A sports fan, a zealot and a hack all look at the outcome before they decide if they’re happy with the process that led to it.

Whenever the office phone rang, Jeanette Marais wanted to answer it. That was how she realised a career as an actuarial scientist wasn’t for her.

When we look about us, we see the truth everywhere of the failure of any of the three metanarratives of the 20th century; capitalism, communism and fascism, each one of which has proven to be unsustainable in the end.

Change starts from within. Nowhere is this adage truer than with the internal appointment of Satya Nadella as CEO of Microsoft in 2014, succeeding Steve Ballmer, who in turn succeeded Bill Gates.

The idea that business must sacrifice profits to do good must be turned on its head.

What kind of organisation do we need for the future? Creative and innovative? Or lean and efficient?

It's an uncomfortable truth that more than half the decisions we make fail - sometimes with dire consequences in the realm of business.

Despite the leadership development business being a multibillion dollar/pound/rand business, ethical political and business leaders who inspire confidence are few and far between.

We’re supposed to give you a pass because you were full on, all day. Frantically moving from one thing to the other, never pausing to catch your breath, and now you’re exhausted.

CEOs are quickly derailed without a sense of community.