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The Power Of Knowing Who You Are
Good morning Today’s letter might seem like a peculiar marriage, a sports apparel company and an award-winning author and activist. Yet, as I reflected on
Three Quotations To Consider
Hello Everyone Today’s letter is lucky number 13, our thirteenth letter of the year. We’re in April. Remember where you were this time last year?
Some Leadership Lessons
Dear friends Thank you for the replies to last week’s letter, What World Do You Want? It is never an easy decision for me to turn my
The Inequality Virus
Good morning Today is South Africa’s Human Rights Day. In my 6 December letter, I promised to share my reading of Charles van Onselen’s The Night Trains in
Make Work Happier
Good morning friends Earlier this year the prestigious Philadelphia Museum of Art acquired one of South African ceramicist Zizipo Poswa’s works. This followed a 2019 purchase of two
Build Your Life
Good morning everyone We’re in March. I had planned this week’s letter to focus on the tweaks we can make to our work-lives to alleviate
Working With Soul
Last week Sihle Nontshokweni celebrated the fact that her children’s book, Wanda, which she had co-authored with Mathabo Tlali had received its first international review. They wrote the book to “encourage
How Degrowth Will Save the World
March is Cape Town’s best month. A less generous soul might say that it is the only few weeks of the year where Cape Town’s
Apollo’s Arrow: The Coronavirus Context
Good morning everyone Thank you for all the messages I received in response to last week’s letter on burnout. It is clear from the number of
Preventing Burnout
In my average week, I work with 8 clients for 90 minutes at a time. Then I have about 5 conversations with people who are
Businesses Are Not Machines, Nor Are You.
As South Africa came out of our fifth week of lockdown sometime in May last year, I took the decision to stop reading COVID news.
Morality Is Not Just A Question Of Individual Conduct
State capture has occupied the imaginations of South Africans for the last few years. For much of that time it was told as a tale
In The Face Of The Unfathomable, Seek Joy
In the face of the unfathomable, the most powerful thing that one can do is to seek hope, joy, and connection. It doesn’t make the
Being a Better Manager
This year will be overwhelming and tiring. In this context, it’s tempting to draw the curtains and hide out until ‘it’s all over.’ Yet, as
Hello. Please Open Me. We’re Back.
Good morning friends I’ve missed you. I’ve missed the ritual of sitting down each week to write to you, to communicate with you. I’ve missed
