It’s the 16th of October. We’re approaching the end of an arduous three years. Last year, Nicholas Christakis’s Apollo’s Arrow helped us explore the coronavirus
I loved artist Simphiwe Ndzube’s posts honouring the great South African sculptors Noria Mabasa and Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi (You can read more about Sebidi here). It is wonderful to see
Good morning You’ll remember that earlier this year I dived into the basics of running effective organisations. I did so because we are all confronting profound
Good morning friends If this is the first time you’re reading this letter, you can subscribe here and learn more about my coaching practice here. This week The
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
This has been a hard week. And so, today’s letter is much more personal than any I’ve ever written to you. I hope that’s okay.
I guess I was tempting fate with the subject of this week’s letter that had been inspired by Will Santino’s cartoon that I thought captured what we
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
Good morning everyone We’re in March. I had planned this week’s letter to focus on the tweaks we can make to our work-lives to alleviate
Good morning everyone Thank you for all the messages I received in response to last week’s letter on burnout. It is clear from the number of
In my average week, I work with 8 clients for 90 minutes at a time. Then I have about 5 conversations with people who are
As South Africa came out of our fifth week of lockdown sometime in May last year, I took the decision to stop reading COVID news.
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