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Communication
#236: “Respect words and use them artfully”
Good morning good people Thank you for your comments after last week’s letter, Fragments For Freedom. It was good to know, it resonated with many of you. Several readers shared Ezra Klein’s Don’t…
#226: Not All Hills Are Equal
Dear Friends If you’re visiting Cape Town soon, be sure to see Alexis Preller’s retrospective, Mythical Lexicon at the Norval Foundation. Preller is one of South Africa’s greatest artists, his work…
#206: Create Conditions for Consistent Communication
Dear friends It’s been some time since I shared art, food and wine with you. Let’s go… I love LA-based ceramicist Jonathan Yamakami’s little walking vase, one of my favourite…
#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…
#166: Communicate like a bulldog; make it compact with a strong core
Knowledge is a garden. If it isn’t cultivated, you can’t harvest it Proverb via The Africa Centre Good morning my dear friends If you’d like some music for your Sunday,…
#165: Should you or what could you? What is the difference?
Good morning my friends Let’s start with some sweetness… If you have young children, Cape Town freediver Zandi Ndhlovu’s book Zandi’s Song is a gorgeous celebration of the ocean’s beauty.…
#156: Stories that stick
Last week’s letter focused on getting people ready, willing, and able to change. It reminded us that if we don’t build organisational support and momentum around a strategy, it dies (This…
#140: Working with artists (and others like them)
I wanted to get straight to business today. I wasn’t inspired to share any particular piece of art, amusing cartoon, wine to drink, or place to visit. I grudgingly decided…
Finding Your Voice
There’s a world in which finding my voice would mean me confidently wearing Kuboraum’s whacky Venetian-inspired frames. In other words, not any time soon. Far more likely would be me cruising…
Make Work Happier
Good morning friends Earlier this year the prestigious Philadelphia Museum of Art acquired one of South African ceramicist Zizipo Poswa’s works. This followed a 2019 purchase of two of her works by the LA…
The Best Entrepreneurs? They Let Fires Burn
Happy Sunday Everyone I am starting today on a personal note. Just over a year ago I just changed the headline on my LinkedIn Profile from Chief Operations Officer to Coach. It…