Dear friends If you need a smile (who doesn’t?), this video of two playful leopard clubs may do the trick. If you’re more of a fashion-loving sort, then these collabs between African designers and global brands might suffice. /strategyWe all…
Good morning good people I hope you’re well. The last few weeks haven’t had a lot of space for segues into art, wine and food, and today is not that different. I’ll be brief. You may remember a year ago…
I apologise. I know that all effective conversations have four components – establishing relationship, deepening understanding, exploring possibilities, and agreeing action. Last week, I ignored this. It was a month since I’d written to you, and I felt pressured (my…
In January 2020, I started writing strategy, soul, and self – a weekly letter that shares insight and inspiration from my coaching practice. As the letter developed, I included snippets of Cape Town life. Over time the snippets sprawled into…
Would it be unfair to claim that Kirstenbosch’s Botanical Gardens is the world’s most beautiful concert venue? I don’t think so. I can’t think of a better one. The Gardens are one of Cape Town’s gems. Cape Town is…
I started writing my weekly letter in January 2020. Somewhere along the way, I started to share the work of artists that had moved me. It wasn’t intentional. It was more like my love of art and beauty had leaked…
A powerful way to shape strategy, personal or organizational, is to ‘visit the future’. By doing so we enrich our understanding of what we can do to generate the future that we want. That thought has been foremost in my…
I had started writing a different letter to you this week and then, as I watched this sunset from a friend’s porch in the Banhoek Valley, this letter started to write itself and so here we are, with a different letter to the…