“The conference aligns with our vision of a creative MBA and building leaders who are creative in their problem solving,” says Puleng Makhoalibe, head of Henley ICE – Henley’s School of Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship.

“We believe that free thinkers are the future as the world evolves. It is with this concept that the conference was designed to bring women together from all different spheres for one common goal to embrace their creativity and not be afraid to use those skills in the workplace.”  

According to the Future of Jobs report from the World Economic Forum, creativity will move from tenth position in 2015 to one of the top three skills needed in 2020. From Saturday, 15 to Sunday, 16 October, internationally acclaimed speakers will unlock creativity in an atmosphere where participants use all learning styles - visual, auditory and kinesthetic - to ignite creativity and imagination. 

Speakers include:

  • Elizabeth Power; facilitator, consultant fast-past thinker and extra-ordinary speaker;
  • Marlies Grindlay; sensory and consumer insights specialist and facilitator of applied creativity;
  • Cora Robinson; facilitator, senior executive coach, innovation and leadership specialist;
  • Dawn dePasquale; master trainer, creative problem solving facilitator and change agent;
  • Susannah Childers; life-long learner, team connector and driver of innovation;
  • Annie Coetzee; motivational speaker, trainer and empowered woman;
  • Eileen Doyle; creative problem solver and leadership facilitator; and
  • Puleng Makhoalibe; author, speaker, design thinking specialist and Henley Africa’s head of the school of Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Other speakers include:

  • Sjoerd de Waal, founder of Trainnovation;
  • Fred de Villiers, who designs and facilitates innovation training and creativity fun shops; 
  • Mark Dodsworth, co-founder and creative director of the RedZebra Youth Empowerment Foundation; and
  • Dr Audrey Verhaeghe, founder of various sustainable organisations including the SA Innovation Summit.

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