Category: Insights

  • Toughest Job In The World

    Toughest Job In The World

    So what is the worst job in the world? There are a surprisingly large number of contenders.    The Oxford English Dictionary incurred the wrath of the worlds’ biggest fast-food chain in 2001 when it included for the first time a single word whose meaning: “low-paid job with few prospects” was defined as “McJob”. Mc…

  • Nation In A State

    Nation In A State

    A man walks down a beach and sees thousands of starfish washed up. It will not be long, and they will all be dead. As he walks along the waterline, he occasionally bends over, picks one up and gently puts it back in the water.   “What are you doing?” asks a bemused passer-by. “Why…

  • South African Tourism Sponsoring Spurs

    South African Tourism Sponsoring Spurs

    You might think me mad, but South African Tourism sponsoring Spurs might just be the best idea its ever had. A leaked SA Tourism proposal to spend nearly R1-bn sponsoring UK Premiership club Tottenham Hotspur is being met with a healthy mix of derision and outrage. Hardly surprising. We simply don’t trust anything government or…

  • What do CEO’s tell their children?

    What do CEO’s tell their children?

    I once asked the Discovery Founder and CEO Adrian Gore this exact question. His reply was as detailed as it was fascinating. This is from a 2018 discussion and is more relevant than ever. Discovery is a R100-bn company which impacts more than 25 million lives worldwide and with offerings via Vitality in more than…