Richard Mulholland
There’s not many who could – or would – make the jump from roadie to raconteur. Yes, rare is the man who can go from hanging out with Iron Maiden to giving brokers advice. Of course the first question many would ask when confronted with such an individual is: why? Meet Richard Mulholland, a man with hair full of product, arms adorned with Tattoos and more ideas than the web has porn. And believe it or not, he’s the one saving the suit and tie fraternity from themselves one meeting at a time.
Don Packett
In his early days, Don felt that altruistic intent was what defined him as a person, and that helping others was what life was truly about. So he became a clown. Really. He then started a clothing label while capturing life through the eye of the lens as a film and edit monkey. Then he helped form Thunk! We rock. Don also MCs and speaks at events, breaks bones doing extreme downhill sports, and you can catch him every so often on the SA comedy circuit. He thinks he's funny. And that's all that matters.
Trevor Mey
Trev, is awesome. So awesome in fact that he believes that he can pull off bright colours like lime green, orange, and yes... yellow. We're not convinced. When not techin' the lab and researching smart stuff, Trev can be found traveling unassisted at about 100km/h either on a board or down a building. This is in fact what got him the job here. Like I said, he's awesome. Now, enough with the bromance...
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Brain Trust:
These are the esteemed members of our Brain Trust. In no particular order. :)
Craig Rodney
Snowboarder, skateboarder, founder of Emerging Media, all round smart ass.
Industry : Technology communications
Speciality : Braai fillet :) Asking obvious questions and getting less than obvious answers.
Ryan Cooper
Industry : Clinical Psychologist
Speciality : See all types of cases: trauma, child and adult psychotherapy, marital/couple therapy, school readiness testing and IQ testing, vocational assessment and career guidance, bereavement, family therapy, group therapy etc etc etc.
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Erik Vermeulen
Erik Vermeulen helps companies better understand how their employees and their customers interact with them allowing them to be more profitable.
Industry : All industries that engage people, particularly insurance, pharmaceutical, banking, communications and construction
Speciality : Facilitating, Speaking and Training in order to make people aware of how their mindset and behaviour affects their own results and the behaviour of their colleagues and customers.
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Vic Schwikkard
After spending 33 great years in the financial services industry, specialising in assisting the National team in service, sales and product development.
Industry : Vic is now freelancing in the Real Estate market as well as assisting in an advisory capacity to an interior decorating company to get their name in the market, and helping a training company expand their footprint.
Speciality : Getting teams to focus on their own strengths to optimise their abilities in the field of Service and Sales, as well as creating the environment to enhance existing and new products with features and benefits.
Colin Skelton
Having travelled extensively over the past 15 years, Colin considers himself a global citizen, a creative director and an individual dedicated to radical collaborative transformation through the vehicles of performance methodology and experiential learning.
Industry : Colin works within the corporate training industry, social innovation contexts and creative design.
Speciality : Colin specialises in utilising applied performance methodologies to effect individual and organisational development and transformation.
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Malcolm Phillips
Started as a backdrop painter/props maker and somehow slid bum first in the proverbial butter of the eventing industry, where I managed on site staff for corporate functions. I have since helped launch a couple of event based companies.
Industry : Production, decor and event management.
Speciality : Basically, my career is built on problem solving via creativity. I have my fingers in as many pies as possible. Spacial design and execution/manufacture of decor elements play a big role in this.
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Scott Gray
Digital strategist, ideas man, prefers shorter walks on the beach.
Industry : eMarketing, digital agency.
Speciality : A shining light of clarity and understanding for brands and
organisations that see the Internet and World Wide Web as a space
reserved only for people with big brains, big boobs, and/or big
wallets.
Mike Stopforth
Industry : He works in the web and mobile startup space - consulting, presenting, workshops, etc.
Speciality : Understanding how people and technology interact and what it means for business.
John Thompson
A research social anthropologist turned corporate animal with Nampak, Dow Chemical and Standard Bank and now an action learning coach.
Industry : Work in leadership development as an independent action learning coach.
Speciality : Leadership development through the application of business school learning to current business challenges.
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Tasos Calantzis
Tasos is the CEO of Readymade, an internationally award-winning product and service development consultancy.
Industry : Consumer electronics, energy, financial services.
Speciality : Successful commercialization of new products
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Roy Blumenthal
Roy Blumenthal is a contrarian maverick multidisciplinary artist who used to be a heavyweight advertising copywriter, and who now performs as a human replacement for PowerPoint.
Industry : Visual facilitation.
Speciality : Roy's speciality is being able to draw diverse threads together to synthesise and reveal the big picture. He's an astonishingly frank bullshit detector with advanced radar. He's able to spot gaps in systems, and recognises opportunities. He's a 'Yes! How?' thinker.
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Deborah Ashdown
Director of Youthworx Wellness Centre which specialises in treating children, adolescents, young adults and their families. Youthworx is made up of a dynamic team of professionals comprising of Clinical Psychologists, Social Workers and a Consulting Psychiatrist.
Speciality : Programme Development and Evaluation, Facilitate Workshops for School Governing Bodies/Teachers/Counsellors on Substance Abuse and Self-Harm Policies.
Therapeutic Areas : Adolescent Depression, Substance Abuse, Eating Disorders, Self-Harm, Group Therapy and Family Therapy.
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