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Episodes
74 episodes
Simple ways to strengthen employee retirement savings with Geraldine Fowler & Nyasha Dhlembeu
We spend most of our waking lives at work, making the workplace the most powerful platform for fostering financial wellness. Without the employers’ facilitation or participation, our savings levels in South Africa would be far lower. So how can...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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33:15
Big Business Insights: Using tech and talent to build adaptable organisations with Valter Adão & Dr Dieter Veldsman
Adaptability, fluency and flexibility. These are the essential skills of business leaders as they face the coming decade, in which 59% of workers will need to completely re-skill. This isn't just a challenge – it's a matter of survival, defined...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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31:20
MINDSPACE soundbite – 3 new employee benefits trends
In today's compliance-driven employee benefits environment, employers are wondering how to create connection and cohesion, and manage costs while remaining competitive. This MINDSPACE soundbite, inspired by the February edition of...
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7:36
Big Business Insights: The evolution and future of umbrella funds with Astrid Ludin & Michelle Acton
The number of registered retirement funds in South Africa has collapsed from almost 16 000 in 2000 to fewer than 5 000 in 2023. Currently, only around 870 of the registered funds are active. For companies, this is a chance to fundamentally rede...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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34:13
Big Business Insights: The neuroscience behind Two-Pot personas with Michelle Acton & Dr Charlene Heynes-Nell
For many South Africans, life is a balancing act. The Competition Commission’s September 2025 Cost of Living report found that the average worker spends over 57% of their income on transport and electricity. It’s easy to see why financial plann...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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32:33
MINDSPACE soundbite – How to upgrade SA’s retirement score (according to global experts)
In 1950, the average global life expectancy was about 46. Today, we’re marching closer to the 100 mark. But that means that people are set to outlive their savings – in some cases by decades. We need to reimagine retirement. This MI...
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6:50
MINDSPACE soundbite – The three personas of Two Pot and what they need from you
When South Africa’s Two-Pot System went live, many employers and retirement funds braced for uncertainty. How many members would withdraw? How quickly? And what would they use the money for? Now, more than a year on, the data has provided clari...
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6:38
MINDSPACE soundbite – How saving more could save SA
What can we learn from other countries who have successfully moved frompoverty to prosperity? Evidence from 60 years of data across 160 countriessuggests that nations with high savings rates enjoy stronger and moresustained growth. ...
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6:52
MINDSPACE soundbite – 3 key trends in employee benefits
Our retirement system has seen significant improvements over the past few decades. But the pace of change is likely to accelerate, not slow down. What three trends are going to shape the future of the retirement industry over the next 10 to 15 ...
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8:44
MINDSPACE soundbite – What we must do now to secure better retirement futures
What must South Africa do now to secure better retirement futures? A panel discussion sought to answer this question at the second annual Old Mutual Thought Leaders Forum in August 2025. In this special MINDSPACE Soundbite, we share th...
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MINDSPACE soundbite – What we learned at the 2025 Thought Leaders Forum
The industry is still buzzing with energy and ideas from the second annual Old Mutual Thought Leaders Forum, held on 12 August 2025. Listen to this special MINDSPACE Soundbite, which shares the engaging dialogue and diverse perspectives of the ...
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MINDSPACE soundbite – Is South Africa prioritising growth or geopolitics?
We’re navigating a new world trade order. The world’s geopolitical landscape is shifting beneath our feet, with new alliances forming and old powers jostling for influence. South Africa finds itself walking a tightrope. On one side, geopolitica...
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6:51
MINDSPACE soundbite – The answer to South Africa’s unemployment crisis
South Africa’s unemployment rate hovers above 30% – a staggering figurethat demands urgent action. SMEs and startups are powerful engines for jobcreation, but only if they can grow and scale effectively. Our entrepreneurialecosystem...
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6:13
MINDSPACE soundbite – Can SA get by without foreign aid?
We’ve recently seen a shift in the global aid landscape. Some of the world’s largest economies are pulling back on international aid to prioritise their domestic concerns. This raises an important question for South Africa: How do we create sel...
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7:44
MINDSPACE Soundbite – Does hybrid work still work?
For decision-makers, the challenge is clear: finding the right balance between productivity, culture, employee engagement, recruitment, and retention. How does hybrid work fit into this picture? Join us for this MINDSPACE Soundbite...
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7:12
Big Business Insights: Retirement in an uncertain world
The post-COVID era has brought about significant changes in the workplace, introducing new work models, systems, and non-traditional income opportunities. This raises an important question: how will retirement look in a world where its traditio...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:02
Big Business Insights: Work, womanhood, and the way forward
The latest data from the World Economic Forum (WEF 2024) shows that women in 41 African countries earn, on average, 39% less than men and struggle to receive the same wage for the same job as their male colleagues. This season on the Big Busine...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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35:57
MINDSPACE Soundbite – Failing forward
Silicon Valley is home to many of the world's largest tech companies, and thousands of startups. Why is it that this small area is a global epicentre for tech and innovation? The reason is that innovators and entrepreneurs there don’t seem to g...
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8:08
Big Business Insights: Why financial wellness programmes don't always work
This episode of the Big Business Insights podcast discusses the shifting landscape of financial wellbeing in South African workplaces, particularly in the context of the country's retirement preparations and widespread financial literacy issues...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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36:55
Big Business Insights: AI and the human touch
The growing presence of AI is multifaceted and impacts our lives in multiple ways. However, AI is not new and learning to grapple with this topic is important both now and for the future. This episode of the Big Business Insights p...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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32:48
Big Business Insights: Retirement in a changing world
The changing landscape of employment demands creative financial solutions. Traditional nine-to-five desk jobs with financial benefits tied to a single employer are less common than they once were. Today, the rise of the gig economy and new work...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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33:09
Big Business Insights: Leadership: How to balance authority and empathy
Leadership and psychological safety in the workplace have garnered much attention in recent years. Workplaces are shifting and the way that people engage at work and the expectations they have are changing, too. There is a call for healthier le...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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35:00
Why employee wellness matters for the bottom line
In today’s labour market, what would you define as a ‘good’ job? To qualify, it needs to be meaningful to the company, and the person doing it. It seems some organisations – and their employees! – are still learning that a job should be more th...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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5:59
MINDSPACE Soundbite - What our retirement research revealed
When you talk to others about retirement, what do they think their sunset years will look like? Do they imagine travel, new hobbies, peace and relaxation? In these scenarios, they likely have the financial freedom to do all of the above. Unfort...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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