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.

A flywheel builds momentum over time, it requires a big difficult push in the beginning but eventually builds up enough momentum that is seems to nearly run by itself.

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

After Notre Dame was ransacked and burnt during the French Revolution oak trees were planted in Versailles, in case it ever happened again, to provide wood for the roof and specifically for the spire.

95% of the time people in close relationships can not guess the other’s person’s motivation, this was discovered in a study done in the late 90’s using married couples, siblings, and close friends.

The hero at the end of the story is either,

A quote I’ve been pondering lately, not sure who said it, but I heard it from Mark Forrester (cofounder of Woo Themes and Woo Commerce)

Instructions for living a life:

At the end of the story the hero changes. She becomes someone better, or reunites with someone, or discovers she had what she wanted all along (ruby slippers anyone?).