State capture has occupied the imaginations of South Africans for the last few years. For much of that time it was told as a tale of shady politicians and a clique of special friends, but over the last while a…
The absolute joy of writing this letter to you each week is the generosity that comes back. After last week’s letter I was given copies of Oliver Sacks’ autobiography On The Move and Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees.…
Good morning everyone Like all of us, South African artist Simphiwe Ndzube was forced to improvise during lockdown. Last week, the Stevenson gallery shared 6 new works that emerged from his makeshift studio. They’re an amazing part of what Ndzube calls a “cosmology of…
Good morning everyone We know the numbers. In the US, women constitute 44% of the workforce in S&P 500 companies but occupy only 6% of the CEO roles. At the beginning of 2019, The Conversation reported that in South Africa “no female CEOs…
“You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.” Chekhov’s words have always resonated with me. And yet, I often encounter leaders whose mantra is that trust must be earned. In the cut-and-thrust of corporate life my turning…
Good morning humans Forgive the oddball greeting. I have been immersed in Tade Thompson’s excellent sci-fi Wormwood trilogy. I came to know about it reading The eight must read African Novels to get you through lockdown. Although I am not a massive…
Good morning friends How are you? No, really, how are you? Pause and take a moment to connect to yourself. Sit quietly on this Sunday morning. Close your eyes. Breathe. Scan your body. Where are you holding tension? Are…
Good morning friends In Good to Great, leading business thinker Jim Collins developed the concept of the flywheel. In an accompanying monograph he writes, “No matter how dramatic the end result, good-to-great transformations never happen in one fell swoop. In…