Episodes 51
Avg. Duration 20m
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Since Jul 2024
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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Co-Curious is on a deliberate hiatus while I focus on developing SCAR Advantage, completing UNPLAN, and advancing the Organisational Kintsugi research. The catalogue remains live. This pause is intentional. Where deep listening turns scars into strategic wisdom—to reshape how leaders learn, decide, and create sustainable value. Powered by https://www.scaradvantage.com

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Deep Listening: What a Sound Engineer Knows About Silence That You Don't

Nov 28, 2025 12m

Peter Pearlson has spent 40 years behind mixing consoles for many of music's biggest artists. His real expertise isn't sound engineering—it's the space between the notes. He reveals why deep…

Shayne Mann: AI in Your Head: Exponential Change, Attention, and Strategic Scars

Oct 15, 2025 12m

Shayne Mann (Singularity University SA) joins David to explore AI as a “third voice” in our heads: an always-on collaborator that will question, translate, and nudge us in real time. We cover why…

Dr Rob Stegmann: Quality Assurance Is Killing Quality Education

Aug 15, 2025 20m

Dr. Rob Stegmann, Head of Academics at Boston City Campus, argues that compliance-led accreditation smothers real learning. We unpack South Africa’s move toward self-approval, under-resourced…

Shaun Tomson: How One Dad's Heartbreak Became Hundreds of Thousands' Hope

Aug 05, 2025 24m

When surfing legend Shaun Tomson lost his 15-year-old son, he faced a choice: fall into the abyss of "what if" or find a way to paddle back out. Drawing on lessons from a lifetime in the ocean and…

Confusing Art with Creativity: Why Companies Kill Innovation

Jul 24, 2025 25m

Creativity isn't about being artistic - it's about intelligence in action. But most companies accidentally crush it through benchmarking, perfectionism, and fear of mistakes. Celia Falkenberg and…

Lance Katz: Academic Rigour Meets Financial Reality: The Three-Circle Revolution

Jul 21, 2025 24m

What happens when an actuary becomes the CEO of South Africa's leading psychology college? Lance Katz discovered that the supposed tension between academic excellence and financial sustainability is…

Dr Bill Relyea: Why We're All Wrong About Our Own Self-Awareness

Jul 01, 2025 12m

Industrial and organisational psychologist Dr. Bill Relyea reveals how our ego's protective mechanisms create dangerous blind spots in leadership and life. Bill includes the one practice to change…

Maude Burger-Smith: The Performance of Being "Fine"

Jun 24, 2025 17m

David is joined by burnout coach Maude Burger-Smith for this raw conversation about the exhausting act of appearing okay while struggling inside, exploring why we're dying lonely in our busy lives -…

The Silicon Valley Trap: Why South African Entrepreneurs Should Stop Playing Copycat

Jun 09, 2025 17m

Two South African entrepreneurs reveal why copying Silicon Valley's "move fast, break things" mentality is a dangerous trap for South African startups. From the isolation complex holding back African…

Birgitte Cahill: Why Your Corporate Learning Academy Is Failing Your People

May 23, 2025 18m

Learn from a corporate capability academy expert four essential elements to transform failing corporate academies into vibrant learning ecosystems that people actually use. Visit our website…

Dave Duarte: The Small World Phenomenon: Why Cultural Change Begins with Exclusivity

May 07, 2025 23m

We explore why effective culture change requires a counterintuitive approach. Discover how creating an exclusive 'small world' of change agents can transform organisational culture more effectively…

Dr Sarah Babb: Why Neurodiversity is Your Organisation's Secret Weapon

Apr 30, 2025 22m

Sarah challenges traditional views of neurodivergence, revealing how conditions like ADHD and autism offer unique strengths that organisations desperately need to create more innovative, honest, and…

Cara-Jean Petersen: Revolutionising Student Funding in Post-Fees Must Fall South Africa

Apr 15, 2025 17m

A young leader who blends social justice advocacy with business intelligence to create sustainable education access through crowdfunding, corporate partnerships, and student empowerment Visit our…

Mamodise Mailula: The Maturity Paradox: How We Learn to Divide What Children Naturally Unite

Apr 03, 2025 17m

From unconscious privilege to what men need to hear—a raw conversation exposing how society teaches us to unlearn our natural state of unity and what it takes to find our way back. Visit our website…

Kirsty Chadwick: Breaking the Compliance Cage: Evolving Corporate Academies Beyond KPI Chasing

Mar 19, 2025 15m

Trapped in compliance checklists and KPI obsession? Discover the framework for transforming reluctant participants into engaged learners to remove the disconnect between compliance and capability.…

Dr James Keevy: The Tyranny of Credentials: Can Micro-Credentials Bridge Education's Inequality Gap?

Mar 11, 2025 21m

David and Dr. James Keevy explore how micro-credentials could transform access to education while navigating quality assurance challenges. Learn how South Africa is carefully building a system that…

Jon Molver: More Kids, Less Money: We are All Responsible for South Africa's Educational Future

Mar 04, 2025 15m

With half a million new learners expected in South African schools and declining education budgets, the status quo is set to worsen. John Molver, founder of Proteus Advisory, cuts through the…

Dr Morné Mostert: Artificially Intelligent, Naturally Confused

Feb 11, 2025 20m

"We know more about ChatGPT than our own thinking" - Morné Mostert challenges everything you thought about executive learning. From quantum curriculum to why emotional intelligence might be…

Pierre du Plessis: The Profitable Prison of Our Flaws

Feb 03, 2025 14m

Award-winning strategist Pierre Du Plessis reveals the hidden advantages that keep us tethered to our flaws, and challenges conventional wisdom about personal and organisational growth. Visit our…

Wendy Viljoen: From Crisis to Catalyst: Can Teacher Cuts Drive SA's Education Revolution?

Jan 28, 2025 15m

Wesgro's education specialist Wendy Viljoen outlines how public-private partnerships can transform South Africa's struggling education system amid teacher cuts and classroom overcrowding. Visit our…

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