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The Art of Deciding

We like to think our big decisions are rational. They aren’t. The Art of Deciding, hosted by Bruce Whitfield, examines how people make life-defining choices and what their decisions reveal about the rest of us. This nine-episode series features guests including Guantánamo survivor Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Jordan Wine Estate winemaker Gary Jordan, Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman, and Anthony Farr, CEO of Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropy in Africa. In partnership with News24 and brought to you by Momentum.

Weekly English South Africa Self-Improvement · News Bruce Whitfield

3 Episodes

Bruce Whitfield | Why Gary Jordan opted to bet on English wine

Three generations of Jordans made shoes. Gary Jordan became a geologist, fell in love with wine and, with his wife Kathy, built Jordan Wine Estate in Stellenbosch into one of South Africa’s best-known wine brands.Then he made a leap few saw coming: making wine in rural England. After driving 6,000…

3 Nov 34 min

Bruce Whitfield: Tyme Group’s Coenraad Jonker on building a billion-dollar bank

We like to think our biggest decisions are rational, but beliefs and biases shape how we approach a choice, and how we approach that choice shapes the outcome.Coenraad Jonker was the young CEO of Africa’s biggest corporate law firm when an MBA class changed his life. Inspired by economist Hernando…

27 Oct 45 min

Why would an innocent man confess? Mohamedou Ould Slahi on The Art of Deciding

We like to think our biggest decisions are rational, but beliefs and biases shape how we approach a choice, and how we approach it shapes the outcome. Mohamedou Ould Slahi was detained at Guantánamo Bay for nearly 15 years without ever being charged. He was tortured and eventually confessed to…

20 Oct 37 min