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No Compromise Means No Compromise | How Solina Naidoo Built the Community Before the Product

Making It Without Faking It | Yael Geffen on identity, resilience and learning to lead on her own terms

Making Impact Visible | Mikhial Marimuthu on youth-led innovation, practical technology and building solutions that can be measured.

Latest Stories

The Business of Feeding More People | Michelle Bristow, founder and CEO of GENESIS Nutritional Products, on turning clinical expertise into an affordable response to hunger.

Michelle Bristow on turning clinical expertise into an affordable response to hunger and building a business capable of extending its impact.
  • Editorial Team
Dr Lershania Moothsamy of SPHER3
  • Dr Lershania Moothsamy, Health EquityCommunity Healthcare, Public Health, SPHER3

Before the Clinic Door | Dr Lershania Moothsamy on Public Health, Purpose, and Building Systems that Prevent Crisis

Dr Lershania Moothsamy reflects on inherited values, privilege, and why effective healthcare starts before tertiary care.
  • Editor
Ntando Zikalala, founder of To The Max Brand Management
  • Brand Strategy, Liquid Image Consulting, Ntando Zikalala, Talent Management, To The Max Brand Management

Taking It To The Max | Ntando Zikalala on grit, authenticity, and building a brand‑management business that emerged from Covid and went all the way to the Oscars.

Ntando Zikalala built To The Max from a side project into a global agency, shaped by instinct, timing, and a long-term approach to growth.
  • Editorial Team
  • 2nd.MD, Clinton Phillips, Healthcare Entrepreneurship, Medici, Preventive Healthcare

Success Isn’t the Point | The South African-born founder behind a $460M healthcare exit reflects on faith, failure, and why success means more than money.

Clinton Phillips reflects on faith, failure, a $460 million healthcare exit, and why the true measure of success lies in who your work ultimately serves.
  • President, CRO and Co-Founder
Rapelang Rabana, founder and chairperson of Rekindle Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence, Education Technology, Rapelang Rabana, Rekindle Learning, Youth Employment

Building for the Africa We Actually Have | Rapelang Rabana on education, technology, and designing for lived realities

Rapelang Rabana explores the gap between content and competence, and why exposure, practice, and context matter as much as access itself.
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  • Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, Kasthuri Soni, SA Youth

The Road Map to Employment | Kasthuri Soni on the systems needed to solve youth unemployment in South Africa

Kasthuri Soni reflects on the barriers young South Africans face in entering the economy, and the practical changes needed to connect more of them to work.
  • Editor
Graham Mitchell, founder of Grow and author of Compounding Advantage
  • Business Coaching, Compounding Advantage, Graham Mitchell, Grow Business Coaching, Sustainable Growth

The Compounding Advantage | Graham Mitchell on the Discipline of Building Businesses That Last

Graham Mitchell on leadership, discipline, and why sustainable growth comes from doing fewer things exceptionally well.
  • Editorial Team
Jean Veitch, Operations Manager at Ingelosi Foundation
  • Grassroots Entrepreneurship, Ingelosi Foundation, Jean Veitch, Social Impact, Youth Development

The Value of Time | Jean Veitch on Johannesburg’s invisible economy, and why South Africa’s youth do not lack motivation

Jean Veitch of the Ingelosi Foundation reflects on Johannesburg’s invisible economy, where young people are often building businesses out of necessity rather than ambition.
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Beyond the Algorithm

Ophelia Dahl, co-founder and board chair of Partners In Health
  • Global Health, Health Equity, Health Systems, Ophelia Dahl, Partners In Health

The Ecosystem of Health | Ophelia Dahl, co-founder of Partners In Health, on the complexity of equitable health care.

A conversation about proximity, patience, and the long work of building systems that allow care to endure beyond the moment of crisis.
  • President, CRO and Co-Founder

On the Edge and Back Again | A Veteran’s Journey Through South Africa, Survival and Purpose

American veteran and adventure guide Joe Fleming reflects on wrestling with mental health, the men’s movement he created, and the wild South African landscapes that helped save his life.
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  • Beyond the Algorithm, Business Leadership, Business Partnerships, Complementary Strengths, The Complement Theory, WDR Aspen

The Complement Theory

A reflection on why business success—whether in Aspen or South Africa—depends on finding partners who balance your strengths.
  • President, CRO and Co-Founder
  • Beyond the Algorithm

From Foie to Fire

From Georgia’s dish pits to Aspen’s fine-dining scene, chef Chris Lanter shares lessons in discipline, perseverance, and nearly 30 years of culinary wisdom.
  • Editorial Team
  • Beyond the Algorithm

A Conversation with Stephane Lacroix on Leadership, Legacy, and the Hotel Jerome

Hotel Jerome—a landmark of Western elegance since 1889—thrives under the leadership of Stéphane Lacroix, who brings over 40 years of global luxury hospitality experience from Paris to Monte Carlo and New York to Aspen’s iconic
  • Editorial Team
  • Beyond the Algorithm

Candice Carpenter Olson: On Summits and New Frontiers

One of the first women to take a company public, Emmy winner Candice Carpenter Olson now leads Frontiers of Knowledge—an Aspen summit redefining how we think, connect, and lead.
  • Editorial Team