Dear friends Many businesses and teams are so caught up in day-to-day delivery that they never align how they spend time and resources to their objectives, resulting in enormous wastage. Everything is focused on what must be done; insufficient time…
Good morning dear friends Today, we start with soul for reasons that will become clear. /soulThere are many translations of the Tao Te Ching’s eleventh verse. Each translation presents a slight nuance exploring its core concept, that emptiness can create…
Dear friends Running organisations is a tricky affair. There are no end of strategy books to help you identify the key levers you should pull, the templates that need to be filled, and the metrics to be monitored. Then there are…
Dear Friends After last week’s letter, I received several emails sharing memories of other grandfathers who’d served in WW2 and other conflicts. Each email reflected on the pain that lived on decades past the war. William Bird alerted me…
Good morning friends PWC’s 2024 Global CEO Survey notes that forty-five per cent of the CEOs surveyed believe their company will not be viable in ten years if they don’t change. Given the importance of leading change, I asked Constance…
Hello dear friends In November, Mr. Siphiwe Mpye, editor of Business Day’s Wanted Magazine challenged me to write a piece that held both December’s festivities and where we were in the world’s history. It went through a few iterations. For…
My dear friends Happy Sunday. If you’ve been reading for a while, you’ll know that I love sculpture. If you visit my home you’ll see a smattering, David Brown bronzes, gorgeous little wooden sculptures carved by artists whose names are…
Dear Friends Personal effectiveness is a prerequisite for impact. No change can happen unless we are self-aware and self-generating. For it to be more than anxious busyness, it must be yoked to vision and strategy, which in turn are only meaningful…
Good morning my dear friends We’re back. I trust you have had a good start to your year. I started my year compiling my 2024 reading list (These were my favourite books in 2023). Let me know what you think is missing…
Dear friends Thank you for your messages after last week’s letter. Although it broke format and ran much longer than usual, it appears it resonated. I appreciated the feedback and the conversations that followed. Appropriately for the second last letter of…
Dear friends For those of you inspired by the Springboks, but despairing that South Africa (indeed the world) seems to not have many other leaders, I have just bought Imtiaz Sooliman and the Gift of the Givers by Shafiq Morton and…
The more inclusive a society, the more it is perceived as a just society; and just societies are safer for everyone. Simply put, the pursuit of inclusion is in everyone’s interest” – David Sengeh Good morning my friends We live…