I wrote this article recently for the Mail & Guardian. I have since had some interesting responses to it, so I thought I’d put it up on my blog.
I have been asked to write a piece on why I believe that you as a student should stay in South Africa in the face of […]
I’ve just come back from speaking at a conference in Dubai, where I was completely awestruck by the enormous scale of the visions that are being made into reality. There are mindblowing projects like the Palms and the World (man-made islands in the sea), Dubailand (280 million square metres of development, almost equivalent to […]
I am currently in Barcelona, attending a conference on Place Branding. Today is the Grand Prix, so the place is teeming with people from everywhere. It’s an amazing city that has built its international reputation largely on the back of huge events, starting with the Olympics in 1992. Before 1992 the city […]
I have recently been appointed the CEO of a new organisation called Accelerate Cape Town (ACT). Accelerate Cape Town is an organisation started by leaders of key businesses in the Cape, who are concerned that complacency and lack of cohesive thinking make it increasingly difficult to attract and retain businesses and top talent in […]