ALUMNI: Mark Baker
& Theran Knighton-Fitt (2024)

VENTURE: Mygrow

Mygrow

Cape Town, South Africa

Mygrow sells a B2B SaaS technology product to improve Operations. Our emotional intelligence (EQ) development technology, and rollout ecosystem, improves leadership skills and galvanises the team – to more effectively work together and hit individual KPIs and organisational OKRs. Higher EQ aligns the team and improves leadership ability and colleague relationships. With more EQ, employees more effectively manage themselves and their interactions with each other, for collective success. This results in a healthy organisatonal culture, and the downstream benefits that improve the efficiency of Operations, such as: staff retention, employee wellness, productivity, collaboration and engagement. Mygrow’s additional reporting tools give valuable psychosocial data to equip the business with information on its most valuable assets – guiding the business into success.

Mark Baker

2024 Fellow

co-founder & CEO | Mygrow

Mark Baker is the co-founder, CEO and lead psychologist of Mygrow. He is a psychologist specialising in emotional intelligence (EQ) through technology-driven development to create a more emotionally intelligent world. With 15 years of consulting experience, Mark teamed up with a filmmaker friend to build a tech solution for scaling EQ in organisations, which is currently utilised in 125 countries. Mark aims to establish an inclusive company based on kingdom principles while cherishing weekends with his wife and two boys, often found on the beach or exploring nature trails.

Theran Knighton-Fitt

2024 Fellow

co-founder & Chief Humanising (Creative) Officer | Mygrow

Theran Knighton-Fitt is the co-founder and Chief Humanising (Creative) Officer at Mygrow, where his multifaceted career journey has culminated. With a background spanning creative, academic, and leadership roles, he has spearheaded the development of Mygrow, The Emotional Intelligence Platform. Theran aspires to re-imagine capitalism through emotional intelligence.