Strategic planning, problem solving and team alignment

Solutions for businesses and startups.

AFZUL SOOBEDAAR
Director & Facilitator

My focus is to help you work better

I run workshops designed to transform your approach to strategy, problem-solving, collaboration and innovation .

Workshops focus on helping Businesses and Startups to:

I am all about working with you to find solutions to the problems that matter.

WORKSHOPS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP BUSINESSES AND STARTUPS FIND
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE

Is your business struggling with a big challenge?

A Decision Sprint is a quick method to solve big problems. It replaces all open-ended, unstructured meetings with a clear process - honing in on the real problem, generating solutions, making decisions and creating a prioritised action plan for implementation.

Duration: 2 - 3 hours

Ready to innovate with a new product or service?

A Design Sprint is a distinctive method for idea validation, offering a rapid and effective way to de-risk the development of new products or services. Through a process of ideation, design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers, it provides valuable insights that answer critical business questions before investing time and money.

Duration: 5 days

Is your business navigating towards success with a clear roadmap?

A Strategy Sprint is a fast paced process to help your business define where it is going, what steps it needs to take to get there, and how it will measure progress.

Duration: 2 days

Is your management or project team consistently on the same page?

An Alignment Sprint is a rapid approach that ensures everyone on your team is on the same page. It breaks down silos, encourages teamwork toward a shared goal, and optimises how value is delivered.

Duration: 1 day

I ALSO RUN CUSTOMISED WORKSHOPS DESIGNED FOR YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS

Case Studies

Mapping Brand Identity

Afzul Soobedaar 03/07/2022

A Brand Sprint with a project management consultancy operating in the built environment space

Engineers compass on a map to represent a strategy sprint

Navigating a Post Pandemic World

Afzul Soobedaar 07/10/2021

A Strategy Sprint with a non-profit involved in community empowerment

Picture of a happy workforce indicating high employee engagement

Improving Employee Engagement

Afzul Soobedaar 14/09/2021

A Decision Sprint with a large manufacturing business

News

Clear glass globe by Phil Dolby capturing the ocean view, symbolizing the importance of reflection during an annual review.

Annual Review: Five Reasons why your Business needs one

Afzul Soobedaar 16/11/2023

As the business world hurtles towards the close of another year, the significance of pausing for reflection becomes increasingly apparent.

Strategy for Startups

Afzul Soobedaar 18/10/2023

Starting a business is like embarking on a challenging hike in the wilderness.

Group of diverse people having a business meeting guided by a facilitator

Five reasons to use a Facilitator

Afzul Soobedaar 07/06/2023

In today’s fast-paced world, achieving success is all about effective collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills.

manager in suit shaking hands with worker in overalls to depict labour management relations

Strengthening Labour Management Relations with Design Thinking

Afzul Soobedaar 27/02/2023

How would you describe the relationship between management and labour in your workplace?

About Me

Hi! I’m Afzul.

2016 was a watershed year for me. I took a leap of faith leaving a C-suite position to start my own business.

I had spent the last twenty odd years in senior and executive management positions in a variety of businesses, and gained extensive experience across a wide range of business disciplines. The dream was to leverage this experience to help businesses and startups overcome the challenges they face, producing results that make a meaningful difference.

I hold a B.Sc. and MBA degrees from the University of KwaZulu Natal, as well as certifications in Design Thinking, Design Sprints and Facilitation.

I discovered remote working well before the pandemic made this a necessity, and equipped myself to provide all my services remotely enabling delivery of services to clients with minimal disruption to their schedules.

I have worked with a broad spectrum of clients operating in different sectors of the economy. I have access to a network of highly qualified, experienced, and knowledgeable professionals that help to deliver on larger projects.

I am based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Clients

Highly recommended for an enlightening experience of strategic planning. Facilitation was extremely well managed while still extracting thoughts and contribution. Team feedback is extremely positive and the experience highly commended. Afzul as the facilitator managed the sessions allowing input and gave direction without dictating. Certainly can recommend Afzul as a facilitator to lead your next strategy planning.

I would highly recommend Afzul Soobedaar. He facilitated workshops aimed at building trust relations between labour and business, the outcomes were excellent and his uniquely tailored models helped us to find solutions that are sustainable in the long term. I look forward to working with him again in the future.

It has been a pleasure and an honour to have been associated with Afzul for many years. Though his business he has made an enormous contribution to the private security industry, being instrumental in the establishment of the National Bargaining Council for the Private Security Sector. Perispec guided the parties through the entire process from statutory aspects, to mediation and operational and financial planning. To get a Bargaining Council from inception to fruition is no small feat. This business is highly recommended.

Afzul steered a great strategy session for Awqaf SA to bring a directed focus to our preliminary strategy discussion allowing us to choose realistic objectives we can realistically achieve while bringing to our attention weaknesses we need to address and correct to gear us to make an impactful contribution to opportunities that are currently within our vision.

Working with Perispec Consulting on the Fruit Industry Social Compact commissioned by the Fruit Industry Value Chain Round Table was a great pleasure. They are highly professional, adhere to agreed project schedule and produce high quality work at a cost effective rate. I highly recommend this company.

The South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council has used the services of Perispec Consulting developing policies for the Bus Industry and have no hesitation to recommend them.

CONTACT ME

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