Dr. Julia Kukard

Dr. Julia Kukard is a founding partner of Aephoria and a leadership and inclusion professional. With almost 30 years of experience in learning and development, she has worked globally including in South Africa, UK, Lesotho, Ghana, France, Uganda, Netherlands, Brazil, India, UAE and China with multinationals, nationals, governments and NGOs. Julia’s experience includes working with…

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Why are there so few audio traffic signals.

Why are there so few audio traffic signals.   Check out this amazing article by Jeremy Opperman:   https://disabilitydesk.co.za/2022/09/13/why-are-there-so-few-audio-traffic-signals/   Jeremy Opperman works as a Disability Integrations Analyst. Striving for natural and unhesitating integration of people with disabilities into mainstream society and working with all types of organisations.   With Aephoria’s experience in diversity and…

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Lucille Greeff speaks with IBASA and EPI

Lucille Greeff from Aephoria presents to IBASA and EPI members on the importance of understanding clients and their traits when advising and working with them. The session includes a role-play with Thobeka Poswa as practical application.

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Conversations with Elders: Episode 2 (Ft Rod Suskin)

Conversations with Elders

Rod Suskin is well known as an astrologer and sangoma in Cape Town and has been in practice in both fields for over 30 years. He has a special interest in traditional medicine both in the African and European contexts, and his interest in medical astrology has led him to study the history of medicine…

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Identity Maturation framework (IMf) changes

Identity Maturation framework

Identity Maturation framework In this video Lucille Greeff and Julia Kukard speaks in depth on the Identity Maturation framework and the changes. By Julia Kukard and Lucille Greeff. For more amazing content on the Enneagram framework and many other articles, check out our other posts here. Also for more on Identity Maturation check out this…

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OD practitioners creating inclusive & equitable societies

The past month has been a difficult, challenging and shocking time for people living in South Africa. As many of the xenophobic attacks and brutal cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) have played out in society at large, organisations have been affected in many different ways. As a OD practitioner I do work in one…

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The coachee you meet is the coachee who meets you

Two mirrors sit opposite each other and look at each other Then they get up and go their own way And both are thinking how good it is to be in touch with someone   Hans Cohn   It is no secret that we at Aephoria Partners work with an existential approach to life, leadership,…

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Biko for White People

At Aephoria Partners we use the work of Steve Biko in our leadership development processes and are often asked by participants: what relevance does Biko have for white people – did he not say that white people have no role to play in the struggle – was he not racist? Well, here is one very simple answer to this question based on my interpretation of his work.

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