#183: A little more Sigourney Weaver
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…
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#179: David Sengeh’s Radical Inclusion
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…
#178: Building Fearless Organizations
Good morning Last week’s letter focused on a key moment of leadership displayed by Springbok rugby captain, Siya Kolisi. Enrique López Ponce, Nordex Group’s Vice President of the International Business Development…
#170: Lessons from Land O’Lakes, “Be the iceberg, not the Titanic.”
It’s been a winter in Cape Town, which means wet, very wet. Joyfully, it means nature glowing green. As we drove into Greyton last weekend it was as if the…
#168: Bureaucracy Must Die
Good morning dear friends If you like your art edgy, then you’ll love Dominique Cheminais’ Mr Abaddon of the Hotel Panoptica (in fact you’ll love all her work and the…
#163: Create possibility with your customers
“Perfectionism is one way our muscles cramp. In some cases, we don’t even know that the wounds and the cramping, are there, but both limit us. They keep us moving…
#162: Sales, Marriage, Near-Death And Life
Good morning, dear friends Before we start today, join me in congratulating Nthabi Kekana who this month becomes the third, and youngest artist to date, to participate in the Makwande Art Residency in France.…
#161: Some Thoughts About Sales
Dear All Two of my favourite artists have recently opened new shows. Ceramicist Zizipho Poswa opened iiNtsika zeSizwe (Pillars of the Nation), at Galerie56 in Tribeca. These astonishing photographs form a backdrop to her magnificent bronzes.…
ChatGPT and Me
On 19 May 2023, I was writing what would be my 160th newsletter. I started writing Strategy, Soul & Self in January 2020, both as a way of sharing the…
#154: What We Owe the Future
“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness” – Martin Luther King Jnr. Dear friends What we…
#151: Librarians are superheroes
When I was a child, my parents had a friend who visited most Decembers. Over the years it became customary that I was given time to ask in detail about…
#150: ‘be part of something great and unique’
“The future is a fantasy that shapes our present” – Stephen Grosz Good morning It was a busy February in Cape Town. There was the Investec Cape Town Art…