Page 5 - MiNDSPACE Issue 1 2022 - Old Mutual Corporate

Making changes and taking charge are words that have always resonated strongly with me – and now more so than ever.
It is goes without saying that this cannot be achieved overnight. Starting small l can make an outsized difference, and environmental
journalist Miriam Mannak lists examples as she looks at alternative ways to bring power to Africa on page 6.
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The past two years have forced us to disrupt our own thinking, and to come together in
resourceful ways, to start work on a better future for us, as people,
for our businesses and for our planet. As Iain Williamson, our CEO, says on page 12, ‘Issues like climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, poverty and inequality cannot be solved by one player alone.’
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An equally impactful way to change people’s lives, is through financial literacy. Old Mutual has therefore launched Learn.Think.Do, our ambitious education initiative that brings financial education
to learners and teachers across Africa (page 32) by weaving it into existing lessons, making it part and parcel of daily life, as it should be.
Initiatives like these require forward-thinking, future-fit leadership.
In business, and that may mean relooking your succession plan.
Dr Roze Phillips believes that the pandemic has allowed people who might otherwise have remained under the radar to step up. Find out on page 38 how this could help you to take your succession plan, and your business, to the next level.
Like mine, I am sure your inbox has exploded since lockdown started. Although it has helped to make our emails less stiff, I still sometimes hesitate when it’s time to sign off. What to use? On page 46, we try to separate the good from the bad and ugly.
Best regards (or should it be ‘best’ or ‘bye’?)
Gugu-Lisa Zwane-Johnson Editor
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