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303: Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s Abundance
Dear Friends Last week, I introduced you to Sarah Uhieda’s poetry. This week, global organisation, One Young World gave her a well-deserved scholarship to attend their annual gathering. Earlier in the…
301: Dan Wang’s Breakneck
Dear Friends I initially read Dan Wang’s Breakneck with a simple objective – to deepen my understanding of the world’s largest economies, the US and China. I got that. Unexpectedly, I…
297: No sooner do we make sense of the world than that sense is out of date
Dear friends Let us start today with some whimsy. These occasional starting segues may seem like a distraction, but, in truth, they’re an expression of an important truth: everything is…
#237: Strategy Lessons from TJ Strydom’s Capitec Stalking Giants: The Story of a Challenger Bank
Good morning friends A few years ago, a client said, “I wish I didn’t need others’ approval”. I smiled and replied, “We all do. Practically, it helps us know we’re doing…
#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…
#235: Fragments of Freedom
Dear Friends I struggled to write this week’s letter. There is no shortage of material. I have been my diligent self. A dozen books are stacked next to my desk. l…
#234: “Winning should be at the heart of any strategy”
Good morning good people The Cape’s summer swelter has arrived. In recent days the mercury has nudged 40c, but I remain a red wine lover, so I asked one of…
#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…
#155: Getting people ready, willing and able to change
I took advantage of last week’s writing break to enjoy Cape Town’s continued clinging to summer. Although the mornings are now dark and some days are rain-drenched, others are temperate…
#154: What We Owe the Future
“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness” – Martin Luther King Jnr. Dear friends What we…
#150: ‘be part of something great and unique’
“The future is a fantasy that shapes our present” – Stephen Grosz Good morning It was a busy February in Cape Town. There was the Investec Cape Town Art…
The start of lockdown
Happy Sunday Everyone It is a privilege to be connecting with you in this moment. Thank you for helping me feel part of something bigger than myself. In his book,…