Microsoft founder Bill Gates says: “The best thing you can do for your competitors is to hire badly.” NinetyOne founder Hendrik du Toit’s hiring by Investec in the 1990’s is the stuff of corporate legend and you will hear different versions of it on the podcast. Suffice to say it took a while and the…

It’s hard to stand out from the crowd. Most people sail through life trying to not draw attention to themselves, petrified of being different. To be truly successful you have to be able to put yourself out in the world in a way that draws attention to who you are and what it is that…

Nando’s is one of South Africa’s proudest consumer exports. With nearly 1500 stores in more than 30 countries the brand is gaining traction in new markets all the time. It has more than 500 stores in the UK and Northern Ireland where most patrons know it to be exotic but suspect it’s probably British because…

We are losing the war against climate change. I recently had the privilege of delivering my first ever TedX talk looking at ways of accelerating better climate outcomes.   Capitulation is not an option, so we need to find new strategies with which to combat the devastating pace of climate change.   There is a…