Lesley Donna Williams
lesley.williams@the-hub.net
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Lesley designs and facilitates dialogue and change processes. The focus of her work is to build vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities using participatory methods.
Lesley is co-founder of Africa++; a social enterprise that promotes collaborative action with multiple stakeholders to address socio-economic challenges across Africa. She is also co-founder of Hub Johannesburg and the African Strategist of The Hub, an international network and incubator for social innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Lesley was a director of Pioneers of Change from 2006 to 2010; an international community of practitioners and learners of systemic change. She previously worked at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) from 2002 to 2006 as part of a unit called Policy, Leadership and Gender Studies (PL&G) where she created Young Professionals Forum. Lesley served on the national steering committee of Young South African Women in Dialogue in 2005 - founded by the former South African First Lady, Mrs. Zanele Mbeki.
She has worked and lived in South Africa and the United Kingdom. Her passion for sustainable development, incubating social entrepreneurship and developing learning organisations has led her to convene and deliver or participate in learning journeys and workshops across Europe, South America and Africa. She has also facilitated a number of experiential learning days for corporate clients to understand the dynamics of operating in the informal South African economy.
A career highlight for Lesley was being selected as one of sixty international participants on a BP Antarctica Expedition in March 2009 focusing on Climate Change. The expedition was lead by polar explorer Robert Swan and experienced facilitators included Peter Senge, renowned for his work in Organizational Learning and Systems Thinking.
Lesley obtained her B.Com (Industrial Psychology) degree from the University of Johannesburg and is an accredited trainer with the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). She is currently enrolled on the Social Entrepreneurship Certificate Programme at the Gordon Institute of Business Science. Lesley is an AIESEC Alumni, member of Toastmasters International and a Common Purpose, Navigator Programme Graduate – designed for emerging leaders in various fields.
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