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PURPOSE-LIVED, conversations with Gia Whitehead, TSIBA Co-Founder and Chair

PURPOSE-LIVED at TSIBA has always underpinned an approach to education as a catalyst for the best of what humans can be. When we dream and live to purpose we create a better world.The TSIBA Purpose-Lived conversation series explores diverse perspectives on this theme from remarkable humans. Each conversation is a discovery of a personal journey, providing a collection of profound perspectives from those who have been kind enough to share.

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PURPOSE-LIVED, conversations with Gia Whitehead, TSIBA Co-Founder and Chair

PURPOSE-LIVED, Dr Shirley Zinn in conversation with TSIBA Co-Founder and Chairperson Gia Whitehead.

April 26, 2022 • TSIBA Business School • Season 1 • Episode 6

From the Cape Flats to Harvard and more, Shirley’s journey from impossible to possible teaches and inspires to the greatness that lives within us. This conversation provides a remarkable map to dance to a unique and remarkable life.

Dr. Shirley Zinn hails from Cape Town's 'Cape Flats' and started her career as a secondary school teacher of English before moving to the University of the Western Cape where she lectured in Teacher Education.

Dr Zinn serves as Executive Director on the Board of Boston Consulting Group and is a coach, mentor, and entrepreneur who serves and has served on the boards of several major companies, trusts, charities, and universities.

Shirley also heads her own company, Shirley Zinn Consulting, that provides consulting and advisory services in HR, transformation, leadership, and education. In 2015, Shirley published her autobiography, “Swimming Upstream.”

Since the launch of her book, she has done several “Swimming Upstream” talks nationally at corporates, schools, universities, and charities, with the hope of motivating and inspiring especially disadvantaged youth and women.