Good morning my friends I’ve had a fun week watching South Africans popping up all over the global stage. Cape Town illustrator, Russel Abrahams contributed the editorial illustration to an HBR Ascend article on imposter syndrome. Jan Ernst’s Womb collection opened at Collectible Fair in Brussels; Matthew Hindley’s majestic…
Two weeks ago, we spent a few days in Seaforth, Simonstown. It is a small suburb that hugs Boulders Beach sanctuary, home to the African penguin. You know that you’re in a special place when the instructions for the rental…
Good morning friends Before we get started today, a few practical things. First, I won’t be writing to you next weekend. I will be taking a short break. Second, if like me, you find your body getting stiffer from too…
This Tuesday is Africa Day and so I have turned to a Pan African Pantheon to inspire our imagination, for in the Pan-African tradition an inspired imagination is the precursor to expanded freedom. / STRATEGY Marcus Garvey stated, “A people…
Good morning Today’s letter might seem like a peculiar marriage, a sports apparel company and an award-winning author and activist. Yet, as I reflected on the Nike’s and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s stories, it struck me that there was a golden…
Dear friends Thank you for the replies to last week’s letter, What World Do You Want? It is never an easy decision for me to turn my attention to the broader socio-political themes that frame our individual journeys, so it was gratifying…
In the face of the unfathomable, the most powerful thing that one can do is to seek hope, joy, and connection. It doesn’t make the nonsensical, sensible. It doesn’t make the pain go away, but it does add energy, it…
Good morning friends I’ve missed you. I’ve missed the ritual of sitting down each week to write to you, to communicate with you. I’ve missed the conversations that follow. It is good to be back. Well, strictly speaking, we’re not…
Good morning friends This is our last email for the year. Thank you for reading, for all the times you’ve reached out to me, for the times you’ve gifted me with suggestions that have enriched my knowledge, for inspiring me…
The absolute joy of writing this letter to you each week is the generosity that comes back. After last week’s letter I was given copies of Oliver Sacks’ autobiography On The Move and Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees.…
A few days ago, The New Yorker published this cartoon with the caption, “Remember when we thought the pandemic was only going to last a couple of weeks?” Last week Fortune Magazine published the results of a survey of the CEOs of…
Good morning friends Today’s letter is a mixed bag of musing. I couldn’t think of a clever way to hold it all together, so I hope you enjoy the meander as much as I enjoyed putting it together. If you’ve…