I've always believed that expectations are a self-fulfilling prophecy. The lower the expectations, the lower the performance and the less-satisfying the result. But is this just the typical type-A personality view? Can having high expectati...
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We often use sport metaphors in our everyday vocabulary. Around a boardroom table, we easily refer to dropping the ball, levelling the playing field, below par performances or being saved by the bell. In its preparation, commitment and comp...
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Much has been said about the importance of creating an experience around your brand. On this platform, I've even called experience the fifth P of Marketing, joining the traditional price, product, promotion and place as the pillars of this ...
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In a recent CNN clip about the reopening of restaurants "post"-Covid, chef Yotam Ottolenghi is quoted to say that restaurants are about bringing people together. Sport is another way in which we bring people together, but like restaurants, ...
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Although it is Covid that prevents the Franschhoek Valley's traditional Bastille festivities this week, isn't there something almost uneasy about celebrating the French Revolution, in the same week we had devastating riots in South Africa? ...
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