The sixth Serious Social Investing Conference Programme 2015
“Citizens today. Leaders tomorrow.”
15 and 16 April 2015, GIBS, Illovo
Day one
Time
07h30 – 08h30
08h30 – 08h45
08h45 – 08h50
Description
08h50 – 09h00
Welcome
Prof Nicola Kleyn, Dean of the University
of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business
Science (GIBS)
09h00 – 09h30
Critical input session 1. Setting the scene: “Citizens today.
Leaders tomorrow.”
Brand Pretorius, former chief executive
officer of McCarthy Retail Limited
Welcome and baseline voting
Official welcome and introduction to the sixth Serious Social
Investing Conference
Speaker
Registration and tea
Programme director: Anthony Prangley
Tracey Henry, CEO of Tshikululu Social
Investments
Overview: What does “good” leadership look like in South
Africa today? What leadership do we need? Is our concept of
leadership fundamentally flawed (i.e. “iconic” versus realistic)?
How does leadership relate to active citizenship?
09h30 – 10h00
pg. 1
Critical input session 2. Leaving sustainable footprints in
communities: the role of the transformational leader
Cheryl Carolus, executive chairperson of
Peotona
Please note: speakers and topics are subject to change.
Interactive case studies: these will be held just before tea and will be designed to ensure a “take-out”. Delegates will be able to
select one of three to attend. They will need to pre-register for these.
Time
Topic for discussion
Contributors
10h00 – 11h00
Case study 1: The “founder leader dilemma”: keeping
Panellists: Gail Campbell (CEO of the
organisational dynamics healthy; the role of funders in growing Zenex Foundation); Dr Maboreng
NGOs to become more self-sustaining institutions in their own Maharaswa (CEO of Chere Consulting (Pty)
right; and managing succession.
Ltd); and Tracey Henry (CEO of Tshikululu
Social Investments)
Facilitator: Kerryn Krige, senior
programme manager of the GIBS Network
for Social Entrepreneurs
Case study 2: In support of citizen-led leadership: the Epoch
and Optima Trust story.
Overview: Founded by Anglo American and managed by
Tshikululu Social Investments, the Epoch and Optima Trusts
made two strategic decisions in 2006. The first was to support
high performing schools – instead of focusing on the poor
performing parts of the system. The other was to ask the
schools to determine what would work in their context, with
the trusts providing leadership and advisory support. External
evaluation of the programme has subsequently shown how
critical this innovative approach is in the national context in
addressing the fragility of the performing parts of the
education system.
pg. 2
Panellists: Margie Keeton (trustee of the
Epoch and Optima Trusts); Joyce Wanjogu
(client relationship manager at Tshikululu
Social Investments); and Farouk Bayat,
(principal of New West Secondary School)
Facilitator: Itumeleng Dhlamini, senior
programme coordinator of the GIBS
Network of Social Entrepreneurs
Please note: speakers and topics are subject to change.
Case study 3: Co-creating shared vision and strategy using
scenario thinking
Facilitator: Marius Oosthuizen, lecturer:
strategic foresight (leadership , strategy
and ethics) at GIBS
Overview: The challenge of building stakeholder mutuality and
collaboration can be overcome through a scenario-based
approach to visioning and strategy formulation. This interactive
session will take an innovative approach to stakeholder
engagement, using structured dialogue and scenario thinking,
to unlock latent potential and synergy for organisations and
communities. Using case studies of work being done in the
mining, manufacturing and services sectors as a backdrop,
participants will obtain practical tools for robust strategic
engagement that will enable them to create shared value in the
context of their work.
11h00 – 11h30
11h30 – 12h00
12h00 – 12h50
pg. 3
Critical input session 3. Where we find ourselves: a brave new
South Africa?
Tea break
Dr Sizwe Mabizela, Vice-Chancellor:
Rhodes University
Overview: Instilling leadership in the future generation: taking
a citizen-led development approach to create communities
with conscience
Coffee shop conversation 1. Inspiring collective vision: how can Panel discussion featuring: Beth van
you catalyse atypical “stand-out” leadership or talent within an Heerden (art and CSI executive:
organisation or community?
FirstRand); Nkazi Sokhulu (Laurie
Dippenaar Scholarship beneficiary); Dr
Overview: Understanding the “how”: nurturing more
Andrew Ross (founder of Umthombo
transformational leadership within corporates, NGOs and
Youth Development Foundation) and
communities. What lessons have been learned?
James Louw (founder and CEO of JIREH
SA)
Please note: speakers and topics are subject to change.
Facilitator: Anthony Prangley
12h50 – 13h50
13h50 – 14h30
Coffee shop conversation 2. Balancing risk and innovation as a
leader: taking your vision forward to make it a reality
Overview: Understanding the risks involved in using your
position of leadership in driving societal and transformational
change.
Lunch
Facilitated conversation with Dr
Mothomang Diaho (founder and CEO of
public health consulting firm Diaho Social
Technologies and non-executive director
of Tshikululu Social Investments) and Gary
Campbell (co-founder of the FUEL Trust)
Facilitator: Anthony Prangley
14h30 – 15h10
Critical input session 4. Collaborative action towards global
responsibility
Overview: What does “global responsibility” mean for CSI
practitioners in South Africa given the country’s priority areas?
How does “global responsibility” relate to business in South
Africa? Why does it make business sense?
15h10 – 15h40
15h40 – 16h10
Critical input session 5. Addressing the disconnect: the role of
business in developing policy and regulatory frameworks
John North, managing director of the
Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative
and one of the lead contributors to the
50+20 vision "Management Education for
the World"
Tea break
Dr Vincent Maphai, chair of the Discovery
Foundation
Overview: Should business be playing a more active role in
driving policy? How could an appropriate framework be
created for this? What would this engagement look like in
practice?
pg. 4
Please note: speakers and topics are subject to change.
16h10 – 16h50
Critical input session 6. Our path to change in black and white
16h50 – 17h00
17h00 – 18h30
Programme close and preview of day two
Pepe Marais, chief creative officer and
senior partner of Joe Public United
Cocktail and networking event at social
entrepreneurship moonlight market.
Social enterprises/ CSI initiatives will be
invited to exhibit/ sell their products at
the moonlight market. (This would be
held in the open-air area at GIBS.)
Day two
Time
07h30 – 08h30
08h30 – 08h35
Description
Registration and tea
Welcome and introduction
Speaker
08h35 – 09h05
Critical input session 7. The power of purpose
Paul Verryn, chair of SACTE
Programme director: Anthony Prangley
Overview: Understanding “mission-centred” leadership. How
can one manage purpose while strategically channeling
passion? What difference should we be making in our own
personal capacity to create communities and a country of
possibility, where dreams can be realised?
pg. 5
Please note: speakers and topics are subject to change.
09h05 – 09h55
Coffee shop conversation 3. Keeping transformational
leadership and constructive citizenship on the board meeting
agenda
Overview: How can companies nurture “socially-oriented
transformational leadership” in their senior team and broader
staff? We complain a lot about government: what is our
responsibility? Where are we at fault? How can top executives
and non-executives leverage their role to enable broader
impact on social challenges? What is the risk to the country if
one doesn’t?
09h55 – 10h25
Coffee shop conversation 4. Defining new roles and
expectations of leaders: what impact should
“transformational” executives be working towards?
Overview: Conversation that draws on Isaac’s personal story
and commitment to being a “transformational” leader,
challenging delegates to step into leadership roles to drive
meaningful change.
10h25 – 10h50
Panel discussion featuring Dr Renosi
Mokate (executive director and CEO of
UNISA Graduate School of Business
Leadership); Mthandazo Ngwenya (chief
financial officer of Tshikululu Social
Investments); Desiree Storey (manager of
the FirstRand Volunteers Programme);
and Mlungisi Ndlovu (managing director of
Phumello Projects)
Facilitated conversation with Isaac
Shongwe, founder and chairman of
Letsema Consulting and the founder of
Letsema Investments
Facilitator: Anthony Prangley
Tea break
Master classes: these will be designed to ensure a “take-out”. Delegates will be able to select one of three to attend. They
will need to pre-register for these.
Time
10h50 – 11h50
pg. 6
Topic for discussion
Master class 1: Ensuring relevance: keeping CSI voices heard
despite funding pressures and changes to the B-BBEE Codes
Contributors
Panellists: Pumulani Ncube (CEO of
Beehive Capital); Dionne Kerr (CEO of
Siyakha Consulting); Adam Botha (director
of Smile Brand Creation); and Mthandazo
Please note: speakers and topics are subject to change.
Overview of master class: This discussion will unpack the
changes – and implications – of the revised B-BBEE Codes in
the context of CSI funding, with a view to providing practical
responses.
Ngwenya (Tshikululu's chief financial
officer)
Facilitator: Yogavelli Nambiar, director of
the Enterprise Development Academy at
GIBS
Master class 2: Mentorship as a conduit for leadership.
Panellists: Kelly Brownell (consultant:
advisory services, Tshikululu Social
Overview of master class: This discussion will look at the role
Investments); Lesley Ann van Selm
of mentorship in cultivating leadership. It will unpack how
(managing director of Khulisa Social
mentorship models and approaches can – and should – be used Solutions); Mali Mothiba (founder and
to drive this objective among our next generation of leaders.
programme director of GANG); and
Nelisiwe Walaza (marketing manager of
the Kliptown Youth Program)
Facilitator: Phyllis Byars, associate director
of the Centre for Leadership and Dialogue
at GIBS
Master class 3: Building donor and beneficiary sustainability:
time to consider alternative funding models?
Overview of master class: This discussion will focus on
alternative funding models for donors as well as NGOs to build
greater sustainability. Models to be discussed include impact
funding; creating financial security blankets etc.
pg. 7
Panellists: Noelene Kotschan (founder and
director of Cause Marketing Fundraisers
(PinkDrive)); Lesley Haynes (CSI manager
at LegalWise); Shelton Oakley Hersey
(founder of Jozi’s Nut Butters); and Sylvia
Haywood (executive member and acting
CEO of the Avril Elizabeth Home)
Please note: speakers and topics are subject to change.
Facilitator: Kerryn Krige, senior
programme manager of the GIBS Network
for Social Entrepreneurs
11h50 – 12h20
Critical input session 8. Challenging convention: how to create
authentic connections with your stakeholder community
James Wellsted, senior vice president of
investor relations at Sibanye Gold
Overview: What would change if companies changed their
approach to their workforce and saw it as a key stakeholder?
What would this mean for the management/ labour
relationship? How could it drive profitability?
12h20 – 13h05
Critical input session 9. Inspiring a culture of social investment
within your organisation: conquering the North Pole and
Sahara.
Paul Gurney, director in Accenture
Sustainability Services and project lead at
a number of FT Global 500 companies
Overview: case study/ inspirational presentation drawing on
Paul’s personal experiences and story of how he has built
Accenture’s largest employee-led charity initiative (R60m
raised for charity) as part of the business’ own CSI efforts. It
will also touch on some of the interesting things he has done to
inspire others in Accenture to get involved and support
charities and CSI projects.
13h05 – 14h00
14h00 – 14h30
pg. 8
Critical input session 10. Starting with hope: inspiring change
and instilling a sense of possibility
Lunch
Khaya Sithole, academic and mentor
Please note: speakers and topics are subject to change.
Overview: Unlocking leadership in a personal capacity. What
are the “components” of leadership we need to nurture in
ourselves and in others?
14h30 – 15h10
Critical input session 11. Creating your own journey of
inspiration…
Sonja Kruse, the Ubuntu Girl
15h10 – 15h15
Vote of thanks
Mthandazo Ngwenya, Tshikululu's chief
financial officer
15h15 – 15h25
Final wrap-up of the conference
Programme director: Anthony Prangley
15h25
Tea break
pg. 9
Please note: speakers and topics are subject to change.