InCourage

Camron Pfafferott
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Unearth Potential through Future Fit Leadership, Innovation and Courageous Culture.

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  1. Oct 12

    Courage Capsule // Michelle McLean-Bailey

    Showing Up, Saying No, and Reinventing Beyond the Crown. At 19, Michelle McLean-Bailey was crowned Miss Universe, just two years after Namibia's independence. More than three decades later, and now based between Miami and Namibia, she has built careers across television, motivational speaking, real estate, jewellery and international investment, while raising over $40 million for children through the Michelle McLean Children Foundation. In this episode, Michelle opens with her Brave Bio: a woman often underestimated because of the crown, who pushed harder in the boardroom to prove she was more than a beauty queen. We talk about refusing to stay in your lane, the humility of admitting what you don't know (including learning green hydrogen "overnight" to represent Namibia on global panels), and why "no" can be a complete sentence. Michelle also shares how she chooses partners whose values match her mission, why every business she's part of, including her work with Gondwana Collection Namibia, has to give back to communities, and how the perception of Africa as an investment destination is shifting. She defines courage simply as showing up, especially on the days you don't feel like it. And she closes with an unforgettable story: the day a "South African who wanted to meet her for tea" turned out to be Nelson Mandela. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-mclean-9284658/ Web: Michellemclean.io. mmcfnamibia.org.na gondwana-collection.com Instagram @mmcleanchildrenfoundation @MichelleMcLeanofficial Facebook: Michelle McLean Michelle McLean children foundation

  2. Aug 19

    Courage Capsule // Dr. Tashmia Ismail

    Innovation without the Buzzwords. Episode one. No safe warm-up guest. I went straight back to the person who taught me innovation at GIBS (Gordon Institute of Business Science) more than a decade ago, and she didn't hold back. Tashmia Ismail is a reformed dentist, a self-confessed dragon-obsessed sci-fi fan, and the former CEO of the Youth Employment Service (YES). She's also someone who can't pull up to a traffic light, see a seven-year-old begging in the cold, and simply look away. That refusal to look away drives everything she builds. We get into why most "innovation" is really just ego projects and pet ideas nobody asked for, why stress literally switches off the part of your brain you need to be creative, and why innovation dies without leadership willing to fund it, protect it and accept the failures. Tash also takes us back to 2021, sitting powerless as an innovation hub she'd fought to build that came under threat during the unrest, and what that taught her about how little a leader actually controls. Then she reveals what she's building now: a WhatsApp-powered primary healthcare model aiming to reach people before they ever get sick, starting in South Africa and expanding into Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana. She closes with the three people who made her brave, including the board member whose trust turned her into "a lioness." If you think innovation is a department, a buzzword or an AI rollout, start here.

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Unearth Potential through Future Fit Leadership, Innovation and Courageous Culture.

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  • Creator
    Camron Pfafferott
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Camron Pfafferott
  • Show Website
    InCourage