The new idea either finds a champion or it dies. No ordinary involvement with a new idea provides the energy required to cope with the indifference and resistance that change provokes.

They say plan it. I say do it.

My real bottom-line hypothesis is that nobody has a sweet clue what they’re doing. Therefore you better be trying stuff at an insanely rapid pace. You want to be screwing around with nearly everything. Relentless experimentation was probably important in the 1970s-now it’s do or die.

The winners stun us not by their cleverness, but by the fact that every tiny aspect of the business is just a touch better than the norm.

If timing ain't everything, it's damn close

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.

Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.