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Cape Town Life
253: Quartermain’s Safari Camp. Think with the world. Act.
Dear friends First, I must apologise. A few weeks ago, one of my favourite young winemakers, Banele Vakele released his most recent vintage and I didn’t tell you. My fussy…
247: How Not to Grow. Know Yourself. Halfaampieskraal.
Dear friends It’s good to be back. I hope you’re well. The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced this week. As always, I am reaching for my credit card whilst dreaming…
#233: Listen to the signals
Good morning good people As always, thank you for being here. You can read past editions of the newsletter here and find our favourite quotations here. Time Out Magazine released their…
#191: Being Effective (Part Two)
Dear All My holiday break, of course, included wine, I live in Cape Town after all. There was a lazy Winemaker’s lunch beneath Rust en Vrede’s oaks. Despite summer’s heat,…
#174: Jonah Berger’s Magic Words
Good morning good people In last week’s letter, we encountered Bulgarian Booker-Prize winner, Georgi Gospodinov’s formulation that “When people with whom you’ve shared a common past leave, they take half…
#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…
#164: Lekkerwater, Jazz and Alienation
Good morning my friends Please forgive me, I have meandered a little today. I will return to our tighter formula next week. Winter has arrived in the Cape. The days are…
#155: Getting people ready, willing and able to change
I took advantage of last week’s writing break to enjoy Cape Town’s continued clinging to summer. Although the mornings are now dark and some days are rain-drenched, others are temperate…
Cape Town Life (or a snake and wine)
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…
#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…
#146: Living in Complexity
“Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that’s unfair, I think it’s possible to seek out a kind of fairness” – Haruki Murakami Dear friends The last…
A Night With Gregory Porter
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…