#205: Your 2024 Survival Guide
Dear Friends Just four years ago, most of the world was in lockdown. In the next twenty-four months many of us lost loved ones, and some of us were grievously ill.…
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#204: Turning Vision into Action
Good morning friends Our last two letters focused on the power unlocked by building a scaffolding of meetings in our businesses. Regular, focused flows of communication are the heartbeat of…
#203: Meetings: From Knowledge of the Normal to Perpetuity – A Recipe to Meet No Danger
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.…
#202: Adapt the nothing
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…
#201: Bin It
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…
#198: Confront the Facts (with help from A.E. Housman)
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…
#196: Leading Change
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…
#195: Who is accountable? Everybody = Nobody
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…
#193: CEO State of Mind (& how to live wisely)
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,…
#192: Tools of Freedom
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…
#189: How to Be Successful (& eat well)
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…
#187: Questions for powerful reflection
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…