Category: Insights

  • What I have learned from Discovery

    What I have learned from Discovery

    By around 2050 sometime, current projections suggest there will around 10 billion of us sharing the increasingly strained resources of the single habitable planet in our solar system. Elon Musk and others are considering the feasibility of a multi-planetary future – while back on planet earth there are those looking ahead to more earthly challenges-with…

  • The biggest thing l learned from NinetyOne

    The biggest thing l learned from NinetyOne

    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…

  • The biggest thing l learned from Investec

    The biggest thing l learned from Investec

    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…

  • Understanding purpose and its power – The Nando’s Story 

    Understanding purpose and its power – The Nando’s Story 

    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…