Turning a Country’s Evolution Into a Business’ Purpose with Co-Founder and CEO of Inploi, Matthew de la Hey #104
Throughout the peak of South Africa’s evolution as a country, a young Matthew de la Hey watched on, discovering his desire to make a purposeful impact.
Inploi is combining the all important human touch with cutting edge technology to foster a more equitable job market, but it’s the Co-Founder and CEO’s background which makes Matthew’s story so fascinating.
Discover how his humble roots, the South African transition to democracy, and transformative experiences all guide Inploi’s mission in this eye-opening episode of Extrology.
In this episode Lee & Matt discuss:
Formative influences from Matt’s hard working parents on his values and mindset
How exposure to South Africa’s evolution guided Matt’s sense of purpose
The power of broadening your perspectives
Inploi’s balance of high tech solutions with the imperative need for human connection
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Matthew de la Hey:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-de-la-hey/
inploi:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/inploi/
Get in touch: lee@extrology.com
Episode highlights:
“Through my early experiences, I realised it’s incumbent upon us to do something to make South Africa and the world a better place. I want to make a difference in the world greater than self-enrichment.” - 6:00 - Matthew de la Hey
“The irony of leaving Africa to study Africa was not lost on me, but I think it was really good to get out of South Africa and look at it from the outside, particularly being a white kid in South Africa, living in a pretty privileged subset of the country. You're not exposed in the same way necessarily to what others experience.” - 16:45 - Matthew de la Hey
“The people who can least afford friction in moving around jobs, are those who suffer the worst user experiences online.” - 32:00 - Matthew de la Hey
“Selling to hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars and pubs, going into the pandemic, all of them immediately stopped hiring and then started cutting every cost they can. Top of that list is software to help you make more hires. So we went from ticking along fairly well to being dead overnight.” - 39:15 - Matthew de la Hey
“One of our fundamental beliefs, or cornerstone philosophies, is that we should be using technology to free up people to be more human - for putting the human back into human resources.” - 48:45 - Matthew de la Hey
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