Category: Insights

  • How to destroy a business in one weekend

    How to destroy a business in one weekend

    The OpenAI board would have had its reasons for sacking founder Sam Altman – but as my late grandfather would often say: “There’s nothing common about common sense.” The decision to fire arguably the world’s hottest AI talent in the worlds’ most competitive and fast evolving industries smacks of an epic failure of strategic thinking.…

  • How you leave a job is important

    How you leave a job is important

    David Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary and his elevation to the House of Lords will be a comfort to failed politicians everywhere. Lord Cameron, as he is now known, resigned as Prime Minister in 2016 following the referendum he called in a failed attempt to settle a long-running dispute in his party as to whether…

  • Why do you do what you do?

    Why do you do what you do?

    The word “purpose” is becoming as over-used as “innovation” was a decade ago. Few people will ever find real meaning in their work. For most it’s the thing that fills the gap between school-drop off and kids’ homework in the evening; its primary function is to earn the money required to pay bills. If you…

  • We are a land of winners, led by thieving dunces

    We are a land of winners, led by thieving dunces

    South Africa has survived bad leaders for generations, and it will the current lot. What the 2023 Rugby World Cup has again demonstrated is that South Africans are so much more than those that manage to ooze their way into positions of political power, and, in too many cases, abuse the trust of long-suffering voters.…

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