Dr Taddy Blecher is a qualified actuary and pioneer of the free tertiary education movement in South Africa, having helped to create six free access institutions of higher learning, as well as inspiring the creation of two other institutions.  He is the CEO of the Community and Individual Development Association and the Maharishi Institute which facilitates University education for unemployed youth from 11 countries in Africa. 

Dr Blecher is passionate about Consciousness-Based Education, a system of education developing the full potential of every student. As a result of his incredible work, over 14,250 unemployed South Africans have been educated, found employment and moved from poverty to the middle-class.

Dr Blecher is the Chairperson of the SA National Government task team on Entrepreneurship, Education, & Job Creation in the Human Resource Development Council. He has developed a national strategy of implementing Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship into the entire South African school system from Grade 1 to Grade 12. He also founded the broad-based BEE Imvula Educational Empowerment Fund and together with the Rockefeller Foundation, started the Impact Sourcing Academy and Invincible Outsourcing which provides training in the Business Process. 

Dr Blecher co-founded the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship with Sir Richard Branson.  He has been honoured with numerous awards and was recently selected as one of 21 South African Icons in the 21 Icons initiative.

He is dedicated to developing sustainable means to help unemployed youth break the poverty cycle to change the future of South Africa. 

Join us as we explore:

The only truly sustainable route to changing the future of our society 

How the most marginalized people become leaders of society 

Holistic, inside out, consciousness-based education. Developing human beings to change society by bringing the genius out 

How the Maharishi Invincibility Institute recruits individuals & why Matric isn’t all that important 

The vision of the Maharishi Invincibility Institute. The journey to total transformation 

How tree’s grow from seeds and ultimately forests are created... and this is how we change society

The offerings of the Maharishi Institute and determining if the approach is a fit for you 

The Quantum Theory of Collective Consciousness.  Group meditation to change society   

Shaking up the South African School System to create a much more alive, interesting and exciting curriculum

Why Small Businesses are the backbone of the economy and need to be nurtured

How to expand our seeds for greatness as South Africans 

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