Sustainability is not Starvation
I am a great fan of the History Channel show Alone. A competition pits 10 survivalists against each other as they are dropped off in an uninhabitable region of the [...]
Strategy vs Plans
A lot of companies are wrapping up their financial year ends this month and now go into annual planning sessions for the year ahead. With new budgets coming into effect [...]
Creating Legacies
Legacy is a word we play around with a lot. What does it mean? How does one create it? Who do you leave it to? I was asked to speak [...]
The Dilemma of Once Upon a Future
How is it possible to create a future story for your business or even your own life if you do not know where you are beginning? This is the dilemma [...]
The Graveyard Poem
Another post in memory of my good friend Colin Hall. Colin had many stories and poems about finishing the game of life on a strong note, empty, depleted, and finished. [...]
Strategy vs Operational Leadership
We are often conflicted by where in a business to place emphasis: Strategy or Operation. Do we plan to get better, or do we do things to get better? Where [...]
It is not about winning, It is about how you play the game
In celebration of Colin Hall and all he has done in so many of our lives, each Friday I will be sharing some of his energy journey. This was one [...]
The Innovative Business Framework – Workshop
This month we are hosting a workshop through Sustainable African Strategies. And what better way to kick this year off, than with a dip into business innovation aimed at sustainability? [...]
O Captain my Captain
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the [...]
Once Upon a Now
Each of our own life’s stories contains three distinct chapters: Past, Present and Future. We have no control over the Past or the Future these stories live only in our [...]
My Word for 2024 is
Each year I select a word for the year. This is a sort of theme that I can then build all other activities on. It is not a KPI or [...]
Being a Batty Badger
In December I gave up some of my leave time to spend with one of our clients, Saritha Wolff at her annual Honey Badger Boot Camp in Bredasdorp just inland [...]
