Looking at Trends as Business Strategy

Join Dion Chang, Transition Coach, and Zanele Njapha, known by her clients as ‘The UnLearning Lady’, in an insightful and interactive salon experience exploring the challenges and nuances that Gen X face in leadership.

In this salon, Dion will present insights from a short survey about the real-world challenges Gen X leaders face when managing younger employees (Millennials and Gen Z). This part will cover topics such as communication gaps, leadership challenges and support, generational differences, the future of work, and how emerging tools like AI impact teams.

Thereafter, Zanele will facilitate an engaging and mind-opening mini-workshop, designed to assist you with building the capacity to unlearn, relearn and transform your life or organisation.

Join us for this salon if you are interested in the future of work, teams, and leadership, but are also curious about how to help yourself, your team or organisation to rethink, reimagine, unlearn and relearn, then this salon is for you!

Event details

Date: Wednesday, 3 September 2025

Time: 09h00 – 11h00 SAST

Place: Workshop 17 @ The Bank

Corner Tyrwhitt and 24 Cradock Ave, Rosebank, Johannesburg, 2196

Cost: R670.00 per person

What will you get?

Insights into Gen X leadership challenges: Understand the real-world difficulties Gen X leaders face when managing Millennials and Gen Z employees.
Gain knowledge from a short survey that highlights key issues such as communication gaps, leadership struggles, and generational differences.
Understanding the future of work: Explore trends and shifts shaping the workplace, including the role of emerging tools like AI.
Improved leadership strategies: Learn practical ways to navigate and lead across generational divides.
Unlearning and transformation skills: Participate in a mini-workshop focused on building the ability to unlearn outdated habits, relearn new concepts, and transform personally and professionally.
Tools for organisational growth: Discover approaches to help your team or organisation rethink and reimagine how they work.
And so much more.

About Dion

Dion Chang is the founder of Flux Trends but is also known to wear many hats, namely as a strategic thinker, a keynote speaker, a walking ideas bank, a professional cage rattler and one of South Africa’s most respected trend analysts.

He recently added a new role to his portfolio, ‘an end-of-life companion doula’. This new role aligns with the transition coaching services he offers in his business practice. After all, end-of-life is not necessarily about physical death but the death of old ideas and the birth of new ones. For businesses or individuals struggling to re-invent themselves or transition to the next phase of their life, Dion will help navigate their transitions and structure the way forward to a new life chapter.

About Zanele

Once upon a time, Zanele Njapha was a schoolteacher. But she quickly realised that learning alone was not enough; people needed to unlearn too. She is the CEO & founder of The Unlearners and is known as ‘The UnLearning Lady’, a title she wears with pride and a bit of sass. Her mission is simple: to help people rethink, reimagine, and rewrite their future. She has worked with leading global brands, executives, and changemakers, delivering powerful keynotes and facilitating transformative conversations.

Who Should Attend

- Gen X leaders and managers: Especially those leading Millennial and Gen Z teams.
- HR and People & Culture professionals: Focused on generational dynamics, team cohesion, and workplace transformation.
- Organisational development specialists: Looking to drive change and innovation.
- Executives navigating digital and cultural shifts: Interested in AI, future-of-work trends, and adaptive leadership.
- Team leaders and project managers: Facing communication or collaboration challenges across age groups.
- Coaches and consultants: Supporting clients with leadership, change, or transformation work.