Invisible Women
Good morning friends Thank you for the messages checking on my recovery. Like Covid itself, it is filled with unpleasant surprises. I feel strong and positive, only to be hit by an unexpected fit of coughing that feels like I…
Romy Suter
What Future Do You Want?
Good morning I have been overwhelmed by the response to last week’s letter. Many of you shared it with people that you care about and they, in turn, shared it. Thank you for all the messages I received. Many of you…
Inside Covid
This has been a hard week. And so, today’s letter is much more personal than any I’ve ever written to you. I hope that’s okay. I still haven’t got the intellectual resources to dive into James Suzman’s book, but in…
No More Lemons
I guess I was tempting fate with the subject of this week’s letter that had been inspired by Will Santino’s cartoon that I thought captured what we are all feeling. The plan was to explore that whilst the mental health and resilience…
How You Can Build Sustained Performance
“You only have to understand this basic point: Beauty nurtures the soul. Expose yourself to the beautiful, and let it do its work. It will accomplish what you could never dream of. All you have to do is trust it…
Being You In Business
I am convinced that aeons ago the deities of the Kalahari and Antarctica came to a grudging agreement regarding Cape Town. The summer months would be time for the spirits of heat to dance through our streets. Some days it…
Imagination Can Change The Life Of A People
A powerful way to shape strategy, personal or organizational, is to ‘visit the future’. By doing so we enrich our understanding of what we can do to generate the future that we want. That thought has been foremost in my…
It Is Your Choice. You Can Choose.
Hello friends There’s a lot to say today, so let’s get to it… / STRATEGY The seeds were planted as I read London Business School Professor Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini’s Humanocracy. They note that 34% of US employees work in…
A Pan-African Imagination
This Tuesday is Africa Day and so I have turned to a Pan African Pantheon to inspire our imagination, for in the Pan-African tradition an inspired imagination is the precursor to expanded freedom. / STRATEGY Marcus Garvey stated, “A people…
Skin: It Takes Blood And Guts
Good morning everyone I am in a celebratory mood today. If you aren’t, I hope that you will be by the time you’ve finished reading. Rémy Ngamije, the Rwandan-born Nambian author, whose debut novel I told you about in Behaviour Design,…
Living A Meaningful Life
Ten days ago, Aqeela Davids did an unusual thing. She posted this. She told the world that she had failed her South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) exam. Her post triggered hundreds of comments. In amongst the advice and the encouragement were…
Be Sad…
Good morning We live in a world in which millions in one part get vaccinated and speak of a return to normal whilst COVID devastation tears apart the families of India and elsewhere. I have felt overwhelmed by the inequities…