Building on the themes in Mike Abel’s book, Willing & Abel: Lessons from a Decade in Crisis, this podcast offers insight, wisdom and nuanced thought through interesting conversations with innovators, thought leaders and business people who all have one thing in common: they believe in driving society forward. This podcast aims to address, not shy away from, the challenges of being in South Africa – and the world – right now. Mike and his guests answer the question: what does it mean to be hopeful, despite…? Proudly produced by 2Stories.
Season 1 of Willing & Abel is brought to you by M&C Saatchi Abel, a proudly South African award-winning creative company founded on the principle of “Brutal Simplicity of Thought”.
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Building on the themes in Mike Abel’s book, Willing & Abel: Lessons from a Decade in Crisis, this podcast offers insight, wisdom and nuanced thought through interesting conversations with innovators, thought leaders and business people who all have one thing in common: they believe in driving society forward. This podcast aims to address, not shy away from, the challenges of being in South Africa – and the world – right now. Mike and his guests answer the question: what does it mean to be hopeful, despite…? Proudly produced by 2Stories.
Season 1 of Willing & Abel is brought to you by M&C Saatchi Abel, a proudly South African award-winning creative company founded on the principle of “Brutal Simplicity of Thought”.
How much time do you spend with people who don’t share your views? Probably not nearly enough, according to Songezo Zibi, national leader of RISE Mzansi, a modern political organisation of patriotic South Africans, who joined Mike Abel as a guest on this episode of Willing & Abel.
With over two decades’ experience in roles spanning the automotive, mining, media, banking and financial services industries, Songezo is an author, speaker, strategist and mentor. In an invigorating discussion, Songezo and Mike cover everything from balancing hope with realism, to really listening to people, focusing on what you don’t know (instead of the opposite), and what drives us when we feel like giving up.
The Willing & Abel podcast is the home of hopeful conversations that challenge perspectives. If you’re interested in how to get involved as an active citizen, and how to grow as a person while you build something meaningful in this uncertain world, click the subscribe button on our podcast profile to make sure you don't miss more episodes!
Season 1 of Willing & Abel is brought to you by , a proudly South African award-winning creative company founded on the principle of Brutal Simplicity of Thought.
This podcast is produced by 2Stories. Written by Linda Scarborough, produced by Carol Williams, with audio editing, engineering and sound design by Kozi Mzimela, with production assistance from M&C Saatchi Group South Africa’s team, Maciek Dubla and Nadia Siegel. Special thanks to Sonic Nursery and Edible Audio for the recording of these episodes.
Important links:
Mike Abel LinkedIn: bit.ly/3wwwWt5
Mike Abel X: https://bit.ly/3IhWDjA
Willing & Abel website: https://bit.ly/3SNDNFS
Songezo Zibi’s LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/49HQPvs
Inside Songezo Zibi’s plan for Rise Mzansi to break old politics: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-04-inside-songezo-zibis-plan-for-rise-mzansi-to-break-old-politics-can-he-pull-it-off/
Springbok Lessons in Leadership: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/springbok-lessons-leadership-songezo-zibi-lmzbc/?trackingId=oJ8bn1eEZ6BZlj0uMQR3QA%3D%3D
Taxi "Strike" is a systemic issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS0g9ywxKB4
Manifesto by Songezo Zibi:
https://booklounge.co.za/product/manifesto-by-songezo-zibi/
About Rise Mzansi: https://www.risemzansi.org/about
Willing & Abel
Building on the themes in Mike Abel’s book, Willing & Abel: Lessons from a Decade in Crisis, this podcast offers insight, wisdom and nuanced thought through interesting conversations with innovators, thought leaders and business people who all have one thing in common: they believe in driving society forward. This podcast aims to address, not shy away from, the challenges of being in South Africa – and the world – right now. Mike and his guests answer the question: what does it mean to be hopeful, despite…? Proudly produced by 2Stories.
Season 1 of Willing & Abel is brought to you by M&C Saatchi Abel, a proudly South African award-winning creative company founded on the principle of “Brutal Simplicity of Thought”.
