Dear friends The month’s writing break is done, and we are back. Apologies if you joined this community whilst I was away. I should have set up an “out-of-office doing deep writing” message, but didn’t. Next time. For those of…
Dear friends Thank you for last week’s birthday wishes. I appreciated them. It was a wonderful weekend with all my favourite things – kayaking, good wine (2017 shiraz from Mullineux and Saronsberg, because I know you want to know), good…
Dear friends Ten days ago, whilst working in the pre-dawn – that sounds hard-working, but in truth, winter sunrise is only at 08h00 – I heard a familiar yet always thrilling sound. A sound somewhat like a water-logged digeridoo being…
Dear friends Last week’s letter was lengthy, so today will be briefer (thank you for your comments and for sharing it with your networks). / strategyTwo weeks ago we discussed Gallup’s 2024 State of the Global Workplace Report and focussed…
Dear friends Apologies to those of you who missed my announcement that I wasn’t writing last weekend, I was flattered to know that you missed our letter. I was speaking at Interconnect Systems Strategy Conference and Standard Bank Group’s Software…
Dear friends This week the 2023 Booker Prize longlist was announced. It is wonderful to see the inclusion of Nigerian author Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s A Spell of Good Things. If you missed it, I shared my thoughts about it in this letter (it…
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 soaked by long steady rains, interrupted only by moments of…
“Leaders are the emotional thermostats of those they lead, and our habits as leaders can spread like a contagion” – Chip Conley Dear Friends At the end of last year, I asked how I could improve this letter. Many of…
Good morning dear friends Summer has been making its way into the Cape. We have gone in search of views and vines, well actually wine but views and vines had a nice rhyme to it, and of course vines and…
I have been thinking about the power of friendship. My thoughts have been triggered by creative partnerships. Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Skin and Len Arran, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the list goes on…all their histories share a similar…
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 Zanini’s Humanocracy. They note that 34% of US employees work in…
Good morning friends Can you believe that this month my coaching practice is two years old and that today is this newsletter’s 80th edition? I have been fortunate to coach an amazing array of people – founders of businesses of all…