It’s 4AM and all is still. The neighbourhood is sound asleep – not a soul to see. You approach a familiar intersection with traffic lights. They are red, no camera. As you approach you can see clearly in all other converging roads to the crossroad – not a car in sight. The roads are empty…
When the star of golf, Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods, fell beneath the deceptive weight of adultery, it shocked the world. The pedestal that he precariously stood upon was rocked and he fell from grace. People who loved all that he stood for were rightly angry for the deception. His wife, Elin, all the more. His…
It’s hot… I mean really hot. 52C. You walk outside and the heat hits you. You unlock the car and jump in. The shock of the red hot seat on the back of your legs near stops your heart. The cabin temperature is 10 degrees hotter and you clench your teeth and suck through the…
Everyone was just enjoying the sun, surf and the pleasures of life. The warning came but most did not understand the signs. The water at the beach began to drain out to sea, like someone had pulled a plug and the sea was being drained. On the horizon a wall could be seen forming. Some…
The Bill is due today! “Oh, it’ll be fine… I’ll let it go for a while longer and wait until I get a Reminder in the mail“. It is the Reminder. “Oh, that’s okay I’ll wait until I get a Final Notice.“ So many people live this way. I met a man who put all…
“I am a Senior Partner of this Consultancy. You are a nothing! I say what goes and what doesn’t! Be afraid, be very afraid!“. His white knuckles pressed hard into the surface of my desk as he leaned over and yelled into my face. As I was reviled that day, it was clear that this…
Accountability has been the catch cry for a lot of organisations of late but not too many truly implement accountability. What we do get is a form of responsibility instead. Many today get confused and don’t know, or want to know, the difference between responsibility and accountability. Responsibility is the ‘ability to respond’. Simple really.…