Sizwe Mpofu-walsh

Building Graduates, Leaders & Employees for the Future of Work
Future-Proofing People, Powering Organisations, Redefining Work

The future of work isn’t coming, it’s already here. Fueled by 4IR, AI, and constant disruption, only organisations that view talent as an integrated, intergenerational ecosystem will thrive. At The Speakers Firm, we don’t predict the future, we build it.

Through Integrated Futures, we craft the blueprint for employability, leadership agility, and purpose-driven growth, aligning graduate entry, employee advancement, and executive development into a seamless pipeline of future-ready talent.

We don’t deliver training, we engineer transformation. Our ecosystem embeds digital fluency, ethical governance, cultural intelligence, and resilient leadership into the DNA of organisations determined to lead in an era of volatility and change.

Our faculty unites Global CEOs, Policy Makers, Futurists, CHROs, Talent Architects, and Youth Employability Strategists, the minds redefining how people and organisations adapt, perform, and thrive. They design graduate-to-executive pipelines that convert disruption into growth, opportunity, and sustainable advantage.

From Digital Futures & AI Ethics Pathways and Graduate-to-Leader Accelerators to Employability Labs, Resilience Tracks, and Intergenerational Culture Programmes, we deliver immersive, future-ready frameworks that turn graduates into innovators and employees into leaders of consequence.

The results are measurable, succession accelerated, employability secured, cultures unified, and governance trusted. The organisations that will win tomorrow are those that treat people as strategy, not policy.

At The Speakers Firm, we don’t follow the future, we lead it. We equip boards, leaders, and teams to transform disruption into innovation, technology into trust, and diversity into unstoppable performance.

Partner with The Speakers Firm today, and build a workforce where graduates evolve into leaders, leaders inspire generations, and the future of work is not survived, it’s shaped.

Ideal For:

Boards, C-Suites, HR & Talent Leaders, Graduate Development Heads, Corporate Universities, Business Schools, Public Policy Leaders, ESG & Transformation Executives.

Speaker Outcomes:
  • Equip leaders with frameworks to integrate graduate and employee pipelines into future-of-work strategies.
  • Build understanding of AI, ESG, and digital ethics as non-negotiable talent levers.
  • Inspire executives to embed inclusion, resilience, and culture into leadership pipelines.
  • Provide actionable models to accelerate succession, boost retention, and align talent with transformation.
Speaker Archetypes:
  • Global AI Ethicists
  • Future-of-Work Strategists
  • Youth Employment Architects
  • Behavioural Economists
  • Digital Policy Reformers
  • Tech Futurists
  • EdTech Disruptors
  • Workforce Skilling Pioneers

The future isn’t coming.
The future is already coding itself. The only question is, will you lead it, or be led by it?

Boniwe Dunster

Executive Manager, Finalist, 2022 IPM HR Practitioner of the Year, Acclaimed Speaker, Facilitator

Andisa Liba

Chief People Officer, FloatPays, Award-Winning HR Executive & Conference Speaker

Manqoba Zungu

TEDx Speaker, WEF Young Global Leader, Part-Time Faculty at GIBS & AmazuluFC Business College, CEO, GetReadySkills & Business Executive, SoluGrowth

Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh

Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at Wits University, Podcaster, Author, Musician and Activist