#220: Love &
Hello friends I am back. I’d paused the letter for two weeks to get on top of all I’d read. Although not as productive as I’d hoped, I was partially successful. My research assistants corralled nine recently read books’ highlights into…
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#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 work of Malian painter Famakan Magassa). If you’re in a…
#116: Take A Starter Step
Good morning friends If this is the first time you’re reading this letter, you can subscribe here and learn more about my coaching practice here. This week The Doc, a documentary about one of the pioneers of rap, D.O.C., was released at the…
Being a Better Manager
This year will be overwhelming and tiring. In this context, it’s tempting to draw the curtains and hide out until ‘it’s all over.’ Yet, as famous baseball player and coach, ‘Yogi’ Berra, once put it, “If you don’t know where…
Behaviour Design, Being Perfect, And Pan-African Possibilities
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…
Building Personal Mastery
Good morning everyone Personal mastery is challenging. One must inspire oneself and others with a vision that, in the current moment, feels optimistic, maybe even a touch fantastical. And, one must hold a sober-minded assessment of the present. A…
Strategies to help manage
Good morning everyone Everyone I speak to is motivated to make the best of the lockdown. Yet, this is an entirely unique moment and we all know that motivation is a fickle friend (remember your New Year’s resolutions?). We need…