Sea Monster Insights

South Africa's financial services industry faces a stark reality: recruit 1,000 new advisors and only 200 will survive their first year. That's an 80% failure rate representing more than business inefficiency – it's a lost opportunity for building the financially literate nation we need. In September, we hosted a lunch and learn with Marguerite Gordon, Senior Learning Manager at Old Mutual, revealing why traditional training fails and what actually works. Her insights on storytelling, strategic gamification, and the irreplaceable human element challenge everything we think we know about preparing people for careers requiring both technical expertise and deep human connection.