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Creating Connections
#151: Librarians are superheroes
When I was a child, my parents had a friend who visited most Decembers. Over the years it became customary that I was given time to ask in detail about…
Courage
I started building my coaching practice a mere six months before the pandemic hit our world. It’s meant that I have had this peculiar experience of creating a new way…
What Future Do You Want?
Good morning I have been overwhelmed by the response to last week’s letter. Many of you shared it with people that you care about and they, in turn, shared it. Thank…
Being You In Business
I am convinced that aeons ago the deities of the Kalahari and Antarctica came to a grudging agreement regarding Cape Town. The summer months would be time for the spirits…
It Is Your Choice. You Can Choose.
Hello friends There’s a lot to say today, so let’s get to it… / STRATEGY The seeds were planted as I read London Business School Professor Gary Hamel and Michele…
How Degrowth Will Save the World
March is Cape Town’s best month. A less generous soul might say that it is the only few weeks of the year where Cape Town’s weather approximates its beauty. This work by…
In The Face Of The Unfathomable, Seek Joy
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…
Despite the backdrop of our pain, South Africa achieves.
Today’s introduction is longer than normal. It’s December, it feels right to reflect a little. Next week will be our last email for the year. I will resume our conversation…
Stay Grounded My Friend
Our language often captures age-old truths that science then confirms. We celebrated people who are ‘grounded’. We stress the importance of ‘knowing our roots’. When someone has ‘deep roots’ in…
Abdullah Verachia’s Disruption Amplified
This week, I wanted to introduce you to Nigerian artist Ndidi Emefiele I loved her piece, Here as in Heaven which is currently showing in London’s Gallery Rosenfeld. Then, Sepanta Bagherpour, Nando’s CMO for North…
How To Think For Yourself, Continued…
It is Sunday again… At the time that I press send it is still momentarily before dawn. In the last few weeks, I have noticed that it is lighter and…
Creative Vision
Sometimes this letter writes itself. Last year, I read Hasan Altaf’s amazing interview with Arundhati Roy. I have been wanting to share it with you but hadn’t been able to find…