An in-depth Q&A with Dr McLean Sibanda at MIC 2021
By Farah Khalfe
Share At the 2021 Fast Company s Most Innovative Companies Summit & Awards, we chatted to Dr. McLean Sibanda, former CEO of the Innovation Hub, about his role in driving innovation in Gauteng townships based on his book, Nuts & Bolts.
Fast Company SA Editor-in-Chief, Wesley Diphoko gains exclusive insight into the state of innovation in Gauteng, challenges to innovation in South Africa and Dr. Sibanda’s role and plans for the future.
Watch the full Q&A below:
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The retail industry has undergone a revolution in the past year, presenting unique opportunities for businesses that know how to adapt quickly. This is probably the most exciting time of retail of the last 100 years or so. There s a lot to be optimistic about, said Harley Finkelstein, president of Shopify, in a virtual panel at Fast Company s Most Innovative Companies Summit on Tuesday. Finkelstein, whose Ottawa, Ontario-based company sells software that lets users create online stores, said that rapid changes to e-commerce and direct-to-consumer sales during the pandemic have created a retail landscape that might have otherwise not existed until 2030. And while so many businesses suffered in the past year, some not only stayed afloat but grew.
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Maverick Carter (left) and Universal chairman
Donna Langley (right). [Photos: Kevork S. Djansezian/Getty Images (Carter); Jeff Spicer/Getty Images (Langley)]
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Five years ago, Universal Filmed Entertainment began a more concerted effort to diversify not only the company internally, but the kind of work in film and television it was producing. This included establishing programs for writers, directors, and composers to identify up-and-coming and experienced talent with unique points of view to tell stories and creating films that reflect the vast diversity of its audiences.
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Writer Juel Taylor is a graduate of the program, and is now one of the writers on
goTRG Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021
Share Article MIAMI (PRWEB) March 11, 2021 goTRG has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021.
The list honors the businesses that have not only found a way to be resilient in the past year, but also turned those challenges into impact-making processes. These companies did more than survive, they thrived making an impact on their industries and culture as a whole. This year’s MIC list features 463 businesses from 29 countries.
“Being named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies acknowledges how goTRG’s innovation in the reverse logistics space is helping retailers and manufacturers mitigate so much financial and environmental waste,” said Sender Shamiss, Co-Founder and CEO, goTRG. “As a result of the digital acceleration brought on