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 [...]
4 Ways to Sustainability
The fight for sustainability is as brutal as the Black Friday rush for the chocolates. People are focused on the destination without thinking too much about the process. In doing [...]
Choices and Consequences
I was thinking the other day, as one does, that life can suck for some and not so much for others. Why is that? I was thinking to myself. This [...]
What is Strategy?
When I introduce myself as a Strategy Consultant, a lot of people seem to be unaware of firstly what a consultant does and mostly of what strategy is. Here is [...]
Innovation – New and Novel
People seem to be stuck on this innovation thing and I want to clear some things up. The concept of innovation does not require new or novel. Do not believe [...]
We have the Power to Change the Story
If your story is not going the way you want: Pause and change it. Easier said than done, but true. If we are watching a movie on Netflix and the [...]
Sustainability has everything to do with Companionship
If we use vegetable gardens as a metaphor for sustainability, we have a lot to learn from the humble food garden. If you have a small vegetable patch at home, [...]
Is it not time to bring in the Strategy Consultant?
Most business owners I have met have a big issue about asking for help: Yes, you too. Mostly the men, but some of the women Entrepreneurs seem to feel that [...]
Innovation Requires Better Water than Fish
For innovation to happen, it requires a healthy fish tank rather than excellent fish. I attended a talk last week by Dr Mark Kahn who suggested that the fish tank [...]
