May 5Designing for serendipityThis should have been the title of the talk I gave last week while speaking at an innovation jam in Spain. Hindsight is always twenty-twenty. My brain starts to make more succinct connections when I give it the chance to slow down and download the bits that are flying around…Serendipity9 min read
Jan 8I’m diving head first into Web3, here’s whyChange. “You only need to know the direction, not the destination. The direction is enough to make the next choice.” James Clear This is not a piece that will try to define Web3 (there are many people on Twitter who can do that far better than I can) or…Web 39 min read
Jul 13, 2021Appreciate time — the non-renewable resourceIn our younger years, we can’t wait to grow up. We wish that we would grow up faster. You always want to be older and more experienced. What if we showed greater appreciation for the stage we were in and didn’t wish so much for the next best thing? This…Time2 min read
Jul 12, 2021Gaining and learning from experienceIn the world today we have a lot of information at our finger tips. As a part of the millennial generation in the world, I have asked myself, on many occasions, the question of what it must have been like not to have Google at the ready to answer any…Experience3 min read
Jun 29, 2021Where to next?A tough piece to write, but I feel that as a country we are at a tipping point and one that may be very hard to come back from if we are not honest about the need to right the ship. I am a young South African. Someone with an…Thinking3 min read
Jun 15, 2021Change and moving through timeWhile preparing for a podcast this evening, I was reading about Spiral Dynamics and phase transitions. Taking a deep dive into modernism, the different stages and societies reactions to change. It reminded me of why I started writing these short pieces of daily reflecting in the first place. I wasn’t…Change1 min read
May 13, 2021Thinking bigThere is a difference between arrogance and confidence. I am sure you may have heard this saying before, but have you ever really taken the time to process what it means? Just because a person has the confidence to believe in their ideas, doesn’t mean you should knock them. Of…Thinking1 min read
May 12, 2021Do we know what it is that we are doing?In our fast-paced world, it can be easy to get caught up in letting things just run for the sake of. There is always so much on the go and the ability to see through the craziness takes time, something which we think we don’t have much of but it’s…Perspective1 min read
May 11, 2021Getting back on the trainRiding bikes is fun, falling is part of the journey and getting back up is what makes it all worthwhile. As a young kid I enjoyed riding my bike, I would spend hours practicing jumps and seeing how quickly I could race around the garden. It is natural to assume…Learning2 min read
May 6, 2021Making the timeAs I sat down to dinner this evening with friends, who I can quite easily call my family, I was reminded about how important it is to make the time to do the small things that we far to often let go of when life gets full. It’s easy to…Time1 min read