Wolmarans | Travel books: Memories and aspirations](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/014-travel-books-memories-and-aspirations/): 2019-12-03; guest Riaan Wolmarans; themes: Books and travel, Memories of places, Fantasy and fictional worlds, Post-apocalyptic fiction, Travel guides and writing, Reading habits, Holiday reading lists; 6 long passages. An end-of-year book discussion in which host Petro and her friend Riaan Wolmarans talk about books tied to places: cities they have visited, places they want to visit, fantasy and post-apocalyptic worlds, and travel guides.
- [#013 Jo Rust | How motorcycling around Africa changes you](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/013-how-motorcycling-around-africa-changes-you/): 2019-05-24; guest Jo Rust (Personal Life Coach); themes: Motorcycling around Africa, Overcoming fear and depression, Mindset and taking action, Calculated risk, Trusting strangers while travelling, Transition to coaching and psychology; 6 long passages. The host talks to Jo Rust about how riding solo around Africa changed her.
- [#012 Denis Beckett | On being an ordinary South African](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/012-on-being-an-ordinary-south-african/): 2019-03-17; guest Denis Beckett (journalist, adventurer, TV presenter, radio host and author); themes: Career change from law, Apartheid-era journalism, Future of newspapers and media, Making politics work, Dropping race, Staying in South Africa, Change and stability; 6 long passages. Petro du Pisani talks with journalist and TV presenter Denis Beckett about his path from a law degree to the Rand Daily Mail, the 1977 press closures, founding Frontline, the 1983 spoilt-ballot campaign, Face the Facts and Beckett's Trek.
- [#011 Riaan Wolmarans | Dusting off the bookshelf](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/011-dusting-off-the-bookshelf/): 2018-12-14; guest Riaan Wolmarans (journalist, editor); themes: Books that changed lives, Genre and speculative fiction, Abandoning books guilt-free, Reading habits and tracking, Why people should read, Journalism and reading, Books as gifts; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani and his best friend, journalist Riaan Wolmarans, work through the categories of a Grant Snider cartoon: books they couldn't put down, couldn't pick up, gave each other, took on holiday, and that changed their lives.
- [#010 Steven Heyman | Yoga and enabling change through mindfulness](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/010-yoga-and-enabling-change-through-mindfulness/): 2018-11-20; guest Steven Heyman (owner, Yogaworks); themes: Career change into yoga, Mindfulness at work, Stress and burnout, Yoga events and retreats, Body and mind flexibility, Personal transformation; 6 long passages. Petro du Pisani talks with Steven Heyman, a Belgian-born former managing director of a logistics company's Johannesburg office who became a yoga teacher and mindfulness practitioner.
- [#009 Gail Cameron | Coaching and African Leadership](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/009-coaching-and-african-leadership/): 2018-10-25; guest Gail Cameron (founder and managing director, Image Excellence Group); themes: Coaching career evolution, Emotional intelligence, Social intelligence, Mindfulness and balance, Quantum physics of leadership, Resonant leadership, African leadership qualities, Intentional change process; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani talks with Gail Cameron, founder of the Image Excellence Group, about how her coaching practice grew from voice and speech work into leadership and life coaching.
- [#008 Corrie Pitzer | Resilience Engineering in Safety](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/008-resilience-engineering-in-safety/): 2018-09-24; guest Corrie Pitzer (CEO, Safemap International); themes: Resilience engineering, Zero harm and fake safety, Human risk competence, Accident causation models, Safety culture change, Proactive risk identification, Career path into safety; 6 long passages. Petro du Pisani interviews Corrie Pitzer, founder of Safemap International, about resilience engineering in safety.
- [#007 Dr. Clifford Saunders | Reprogramming your brain](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/007-reprogramming-your-brain/): 2018-09-21; guest Clifford Saunders (managing director, Center for Applied Neuroscience); themes: Neuroplasticity, Talking to your brain, Sleep and problem solving, Simulations and emulations, Applied neuroscience in business, Artificial intelligence and feelings, Guest career background; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani talks with Dr Clifford Saunders, who calls himself the Brain Reprogramming Doctor, about neuroplasticity.
- [#006 Harry Sinko and Gary Lane | Disruption in the mining industry](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/006-disruption-in-the-mining-industry/): 2018-07-16; guest Harry Sinko (directors, Vuuma Collaborations), Gary Lane (directors, Vuuma Collaborations); themes: Disruption in mining, People and behaviour change, Mining simulation and experiential learning, Digital twins and Mining 4.0, Collaboration and stakeholders, Change management leadership; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani talks with Gary Lane and Harry Sinko of Vuuma Collaborations about disrupting the mining industry.
- [#005 WiMSA | Gender diversity in the mining industry](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/005-gender-diversity-in-the-mining-industry/): 2018-06-14; guest Noleen Pauls (Women in Mining South Africa (WiMSA)), Lindi Nakedi (Women in Mining South Africa (WiMSA)); themes: Gender diversity in mining, Women's early careers, Quotas and mindset change, Business case for diversity, Mentoring and networking, Socialisation and equal caregiving, Women in Mining South Africa; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani talks with Noleen Pauls, a geologist in mining since 1992, and Lindi Nakedi, a former recruiter who has run a mining-related business since 2010.
- [#004 George Lee Sye | Intersection between change management and business improvement](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/004-intersection-between-change-management-and-business/): 2018-03-30; guest George Lee Sye; themes: Change management and business improvement, Buy-in over technical solutions, Tools versus problem solving, Self-talk and focus, Outcome-driven planning, Change saturation and stability, Leadership coaching, Motorcycling and focus; 6 long passages. Petro du Pisani talks with George Lee Sye about where change management and business improvement meet.
- [#003 Dr. Barbara Trautlein | Change Intelligence (CQ)](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/003-change-intelligence-cq/): 2018-03-25; guest Barbara Trautlein (change consultant, author, speaker, and researcher, Change Catalysts); themes: Change Intelligence (CQ), Head, heart, hands styles, Resistance to change, Change leadership vs management, Women in male-dominated industries, Client case studies, Future of change profession; 7 long passages. Petro du Pisani interviews Barbara Trautlein, an organizational psychologist and the author of Change Intelligence.
- [#002 Dr. Ryk Croukamp | Logotherapy and self-awareness in change](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/002-logotherapy-and-self-awareness-in-change/): 2018-01-25; guest Ryk Croukamp (owner, Indigo Skye); themes: people side of change, logotherapy and meaning, choice and accountability, collaborative change methods, leadership role modelling, culture and climate, narrative practice, closing and embedding change; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani talks with Ryk Croukamp, owner of Indigo Skye, about the people side of change.
- [#001 Tom Marsicano | Change in a production environment](https://context.onchange.co.za/episodes/001-change-in-a-production-environment/): 2017-11-18; guest Tom Marsicano (co-founder and director, AndChange); themes: Defining change management, Change in production environments, Culture and change, Resistance to change, Supervisors as change leaders, Training shift workers, Technology to embed change, Change and project management; 6 long passages. Host Petro du Pisani interviews Tom Marsicano, co-founder and director of AndChange, about applying change management in production settings such as mining.

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