The Innovation Rhyme
What is there were a simple to use methodology to enable innovation and accelerate change? This is what my Formula of Persuasion offers. Here is an extract of the presentation [...]
Inducted into the Hall of Fame
The Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA) awards members who have shown exemplary service within their industry over several years evidenced by published content, peer review and impact in [...]
The world is my chess board.
Understanding and learning to play chess is an important part of success in life. Chess is not just a game in which you move pieces around a board and win [...]
When funny is not funny anymore
A great story is always made better when it includes funny. Making your audience laugh elevates the good hormones and releases tension bringing people together. Funny allows the storyteller to [...]
Is Sustainability Stickable?
Developing sustainable processes within business environments has become key to CEO and Operational teams. It is not the best practice to dive in a try things that fail and result [...]
Happy Pi Day
Today we celebrate not only Pi Day (3/14) but also the Professional Speakers Celebration Day. So firstly, for the maths nerds: Pi (π) is a mathematical constant that represents the [...]
Who are your Supporting Characters?
For every story, there is the hero, the one who rescues the princess or overcomes the obstacle to clutch victory in the face of defeat. But a lot of this [...]
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. [...]
