Good morning friends At the end of 2025, Eben Etzebeth released his biography, Unlocked. Etzebeth is South African rugby’s most capped player. In fact, he is one of the most capped players in all of rugby history. He has two…
Dear friends Strategy, Soul & Self weaves together three threads, I believe are essential to leadership and life. First, the ability to hold a compelling vision — and translate it into social and organisational reality. Second, the awareness that no…
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Dear friends If my current client conversations are anything to go by, you’re probably drowning in meetings and processes, bouncing from one thing to the next, feeling overwhelmed and powerless – two deadly drivers of burnout – to change it.…
Good morning good friends /strategyStrategy conversations are often dominated by innovation, acquisition and the like. They are important. As important is operational excellence. FT Strategies August newsletter, The Path to Profitability, included this observation, “Based on data from over 400…
Dear Friends Just four years ago, most of the world was in lockdown. In the next twenty-four months many of us lost loved ones, and some of us were grievously ill. In February 2021, I turned to physician and sociologist Nicholas Christakis’s…
Good morning friends Our last two letters focused on the power unlocked by building a scaffolding of meetings in our businesses. Regular, focused flows of communication are the heartbeat of success. However, as I finished last week’s letter, I was…
Dear friends Many businesses and teams are so caught up in day-to-day delivery that they never align how they spend time and resources to their objectives, resulting in enormous wastage. Everything is focused on what must be done; insufficient time…
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 valley and its surrounding hills had signed a pact to…
Good morning friends Don’t you love this vintage Borghesani wooden robot bar? That’s my kind of AI 😊 A few weeks ago, I introduced you to the work of Cape Town illustrator, Russel Abrahams, so it was great to see that…
Two weeks ago, we spent a few days in Seaforth, Simonstown. It is a small suburb that hugs Boulders Beach sanctuary, home to the African penguin. You know that you’re in a special place when the instructions for the rental…
I got a little enthusiastic with this week’s topics, so we’ve got to jump right into it. It’s a bit long today. I think it’s worth it. I hope that you agree. But before we do, we must pause to…