Rob Burnet's guest appearances

Rob Burnet

Learning Is The New Working

A new kind of celebrity

Erin Ganju

Oscar Trimboli

Kate Shaw

Teresa Njoroge

Jesse Jackson

Geoff Stead

Nick Martin

Viren Rasquinha

Lisa Kay Solomon

Aaron Hurst

Dan Pontefract

Gina Jeneroux

Simon Brown

Julian Stodd

Cindy Huggett

OwlTail

When you think about a Comic Book, we bet that you don't associate reduction in teen pregnancies, increase in use of contraception or increase in youth income with it. This episode will shift your perspective.  In this episode we celebrate Rob Burnet. Rob Burnet is the founder and CEO of Shujaaz Inc, a double Emmy Award winning network of social ventures that inspire, entertain, and mobilise 7.5 million 15-24-year-olds across East Africa. Shujaaz Inc’s team of young East African researchers, creatives, strategists and producers runs its three social ventures; Shujaaz – East Africa’s biggest youth brand; Hustla MBA – a digital learning community; and a new digital networking venture, set to launch later this year.  Before setting up Shujaaz Inc in 2009, Rob spent seven years as The Ford Foundation’s Programme Officer for Media Arts and Culture, based in Nairobi. Rob has previously held the post of Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading and has worked in large scale public interest TV production for East Africa. Rob is also founder of Nairobi’s contemporary art studio, The Kuona Trust. In this episode we talk about how media, comic books and a deep understanding of youth has helped Shujaaz Inc become one of the largest youth brands in East Africa. We speak about how entertainment and media can be used to influence very important behaviours. A very insightful and eye opening conversation.  Note - This conversation was recorded over zoom. If you are interested in launching a podcast and need consulting or post production support, write to kanishka@disorientedpenguin.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anewkindofcelebrity/message

When you think about a Comic Book, we bet that you don't associate reduction in teen pregnancies, increase in use of contraception or increase in youth income with it. This episode will shift your perspective.  In this episode we celebrate Rob Burnet. Rob Burnet is the founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.shujaazinc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shujaaz Inc</a>, a double Emmy Award winning network of social ventures that inspire, entertain, and mobilise 7.5 million 15-24-year-olds across East Africa. Shujaaz Inc’s team of young East African researchers, creatives, strategists and producers runs its three social ventures; Shujaaz – East Africa’s biggest youth brand; Hustla MBA – a digital learning community; and a new digital networking venture, set to launch later this year.  Before setting up Shujaaz Inc in 2009, Rob spent seven years as The Ford Foundation’s Programme Officer for Media Arts and Culture, based in Nairobi. Rob has previously held the post of Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading and has worked in large scale public interest TV production for East Africa. Rob is also founder of Nairobi’s contemporary art studio, The Kuona Trust. In this episode we talk about how media, comic books and a deep understanding of youth has helped Shujaaz Inc become one of the largest youth brands in East Africa. We speak about how entertainment and media can be used to influence very important behaviours. A very insightful and eye opening conversation.  Note - This conversation was recorded over zoom. If you are interested in launching a podcast and need consulting or post production support, write to <a href="//" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kanishka@disorientedpenguin.com</a> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/anewkindofcelebrity/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/anewkindofcelebrity/message</a>

ROB BURNET - Power of Media to Influence Youth Behaviour - S01 EP14 

In a really stimulating conversation, my colleague Lutz Ziob talks about all kinds of futures with the CEO of Kenyan-based training, media and communications leader Well Told Story, Rob Burnet. Sitting not in his usual office in Nairobi, but in an 'unusually sunny Scotland’ while on a short family trip back to his native country, Rob tells us about how the power of storytelling has helped shaped so much of his life and work, his understanding of what ‘social responsibility and social good’ is, as well as: balancing the excitement of building a successful commercial entity that also improves the lives of young Africans; highlights of an eclectic career: from Big Game hunting to African contemporary art dealer, from philanthropic funding to media, arts and culture to launching a comic book brand to help young people; the concept of ‘hustling' in an African context, and what an MBA for such ‘hustlers’ needs to offer; his ‘Shujaaz’ project; the importance of measurement in what he does, from SMS sentiment to predictive analytics; what it looks like when your education system is effectively broken, as only 5% of school-leavers will ever get a conventional job; the concept of ‘cruel optimism’ and the ‘broken promise of the 20th Century’ and how it links Brexit, MAGA, ISIS and other major social phenomena; the power of mixing Big 5 leaders and young, young people inside some ‘guide-rails;' and much more.

‘Connecting Young People In East Africa To Big Ideas:’ Informal Education Media Youth Brand 'Well Told Story'’s CEO, Rob Burnet