In search of the explicit
Learn to say what you mean and mean what you say. It will change your life.
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- Jun 14, 2020
- 4 min
Online Learning vs. Emergency Remote Teaching
It’s tempting to directly compare emergency remote teaching with real online learning, but the two couldn't be further apart.
- Aug 5, 2019
- 5 min
Senamile Masango – Not Your Everyday Nuclear Physicist
From teen mom to nuclear physicist – meet Senamile Masango, the first African woman to conduct an experiment at CERN.
- Jul 11, 2019
- 5 min
We Need to Get Comfortable with (Real) Failure
The failure I’m talking about is the outright, embarrassing, you-haven’t-got-a-hope kind of failure.
- Jul 1, 2018
- 4 min
A Difficult Conversation on Fear
Why do we avoid talking about certain kinds of fear? In South Africa, it's a conversation intermingled with race.
- Aug 20, 2017
- 6 min
Beyond the Rhetoric of Transformation
Transformation, even in political terms, is a matter of mind and spirit.
- Apr 4, 2017
- 6 min
Why I supported #BlackMonday and will support #NationalShutdown
Thoughts on selective protest in South Africa. Sometimes, solidarity is the only way to save your country.
- Mar 26, 2017
- 5 min
Striving and Being: The Road Less Travelled
How helpful are self-help "gurus"?
- Mar 21, 2017
- 6 min
A Man of Good Hope
Follow the story of one man, Asad, who joins thousands of Somali migrants in their diaspora to the south in search of a better life.
- Feb 17, 2017
- 6 min
The Social Media We Deserve
Do you have the social media YOU deserve?
- Feb 11, 2017
- 6 min
Taking the Low Road: SONA 2017
Thoughts on South Africa's 2017 State of the Nation Address.
- Dec 30, 2016
- 5 min
Redefining "Open Minded"
Have those difficult conversations, even if Piet Van Tonder just doesn't get it. We all have an unspoken responsibility to build bridges.
- Oct 21, 2016
- 5 min
My Two Cents on the State of the Nation
A few thoughts on the messy politics of South Africa and the meaning of leadership.
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