OVERCOMING ADVERSITY IS A SUPERPOWER
Work with the Founder. Experience the Difference.
Transformation, at The Manifesto, is both art and science, shaped by years of research, observation, and lived experience. When you choose to work directly with the founder, you enter a space where psychology meets purpose, and personal evolution becomes practical.
Every session, masterclass, and program is designed to bring clarity, confidence, and momentum into your life or organisation. This is a personalised experience that adapts to who you are, what you need, and where you are going. Because when you learn from the person who created the method, change happens faster, deeper, and with lasting impact. For tailor made solutions you may contact us to discuss your needs.
Our Founder
Yashoda Ram’s journey is both analytical and deeply human. For almost twenty years she has worked at the intersection of data, design, and decision-making, building a career that bridges technical mastery with emotional intelligence.
Her path began in the world of financial mathematics and actuarial science. As a long-standing member of the Actuarial Society of South Africa, Yashoda passed ten of the board’s examinations and spent over a decade inside some of the world’s leading organisations, Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, Zurich Insurance (now Bryte) and Telesure Investment Holdings, where she learned how systems succeed or fail depending on the people who run them.
Her professional foundation evolved into senior executive roles focused on risk, strategy, and leadership. Along the way she completed advanced studies through Harvard Business School Online, earning a Certificate of Specialisation in Business in Society with distinction, and completed programs in Sustainable Business Strategy, Global Business, Sustainable Investing, and FinTech through Harvard’s VPAL and HarvardX initiatives. She also holds certifications in Behavioural Finance from Duke University, Negotiation from Yale University, and executive development from GIBS.
In 2018 she founded Bliss Point Consulting, a boutique advisory designed to merge technical precision with human understanding. It was through this work that she recognised a truth that data alone could not answer, that transformation, whether personal or organisational, requires more than insight. It requires integration.
Her career reached a defining moment in 2022 during a widely publicised case in which her professional integrity was challenged and later upheld in the High Court of South Africa, confirming her credibility and reaffirming her commitment to transparency. That experience, confronting adversity publicly yet emerging stronger, became the turning point that gave rise to The Manifesto.
In 2023 Yashoda formalised her coaching credentials through the South African College of Applied Psychology, qualifying as a certified practitioner. Today she serves as the Founder and Chief Strategist of The Manifesto, guiding individuals, executives, and organisations through programs rooted in psycho-cybernetics, neuroscience, and behavioural design.
Yashoda’s work is shaped by both intellect and empathy. She understands data the way some people understand art, intuitively, emotionally, with a sense of what lies beneath the surface. Her ability to translate complexity into clarity has made her a trusted voice on resilience, confidence, and self-direction.
She often says that awareness is biology, and biology can be trained.
That belief remains the foundation of The Manifesto, and the reason she continues to teach others how to train their brains, rewrite their stories, and transform their worlds.
