Sekuyisikhathi sokubhala isahluko esilandelayo endabeni ye-LittlePod, kodwa njengoba silungiselela ukuvula ikhasi bese siqala ukulandisa indaba yethu yakamuva, kuyasidabukisa ukubika ukuthi kuzodingeka senze kanjalo ngaphandle kwepeni likaPaul elithembekile. Umphathi wethu Wezindaba osekhonze isikhathi eside ube ngumlandisi wezindaba we-LittlePod iminyaka engaphezu kwe-10, kodwa njengoba esisize ukufeza okuningi selokhu ajoyina iqembu ngo-2015, inselelo entsha ilindele. Njengoba elungiselela ukuvalelisa ku-Farringdon, uPaul wavuma ukubhala ingxenye yokugcina. Lawa ngamazwi akhe.

Ngishiya i-LittlePod. Kuzwakala kungavamile ukubhala lokhu, njengoba bengiyingxenye yale nkampani emangalisayo isikhathi eside kangaka. Kunzima ukukholwa ukuthi bengilapha, ngenza lokhu, cishe iminyaka eyishumi nanye, njengoba ngiqale ukujoyina uJanet kanye ne-Campaign for Real Vanilla yakhe ehlobo lika-2015. Leso sikhathi sidlule ngokushesha, njengoba kuvame ukwenza uma uzijabulisa. Kusukela ngosuku lokuqala, kube yilungelo elikhulu futhi into engiyijabulele kulo lonke. Ngidabukile ukuhamba, vele, kodwa futhi ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngakho konke esikufezile ndawonye. Sekuyisikhathi esifanele sokuba ngenze ushintsho futhi ngenze into ehlukile, kodwa lesi sinqumo besingelula. Empeleni, akunjalo.

Imfundo ingenye yezimiso zokusungula zeLittlePod. Ngifunde lukhulu esikhathini engisichithe lapha. Njengabantu abaningi ngaphambi kweLittlePod, ngifike lapha ngingazi okuningi nge-vanilla, ukuthi iyini nokuthi iyini. kungani kubaluleke kangakaUlwazi nokuqonda engikutholile kube nomthelela omkhulu kimi, kwashintsha indlela engicabanga ngayo ngezwe lemvelo kanye nokuphila kwabantu abahlukahlukene nabahlukene emhlabeni wonke. Ngifunde okuningi ngami futhi ngathola amakhono amaningi. Ngenyanga edlule nje, ngiqede umsebenzi wami. Ukuqeqeshwa kwe-L3 ekuMaketheni kweziteshi eziningi, ukuthola umehluko kule nqubo. Lokhu kwafakazela ukuthi Ukuzibophezela kukaLittlePod emfundweni isalokhu iqinile njengakuqala. Ngimbonga kakhulu uJanet ngokungivumela ukuthi ngenze lokhu.

Kuneziqongo eziningi ezingenakubalwa. Kunzima kakhulu ukwazi ukuthi ngiqale kuphi. Bengilokhu ngithanda izinhlobo ezahlukene. Azikho imisebenzi eminingi lapho ungabelana khona imiyalezo nomlimi we-vanilla e-Indonesia, uxoxa ngezindlela zokupheka no- umpheki onenkanyezi ye-Michelin, ekhuluma nesithunywa se-COP30 futhi ebhala isici sokuhlela ukuze sishicilelwe yi Le Cordon Bleu – konke ngaphambi kwesikhathi sasemini! Wonke umuntu uyakusho, kodwa ayikho into efana nosuku olujwayelekile eLittlePod. Kukhona ukwaneliseka okukhulu okufanele kuthathwe ngokwazi ukuthi konke esikwenzayo kwenza umehluko, kokubili emhlabeni nakubantu basezifundeni zase-Equatorial, abazibophezele futhi abazinikela emvelweni ngokuvamile okungabonakali futhi okungaziswa. Ukuhlangana nalaba bantu nokubona imizamo yabo? Yilokho okuvelele.

Ngo-2023, ngavakashela ingadi yezithelo yehlathi iLittlePod eBali. Lokhu kwaba yinto engakholeki kanye nethuba elimangalisayo. Ngihamba ngiya e-Indonesia noJanet noDave, ngahlangana noMade 2 kanye nabalimi abasebenzisa uhlelo lwabo lokuqala lokulima okuningi ukwenza okuningi ukuvuselela ihlathi lemvula. Sahlala ndawonye saxoxa - sinqoba izithiyo zolimi ngenhloso efanayo kanye nokwazisana - futhi konke kwazizwa kulula kakhulu. Saphuza itiye, sahleka - kakhulu - futhi sahamba ehlathini, siphila impilo eningi, izwe elaliyinyumba elishintshiwe ngenxa yombono nokusekelwa kukaLittlePod, kanye nomzamo wabalimi, ubuchwepheshe kanye nokuzimisela kokusindisa imvelo ebazungezile. Kwakuwukugcwaliseka kwephupho labo bonke abahilelekile, kusukela kuJanet noMade kuya kuwo wonke umuntu oye wafaka isandla kuphrojekthi eshintsha impilo ngempela. Kwakuyilungelo ukwazi laba bantu nokuhlanganyela empumelelweni yabo.

Angikaze ngihlangane nomuntu onjengoJanet. Intshiseko yakhe namandla akhe; intshisekelo yakhe nokuzimisela kwakhe; ukuzibophezela kwakhe ekwenzeni izinto ngendlela efanele, engashiyi lutho olungaphendulwanga, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kudingekani ukuze afeze imibono yakhe; akunakwenzeka ukuthi ungaphefumulelwa. I-LittlePod isihambe ibanga elide futhi yafeza okuningi futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngicabanga ukuthi singayithatha kalula impumelelo yethu. Amaqembu e-LittlePod adlule nawamanje - kuhlanganise nami - anikele kakhulu, ngokuqinisekile. Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthatha isinyathelo emuva futhi uqaphele ukuthi lokhu kuwumbono kaJanet, ukufuna kukaJanet kanye nempumelelo kaJanet, nokuthi, ngaphandle kokuzinikela nobuciko bukaJanet obungenamkhawulo, akukho kulokhu obekungenzeka. Ngisho namanje, ekuqaleni kwe-17 kaLittlePod^th Ngonyaka, ukuqina kukaJanet kanye nokuzimisela kwakhe kusalokhu kuqinile futhi kusobala njengakuqala. Ngifunde okuningi kuJanet. Ngiyaziqhenya ngokumbiza ngokuthi umeluleki kanye nomngane.

Ngishiya iLittlePod nginolwazi olukhulu kanye nesipiliyoni. Njengoba ngifike eFarringdon ngingazi ukuthi i-vanilla ibaluleke kangakanani, ngizohamba njengommeli wokuphila kwami ​​konke – hhayi nje nge-vanilla, kodwa nange-vanilla. izithako zangempela nezemvelo ngokuvamile. Imikhuba yami yokuthenga ngaphambi kweLittlePod yayivame ukusekelwe ezindleleni ezibizayo nezilula. Engikufundile kusukela ngo-2015 ukuthi ngisho nezinqumo ezincane engizenzayo lapha zingenza umehluko omkhulu kubantu emhlabeni wonke. Ukusindisa i-vanilla orchid esengozini yokuqothulwa - umsebenzi kaJanet wokuqala - kubalulekile, vele, futhi izici zemvelo akufanele zithathwe kancane. Kodwa ukubona ukuthi kusho ukuthini kulabo abakolunye uhlangothi lochungechunge - abalimi nemindeni yabo nabo bonke abaphila impilo yabo (kanye nokuphila kwabo) okuhlobene nempilo yamahlathi abazungezile - kuye kwangikhanyisela ngempela. Kwakunokukhulunywa okuningi ngokubaluleka kwabantu bomdabu ku-COP30. Ngakho konke engikubonile lapha, ngithole ukuqonda okusha kanye nenhlonipho ngemiphakathi enjalo.

Sesifeze lukhulu. Uma sicabangela konke, akunakwenzeka ukuthi singazigqaji ngalokho esikwenzile. Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokusiza iLittlePod ukuthi iwine i-Queen's Award for Enterprise ngo-2018 futhi Umklomelo Wenkosi Webhizinisi ngo-2023. Ungabi ngaphansi kwemicabango yokukhohlisa, ukwenza lokhu akulula noma akulula. Kube neminye imiklomelo kanye nemiklomelo, futhi ngisize ekusunguleni umphakathi ochumayo wamaLittlePodders - amanxusa kanye nabameli abasekelwa kanye nokusekelwa kwabo kubalulekile emizamweni yethu. Ngikuthandile ukudala amakhalenda ethu, ukuthuthukisa Usuku Lwamazwe Ngamazwe Lwevanila Yangempela, Futhi ukwenza iwebhusayithi ye-LittlePod ibe ngezilimi eziningi futhi kufinyeleleka kumakhasimende ethu emhlabeni wonke. Ukusiza uJanet ukuthi abhale incwadi yakhe yesibili - I-Vanilla Yangempela: Iqhawe Lemvelo Elingasuliwe – bekuyinjabulo yangempela. Lokhu kusilethele isikhathi sethu ndawonye esiphethweni esingokwemvelo; manje sekuyisikhathi sesahluko esilandelayo kithi sobabili.

Manje yini elandelayo? Kimi, ngithola okusha, inselelo entsha kanye nethuba lokusebenza kuphrojekthi ebengilokhu ngiyithanda kakhulu. Ngishade nodokotela wezifo zengqondo wezingane kanye nentsha, ngakho-ke impilo yengqondo yentsha yinto engiyikhathalela kakhulu. Besilokhu sithuthuka umkhuba wethu wangasese futhi sekuyisikhathi esifanele sokuba ngithathe indima yesikhathi esigcwele futhi sikwazi ukunikeza ukunakekelwa okukhulu nokusekelwa enanini elikhulayo lalabo abakudingayo. Lona umsebenzi okhethekile futhi osho lukhulu kimi. Bengingeke ngishiye iLittlePod ngenxa yanoma yimuphi omunye umsebenzi. KuLittlePod, okwamanje, unyaka omusha nekhasi elisha endabeni esabhalwa, futhi njengoba uJanet egcwele imibono emisha (njengoba kuhlala kunjalo), umkhankaso uyaqhubeka. Ngihamba nekhabethe lasekhishini eligcwele izinto eziningi. unamathisele we-vanilla wemvelo – engiyithandayo – futhi akukho lutho ngaphandle kokubonga, inhlonipho kanye nokunconywa. Ngizohlala ngiyi-LittlePodder futhi ngilangazelela ukulandela nokubona okulandelayo.

Ngiyabonga LittlePod, Janet kanye nethimba lonke. Nikhethekile kakhulu futhi ngizonikhumbula nonke x