I believe that each of us has something unique that we bring to the world. A thing that is our calling, vocation, passion or purpose.

And it is more than a career or a specific job.

You woke up.

It’s my daughter’s birthday today, so we are celebrating. We woke her up early with a bowl of ice cream with birthday candles.

We humans like to compare ourselves with those around. It is a remnant of evolution I suppose, to see who the strongest is, who the alpha is.

"In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous." —Elsa Schiaparelli

Do you know what happens to the breakfast you just ate?

When you head out to your goal, it is like swimming in open water in the ocean. It’s a long stretch, it’s often difficult to see, there are unexpected currents, and sometimes sharks.

“Sweat in training so you do not bleed in war”, whoever said that hit the nail on the head.

One of the major things that happen in chaotic times is hierarchies disappear.

I listened to a talk from Lauren Beukes the other day, she is probably one of South Africa’s greatest contemporary writers, besides being hilarious and

Organisations are most profitable when things are optimised to run at their most efficient, when there is order

The best Sushi in the world is served at a 10 seat restaurant in Tokyo, Sukiyabashi Yiro.

The meal takes about 15 minutes, and the washroom is outside. To say the place is small is an understatement. It also has three Michelin stars.

Organic growth is great, fast organic growth is fantastic. Organic growth, when an organisation grows naturally is strong, healthy and long lasting growth.

It’s one thing to go sailing into dangerous waters, it is quite another to throw your team overboard in dinner jackets.

Your biggest research project should be about,

Jim Collins, the author of Build to Last and Good to Great, carries a triple stopwatch in his pocket so he can measure what he spends his time on during his day.

Too often these are confused. Usually managing is mistaken for leading and we end up with leaderless organisation or vice versa. Yes, these two functions overlap, and yes they can be the same person, but they require very different things.

There’s a story of a Sufi mystic who was wrongfully imprisoned. While in prison his wife weaved a special prayer rug for him and had it sent to him in his cell.

I’ve been reading ‘A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War’ by Joseph Loconte. The book tells of the friendship between J.R.R Tolkien and