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On Tuesday 13 March 2012 I had the pleasure and privilege of attending the Tomorrow’s Leaders Convention 2012 (link here) at the Sandton Convention centre as a guest of the conference organisers, representing the ISACA South Africa Chapter. The conference was really impressive and the speakers just got better as the day went on.

I tweeted quite a lot during the course of the day, capturing some of the essence of what the speakers had to say. For those of you who weren’t there, or who were and just wish to be reminded of what some of the excellent speakers had to say, below is a combination of the timelines of the @ISACAZA and @JJZA accounts I used to tweet from the day.

The theme of the convention was around ethical leadership and sustainable leadership. This lead to some really interesting presentations.

I hope this is useful to some of you.

Enjoy

Justin

2012/03/13 09:21	Isacaza: Thanks to the organisers of the Tomorrow’s Leaders Convention 2012 for inviting Isaca South Africa to be part of the event.
2012/03/13 09:22	Isacaza: Keynote speaker : Adv Thulisile Madonsela, our Public Protecter #tlc2012
2012/03/13 09:25	Isacaza: True leaders don’t need a title, they step up and lead. Those with titles may not be leaders, but just title holders #tlc2012
2012/03/13 09:32	Isacaza: Is ethical leadership in the corporate world an oxymoron? It is key to sustainable leadership. #tlc
2012/03/13 09:33	Isacaza: In ethical leadership the end does not justify the means. You must do the right thing the right way. Must not break the rules! #tlc2012
2012/03/13 09:36	Isacaza: Public protector often approached by shareholders where the directors have manipulated the system for self enrichment.  #tlc2012
2012/03/13 09:37	Isacaza: Ethics has become a requirement for an organisation to be a market leader. Clear link between ethics and sustainable performance #tlc2012
2012/03/13 09:40	Isacaza: RT @RaeleneRorke: Ethical leadership-at the core of the conference-loving the freshness of this theme.At last we make it cool to be an h …
2012/03/13 09:47	Isacaza: Protection of information bill in current state would have a negative impact  on public protector and others in ethics space #tlc2012
2012/03/13 09:48	Isacaza: RT @gradidgec: #TLC2012 Adv T Madonsela: ‘the most common challenge I come across is abuse of power’
2012/03/13 09:50	Isacaza: Quietly spoken, but thoughtful, confident and powerful. Our public protector. Adv Thulisile Madonsela #tlc2012 Great choice for keynote.
2012/03/13 10:07	Michael from Vodacom up on stage Isacaza: By 2020 there will be no shortage of talent in South Africa, problem will be employability. Shortage in developed world #tlc2012 #dhl
2012/03/13 10:20	Isacaza: Mobility is creating challenges for organisations instead of solving them #tlc2012 #vodacom
2012/03/13 10:21	jjza: RT @MarkJLamberti: Excellent meeting with Minister Manuel & others. What have you done to understand & respond to the work of the Nation …
2012/03/13 10:24	Isacaza: In Tanzania Malaria has almost been eradicated through use of SMS technology to identify and contain outbreaks #tlc2012 #vodacom
2012/03/13 10:29	Isacaza: RT @STNxumalo: Abuse of power is as bad as the waste thereof: You’re in a powerful position, but you do nothing! -Michael Allschwang # …
2012/03/13 10:31	Isacaza: Leadership without title is the most powerful. Leave titles behind. #vodacom #tlc2012
2012/03/13 10:31	jjza: RT @khanyisile: The five bases of power: position, reward, skill, knowledge and relationship power (trust, respect from other people etc …
2012/03/13 10:34	jjza: RT @NeilBierbaum: Vodacom presentation #TLC2012 about power. Power over others is implied; power over oneself is missing. Self-awareness …
2012/03/13 10:36	Isacaza: Execution with excellence sets you apart from others #vodacom #tlc2012
2012/03/13 10:40	jjza: Nobuzwe Mangcu from #mercedes up on stage talking about our future #tlc2012 without doing things together there is no future
2012/03/13 11:53	Sakie Macozoma takes to the stage Isacaza: What will tomorrow’s leaders inherit from today’s leaders? #sustainable leadership #tlc2012 Sakie Macozoma, Chairman Liberty Group
2012/03/13 11:54	jjza: RT @JeremyK_za: #tlc2012. Great speakers >> Agreed
2012/03/13 11:57	Isacaza: Should we be measuring Gross National Happiness instead of Gross National Product? #tlc2012 #macozoma
2012/03/13 11:59	Isacaza: Largest population of retirees ever, depending on heavily indebited governments #europe #tlc2012 Europe will be in the doldrums for a while
2012/03/13 12:03	jjza: Do we have political leaders who understand the importance of funding of research ? #tlc2012 we need sustainable technologies
2012/03/13 12:04	jjza: RT @egoligal: Wow! Saki talking about #cradle2cradle design & #biomimicry as the way of the future! #Yes – taking direction from #Mo …
2012/03/13 12:08	Simone Zanetti takes to the stage Isacaza: Is training killing knowledge? #tlc2012 the future of people’s performance
2012/03/13 12:13	jjza: @sikimgabadeli great, please share when you get the link.
2012/03/13 12:19	jjza: Split between structured and unstructured learning? Average 80% unstructured. Information is changing rapidly. #tlc2012
2012/03/13 12:21	jjza: We need to be learning faster, and in more unstructured ways. Average company in SA spends R30000/employee per year #tlc2012
2012/03/13 12:23	jjza: RT @egoligal: Forcefeeding information to employees a waste of time! Data shifting & increasing so rapidly that info based training  …
2012/03/13 12:24	jjza: Take away artificial ways of doing business and try to let them work in a way that brings out the best in people. #tlc2012
2012/03/13 12:25	jjza: RT @KMathelela: There is more information in a newspaper 2day than wat a middle-aged man wud learn in his entire life #TLC2012
2012/03/13 12:26	jjza: Less than 15% of what people are trained on is retained. #tlc2012
2012/03/13 12:28	Isacaza: The more you train the less people remember, and they won’t remember if what they remember is correct. Future is instant knowledge #tlc2012
2012/03/13 12:30	jjza: Natural language social knowledge systems the way of enhancing productivity in the future? #tlc2012
2012/03/13 12:31	jjza: RT @msalili: Train people how to FIND the correct info, rather than REMEMBER the correct info. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 12:34	jjza: Self learning predictive knowledge tools provide instant knowledge.  Not just a nice theory. Works for Standard Bank. #tlc2012
2012/03/13 12:35	jjza: RT @msalili: Eish, opening these bloody water bottles is a mission. Fire the supplier! #TLC2012
2012/03/13 12:45	jjza: RT @taraturk1: @KMathelela: Simone Zanetti, awesome speaker #TLC2012 > agree! >> most passionate of the day so far
2012/03/13 12:47	jjza: Think big and bold, but don’t lose sight of the problem and solution. Embrace partnerships. Don’t be afraid to fail. #tlc2012
2012/03/13 12:49	Thebe Ikalafeng takes to the stage jjza: People are brands and can be branded. In 1997 Fortune said the only differentiator in the 21st century will be branding #tlc2012
2012/03/13 12:51	Isacaza: A brand is not what you say, it’s what others say #tlc2012  A brand is a storehouse of trust.
2012/03/13 12:51	jjza: A brand is not what you say, it’s what others say #tlc2012  A brand is a storehouse of trust.
2012/03/13 12:56	jjza: Great brands are : focused, distinctive, emotionally connected, evolve, build their country #tlc2012
2012/03/13 13:00	jjza: Age of mass individualisation. Innervation. What makes you distinctive? What is your brand? #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:02	jjza: Run your career like a business. You are the CEO of You Inc. If you can’t triumph with talent, triumph with effort    #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:05	jjza: Understand your context. Self examination. Listen to the gossip. When people talk about you it is an opportunity to reflect. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:08	jjza: Clarity. Clarify who you are, position yourself, create a vision of where you headed. What is the thing you are willing to die for? #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:15	jjza: You don’t want to merely be the best of the best, you want to be the only one who does what you do. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:16	jjza: Competence. You need some skills. The only real security is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:18	jjza: Cover. Package your thing. 55% of conclusions people make are visual. 38% vocal. 7% content. Packaging is everything. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:20	jjza: Community. If the house is on fire, forget the china, silver, wedding gifts. Grab the Rolodex. Contacts, access. The right people? #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:21	jjza: Who is in your network? Who do you need to fire? Fire those who diminish your brand. Six steps of separation. You know somebody. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:23	jjza: Constancy. Create presence. Be out there. Get the brand out there. Define yourself, don’t let others do it. Must be authentic. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:25	jjza: Congruence. The most important. Personal branding is a way of life. Not a word. A promise that gets fulfilled every day. 24×7. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:26	jjza: There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from what we do. Brand inside equals brand inside. Authentic #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:28	jjza: Personal value proposition resonate with Customer value proposition and Employer value proposition. Work together, no “other side” #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:30	jjza: Performance is impacted if you are not true to yourself. Work life alignment, not balance. Cannot be a fake. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:31	jjza: It takes 20 years to build a reputation and just 5 to destroy it. Pursue a vision of excellence whatever you do, work or play. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:32	jjza: Commercialise. How do you make money off the brand? Know which companies to go to and grow with.
2012/03/13 13:35	jjza: Chutzpah. We have all been rejected. How you react is what makes or breaks you. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:37	jjza: Closure. Everything comes to an end. Have you lived your brand at the end of your day? How will you be remembered? #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:38	jjza: Fix your programme before it happens. All you leave behind is your name. Protect it. Did you do what you needed to? Others agree #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:40	jjza: Nobody should ever have to retire from what they love. You can’t retire from breathing. Do your thing out there. Keep doing it. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 13:43	jjza: @thebelkalafeng Amazing, introspective, inspirational presentation. This is leadership, something for all of us to think about. 10q #TLC2012
2012/03/13 14:29	jjza: @AkiKalliatakis a pity that so many miss out on the “giving them what they want” part of that.
2012/03/13 14:33	Afternoon breakaway session : Transport and Logistics jjza: Transportation and logistics breakaway session about to begin at #TLC2012. Very few people in the venue yet. Been great convention so far.
2012/03/13 14:46	Isacaza: RT @sikimgabadeli: Saki’s speech will be posted on website http://t.co/E5TWxFoe #TLC2012 >> great, thanks
2012/03/13 14:55	jjza: @SeanReuben72 you should have been at #TLC2012  Been some really great presentations here. Diarise for next year.
2012/03/13 14:56	jjza: @fjlandman please keep the tweets coming, hard to choose between the sessions.
2012/03/13 14:59	jjza: The debate is not whether roads are good for the country, we need them throughout the country. Tolling is a funding issue. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:01	jjza: More economists disagree with SANRAL studies than agree with them. There are cheaper and more equitable ways to fund roads. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:02	jjza: >50% of tolls collected will be spent on collection. Fuel levy be a far more cost effective way to collect the money #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:03	jjza: Shortage of skills and cost of employment too high because of labour legislation encourages labour broking and off shoring #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:06	jjza: Walmart could use SA as gateway into Africa but uncompetitive revenue env means more likely go direct. Opp lost with no free ports. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:07	jjza: The government via rail will be a competitor to road freight. They need to improve efficiencies to compete with gov. Need be fair. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:08	jjza: Planting bamboo on unused land instead of buying carbon credits. #innovation #green #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:14	jjza: Don’t expect government policy to be proactive. It can take five years from recognition of gap to passing of legislation. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:14	jjza: Disconnect between levels of government, national provincial and local all implementing different things #transport #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:16	jjza: Taking shots at Transnet, turnaround strategy being called perpetual turnaround strategy. #transport #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:17	jjza: Lack of consultation between government and industry players, lack of looking at other governments, leaves SA trailing #transport #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:19	jjza: Entities like BUSA should be engaging more with government to give view of private sector to government. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:20	jjza: Singapore being highlighted as model of efficiency and case study of how things could be done. Service delivery excellence. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:22	jjza: No sense to carry coal or manganese by road. Would destroy roads. Rail must operate more efficiently for low value/ton commodities #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:24	jjza: We need slow speed freight rail, not high speed passenger lines. Road infrastructure and ports must improve. Heavy goods off roads. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:26	jjza: China has built effective rail and port network in less than 30 years, SA gov must invest in right places. SA can lose in Africa. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:27	jjza: @egoligal nobody here disagrees even the road freight crowd. They fill a gap where no railways and recognise not optimal #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:29	jjza: Whilst we bicker over immaterial items we fall behind. Give parastatals 3 years to get fixed or privatise them.  #transport #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:30	jjza: South Africa is less efficient than all our trading partners when it comes to trade. We are the weakest link. #worldbank #transport #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:31	jjza: Sort out road vs rail and carbon emissions are sorted for next 10 years. Rail went to road because of inefficiencies. #tlc2012
2012/03/13 15:32	jjza: 30% of the value of a car made in SA is made of transport costs. This is way too high globally. High cost low efficiencies. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:35	jjza: Take politicians out of Transnet and put back the technical people and we have potential to get rail back to number 3 in the world #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:36	jjza: @leenelson as a Transnet employee feeling a bit battered here
2012/03/13 15:38	jjza: SA companies have recognised opportunities to trade with other African countries and force out previous colonial masters #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:38	jjza: @leenelson great event and branding for you guys.
2012/03/13 15:40	jjza: SA should take the lead in opening up trade in Africa. No visas required in Europe yet need lots in Africa. Potential to sort out. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:43	Isacaza: SA needs to engage with neighbours and create framework more conducive for regional trade. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:47	jjza: Young black talent is a commodity going to the highest bidder. DHL is trying to get young individuals who associate with the brand #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:48	Isacaza: RT @ThebeIkalafeng: RT @RSAPatriot: #TLC2012 @ThebeIkalafeng absolutely on fire! >> the further you spread your message the better off SA is
2012/03/13 15:50	jjza: SA arrogant in dealing with Africa. We need to provide a value proposition not assume Africa will deal with us because we African. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 15:52	jjza: My Twitter coverage of #TLC2012 will end soon. iPad battery dying shortly. It’s been most interesting. Thanks to the organisers.
2012/03/13 16:00	jjza: There needs to be a marrying of minds between Government and Industry to attract the right skills into tertiary education. #TLC2012
2012/03/13 16:03	jjza: SMEs and business is more agile than government, need less government and more private business. Need SMEs to thrive. #TLC2012
	Battery finally died, thanks again to the organisers for inviting @ISACAZA to attend the convention.

I will add links to some of the presentations at a later stage (when the organisers put them up). Check back then, just want to get this up for now.