Good morning friends If you’ve had the kind of week I had, then you’ll appreciate this baffled tiger and this curious baby elephant. In fact, even if you’ve had the best week of your life, these snippets will make you even happier. If…
Good morning all Today, we’ll get straight to it… Or maybe not… I keep looking for a way to share Cape Town Heritage Foundation’s Instagram page with you. This beautiful post sharing the story of the Kramats of the Western…
Dear Friends A few weeks ago, I opened The New Yorker to read about a trash-eating sea monster that had appeared in the Hudson. The monster was the WasteShark, an unmanned craft that gobbles our rubbish from urban waterways. In…
Good morning friend My week started with Nonkululeko Britton-Masekela saying these kind words, and it ended with Nomvuyiso Batyi saying this. In the middle of the week, my birthday celebrations continued with my sister paying for a magnificent dinner at…
Knowledge is a garden. If it isn’t cultivated, you can’t harvest it Proverb via The Africa Centre Good morning my dear friends If you’d like some music for your Sunday, you’ll love the Ndlovu Youth Choir’s tribute to Zanzibar-born Farrokh…
“All around the world, we feel uncertainty and want to connect with what roots us to heritage, to the past, with something that has meaning.” – Manchán Magan Dear Friends This is the 160th edition of Strategy, Soul and Self…
Good morning dear friends I have just returned from the Africa Impact Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. The Forum is a biannual gathering of ALI fellows from across the continent. In the room were people from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania,…
“…leading teams becomes a lot more joyful when you know and care about people. It’s freeing.” The Trillion Dollar Coach Good morning friends In the course of my coaching work, I am often asked, “How do I have more effective…
Good morning friends Thursday, 27 April, was South Africa’s Freedom Day. It commemorates South Africa’s first democratic election, held in 1994. Two weeks before that, on 10 April, we remembered Chris Hani who had been assassinated on that day, a…
Last week’s letter focused on getting people ready, willing, and able to change. It reminded us that if we don’t build organisational support and momentum around a strategy, it dies (This letter from March 2022 shares more insight from the Fit for…
“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.” ― Jean de La Bruyère Good morning friends I hope that you’re well today. As you know by now, last Sunday, South Africans Nomcebo…
“Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that’s unfair, I think it’s possible to seek out a kind of fairness” – Haruki Murakami Dear friends The last three years have been tough and there are a few…