Strategic Planning | Problem Solving | Team Building

Solutions for businesses and startups.

AFZUL SOOBEDAAR
Director & Facilitator

Our Focus: Empowering Businesses and Startups to Succeed

We facilitate dynamic workshops that revolutionise strategic planning, problem-solving, collaboration, and innovation – fuelling growth for businesses and startups.

Our high-impact workshops, available in-person or virtually, enable you to:

At Perispec Consulting, we partner with you to find solutions to your most pressing problems, helping you succeed and thrive.

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

Are you looking 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: 3 - 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

Does your management team share a common understanding and alignment?

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

Duration: 3- 4 hours

WE ALSO RUN CUSTOMISED WORKSHOPS DESIGNED FOR YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS

Case Studies

Mapping Brand Identity

Helping a project management consultancy define its brand.

Engineers compass on a map to represent a strategy sprint

Navigating a Post Pandemic World

Helping a non-profit strategise for a post-Covid era.

Picture of a happy workforce indicating high employee engagement

Improving Employee Engagement

Helping a manufacturer create a better workplace.

News

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Defining Purpose: Strategy’s Cornerstone

Learn how defining purpose can ignite innovation, foster loyalty, and drive sustainable growth.

Like the fading light giving way to a new dawn, a purpose-led strategy guides us even when the path beyond the horizon seems unclear.

Purpose-Led Strategy. Why It Matters

How a purpose-led strategy impacts growth, innovation, and employee engagement.

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Why Workshops for Teams are Key to Unlocking Potential

Five compelling reasons why workshops stand above traditional meetings.

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Small Business Strategy

Discover the power of strategic planning for your small business success.

About Me

Hi! I’m Afzul Soobedaar.

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

Client Testimonials

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.

Our two-day strategy workshop with Perispec Consulting was a game-changer for SWS. We were expertly guided through a series of tailored sessions, challenging our thinking and fostering a collaborative environment. We emerged with a clear, actionable direction for our company, invigorated by Perispec Consulting's blend of professional insight and deep commitment to understanding our unique needs. Their impact on our strategic planning and team cohesion has been invaluable, setting us on a path to meaningful success. What was remarkable and worth mentioning is the personal emotional investment that was shown by Perispec in our company success, not just in the session but after as well.

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.

Perispec Consulting not only facilitated a strategic planning session for us but also provided invaluable expert guidance in our most recent project of insourcing the dispute resolution function. I highly recommend them.

Perispec was instrumental in shaping our strategic vision, providing expert guidance that was both innovative and practical. Their team’s collaborative approach not only enhanced our planning process but also equipped us with the tools for sustained success. We highly recommend Perispec for any business eager to elevate its strategy and achieve remarkable outcomes.

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.

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 US

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CONTACT INFO

Telephone: +27 83 2700 254
Email: afzul.soobedaar@perispec.co.za
Sandton, South Africa 2196
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