Keynote Topics
The transformative connection between EQ, Leadership and Success and Building team connection.
The importance of positive role-modelling and empowerment for Emerging Leaders and how to create a multiplier role through deeper engagement and more effective connectivity and collaboration.
Engaging with different personalities and their unique mindsets. Different personality types and behaviours. Building on unique traits and approaches to motivation.
Effective ways to communicate in complex & multi stakeholder & client engagements. Negotiation and conflict management.
Beliefs and Conditions for Change, Communication & Negotiation.
Mimi Nicklin is the best selling, global, author of Softening The Edge, an experienced coach and the Creative CEO of her own ad agency, Freedm. She is based between Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Dubai and actively promotes remote and hybrid leadership and team evolution. Aspirational yet accessible, with a charismatic and infectious screen presence Mimi is […]
Mimi Nicklin is the best selling, global, author of Softening The Edge, an experienced coach and the Creative CEO of her own ad agency, Freedm. She is based between Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Dubai and actively promotes remote and hybrid leadership and team evolution.
Aspirational yet accessible, with a charismatic and infectious screen presence Mimi is a truly global leader and personality. An author, keynote speaker, MC and deeply personable coach, with over 15 years in the marketing communication industry across 25+ markets, her commitment to her craft is both contagious and utterly authentic, capturing audiences instantly.
For over fifteen years, Mimi Nicklin has worked across the globe with her clients to drive stand out creative interventions that lead to business and culture change. Driven by the pursuit of bringing conscientiousness to the role and impact of Regenerative Leadership, with a desire to make the world of work a more empathetic, valuable, and sustainably healthy place to be, her debut book, Softening The Edge, was a bestseller in the USA, Canada, Australia and UAE before it even reached the shelves.
Inspired by her debut breakfast show’s success, which reached 85,000 people in Season 1, Mimi Nicklin continues to be the podcast host of the Top 5 ranked ‘The Empathy for Breakfast Show’ (voted as a Top 5 podcast in the United Arab Emirates.)
In June 2021, Mimi Nicklin founded the world’s first organisational empathy platform, Empathy Everywhere, which connects leaders, entrepreneurs and teams with empathy, why they need it and how to increase it. The platform houses content that has the power to change our businesses, our leadership mindset and our world.
Her branding and storytelling agency Freedm, the world’s most free advertising agency, is now one year old and has a team of 15 creative experts. The agency was founded to capitalise on the knowledge economy and prove that hybrid, remote working drives creativity and results.
The agency is aligned to the United Nations’ International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development and offers freedom, empowerment and access to creative minds and clients, worldwide, without barriers of bias.
Mimi Nicklin passion to help make the world a more empathetic, valuable and sustainably healthy place to be is as infectious as it is needed, and given her current momentum, she might just be the change we have been waiting for.
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Karyn Maughan is a senior legal journalist at News24, documentary producer and bestselling author. She appears on SABC, Newzroom Afrika and eNCA. She is a BBC contributor. She was the associate producer on aN Amazon Prime Documentary on Oscar Pistorius. The four-part series, called “Pistorius” and was shortlisted for the prestigious Grierson award. She also […]
Saffron Baggallay is a globally recognized thought leader in personal mastery and leadership development, blending over two decades of real-world experience with profound insight into human behaviour. As the founder and CEO of the Personal Mastery Lab, she has spent the last 23 years transforming the way individuals and organizations understand themselves and lead others—through […]
MacFarlane Moleli is a distinguished South African broadcaster, journalist, and highly sought-after conference emcee. With a robust media career spanning over two decades, his captivating voice, sharp intellect, and refined stage presence have made him a preferred choice for leading events across the continent. MacFarlane’s expertise is deeply rooted in his journalistic background, having worked […]
Nik Rabinowitz was raised on the mean, green streets of Constantia, Cape Town; a world of ride-bys on horseback, piano lessons, and unrelenting love and financial support from family members. He grew up on a farm, climbing trees and commentating on his own rugby games, in Afrikaans. Despite all his childhood hardship, he has managed […]
Quinton Pretorius is a dynamic and inspiring speaker who lives and breathes diversity. With an exceptional ability to connect with individuals from all walks of life, Quinton shares a powerful message of resilience, unity, and transformation. His personal journey is a testament to the human spirit’s ability to overcome adversity, making him a sought-after speaker […]
Lizette Volkwyn is the coach who will sign you up..flip your day, drag you up , kick your butt and most of all get you to the very best of YOU. She is also a dynamic and energetic Master Life Coach with a passion to empower individuals to excel in life. Lizette Volkwyn expertise extends […]
With a voice that has become synonymous with South African rugby, Matthew Pearce stands as one of the most respected and recognizable rugby commentators in the country. Known for his passion, precision, and deep understanding of the game, Pearce’s storytelling brings the intensity of the Springbok experience to life. Whether calling play-by-play action or offering […]
Keenan Cerff is a quirky comedian straight out of Lavender Hill in Cape Town. He has been on the comedy scene since 2013, performing across the country. Keenan has opened for a host of SA’s top comedians including Marc Lottering, Riaad Moosa and Eugene Khoza – to name a few. Keenan has opened for a […]
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