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"https://sunwords.com/2023/02/12/no-essential-government-deliverables-are-not-goodies/", "published_at": "2023-02-12T06:34:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d35e-fcff-700a-89a3-5cee4f5b4cc7", "title": "The big reveal: here are the secrets of success", "url": "https://sunwords.com/2023/02/05/the-big-reveal-here-are-the-secrets-of-success/", "published_at": "2023-02-05T04:00:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d35e-fcff-700a-89a3-5cee4f5dd6a2", "title": "A tap-and-go world is already here. What now?", "url": "https://sunwords.com/2023/01/29/a-tap-and-go-world-is-already-here-what-now/", "published_at": "2023-01-29T04:00:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d35e-fcff-700a-89a3-5cee505a8bb0", "title": "This airline’s recent meltdown has lessons for us all", "url": "https://sunwords.com/2023/01/22/this-airlines-recent-meltdown-has-lessons-for-us-all/", "published_at": "2023-01-22T04:00:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d35e-fcff-700a-89a3-5cee50c3af27", "title": "Reminder: why you should read more books", "url": "https://sunwords.com/2023/01/15/reminder-why-you-should-read-more-books/", "published_at": "2023-01-15T04:00:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d35e-fcff-700a-89a3-5cee518b5379", "title": "Morocco played long. 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2024

Some unusual principles for success original ↗

8 Sept 2024

Whose blood is in your bread?original ↗

1 Sept 2024

Faith Kipyegon has lessons for her nation original ↗

25 Aug 2024

Support those brave souls who start businesses original ↗

18 Aug 2024

Your barber will always recommend a haircut original ↗

11 Aug 2024

AI’s moment is here. Caution needed original ↗

4 Aug 2024

How four computing waves created Gen Z original ↗

28 Jul 2024

To be a great leader, think like a farmer original ↗

21 Jul 2024

Don’t be surprised by surprises original ↗

14 Jul 2024

It takes mavericks to change the game original ↗

7 Jul 2024

What is a nation?original ↗

30 Jun 2024

Value your instincts, but reinforce them with learning original ↗

23 Jun 2024

Why we should all be activists original ↗

16 Jun 2024

Humans are at their best when they embrace their diversity original ↗

9 Jun 2024

Learning from two fascinating football managers original ↗

2 Jun 2024

Don’t waste time looking for the perfect strategy original ↗

26 May 2024

Is it ever enough?original ↗

19 May 2024

A message from Mother Earth original ↗

12 May 2024

What example are you setting for your descendants?original ↗

5 May 2024

Do you view people as means, or ends?original ↗

28 Apr 2024

Make yourself a truth worth telling original ↗

21 Apr 2024

The essence of a good business? Always the same original ↗

14 Apr 2024

Why contentment is a state we should all hope to attain original ↗

31 Mar 2024

All the talent we ignore will find a home original ↗

24 Mar 2024

What’s really wrong with customer experience? The bosses…original ↗

17 Mar 2024

Next time you hit a difficulty—use it!original ↗

10 Mar 2024

Where might your next great hire be hiding? Inside your organization original ↗

3 Mar 2024

Why every nation should value its writers original ↗

25 Feb 2024

Are you suffering from the Spotlight Effect?original ↗

18 Feb 2024

Some thoughts about longevity in business original ↗

11 Feb 2024

What is there to be arrogant about?original ↗

4 Feb 2024

Don’t be interesting. Be interested original ↗

28 Jan 2024

Pick a side. Actually, don’t original ↗

21 Jan 2024

2024 might be a very tough year. That could be great for you original ↗

14 Jan 2024

That’s impossible. Until it’s not original ↗

7 Jan 2024

My best books of 2023 original ↗

5 Jan 2024

2023

Love your life—and your death original ↗

31 Dec 2023

Why we must honour the ordinary humans in our lives original ↗

24 Dec 2023

Why do we admire the rich?original ↗

17 Dec 2023

Why laughter is indeed great medicine original ↗

10 Dec 2023

What this CEO’s chaotic sacking revealed original ↗

3 Dec 2023

How to bring the humanity back to your business original ↗

26 Nov 2023

Does anyone LIKE your business?original ↗

19 Nov 2023

My encounter with a life of modesty after power original ↗

5 Nov 2023

We can be true to ourselves even as we thrive in a group original ↗

29 Oct 2023

Do you have the courage to be disliked?original ↗

22 Oct 2023

Being held to high standards early in life pays off original ↗

15 Oct 2023

Could you have a more successful business by NOT competing?original ↗

8 Oct 2023

We have richer lives when we are not consumed by competition original ↗

1 Oct 2023

Do you have substance, or are you just ‘fru-fru?’original ↗

24 Sept 2023

Stop using this word, unless…original ↗

17 Sept 2023

A culture of service is a huge business advantage original ↗

10 Sept 2023

How engaged are the employees where you work?original ↗

3 Sept 2023

What would you do if you faced this business dilemma?original ↗

27 Aug 2023

This young woman spoke for us all original ↗

20 Aug 2023

Waiting for a better time? Don’t.original ↗

13 Aug 2023

Are you a complacent incumbent? You’re inviting disruption original ↗

6 Aug 2023

A misadventure in home food delivery—and some business lessons original ↗

30 Jul 2023

Life is best lived in a state of wonder original ↗

23 Jul 2023

It’s not just the drivers who lost control—we all did.original ↗

16 Jul 2023

Lessons in humility and humanity from a departed CEO original ↗

9 Jul 2023

Be wary of fairy stories about business success original ↗

2 Jul 2023

All these things block your learning original ↗

18 Jun 2023

What separates doers from dreamers?original ↗

11 Jun 2023

Lost in a sea of sameness original ↗

4 Jun 2023

To become better citizens of this planet we must overcome the delusion that we are special original ↗

28 May 2023

Most human failures follow this predictable trajectory original ↗

21 May 2023

Why letting go of power and position is so hard for so many original ↗

14 May 2023

The tricky challenge of evolving the family business original ↗

7 May 2023

The power—and limitations—of role models original ↗

30 Apr 2023

Does your business have a soul, or just spreadsheets?original ↗

23 Apr 2023

Why do you ask for customer feedback?original ↗

16 Apr 2023

Nairobi’s unending rain dance: prayer without preparation original ↗

9 Apr 2023

Learning from street hustles original ↗

2 Apr 2023

What a father advised his son original ↗

26 Mar 2023

Why do we still tolerate bullies in our organizations?original ↗

19 Mar 2023

What does your customer actually buy?original ↗

12 Mar 2023

Should we be afraid of the new AI?original ↗

5 Mar 2023

Learning the difference between cost and investment original ↗

26 Feb 2023

This one virtue leads to all the others original ↗

19 Feb 2023

No, essential government deliverables are not “goodies”original ↗

12 Feb 2023

The big reveal: here are the secrets of success original ↗

5 Feb 2023

A tap-and-go world is already here. What now?original ↗

29 Jan 2023

This airline’s recent meltdown has lessons for us all original ↗

22 Jan 2023

Reminder: why you should read more books original ↗

15 Jan 2023

Morocco played long. So can you original ↗

8 Jan 2023

The best advice helps its recipients to think for themselves original ↗

1 Jan 2023

2022

Let us learn to be good guests on this planet original ↗

25 Dec 2022

My best books of 2022 original ↗

19 Dec 2022

What do your organisation’s core values actually say?original ↗

18 Dec 2022

Why learn-as-you-go is the only way to do complicated stuff original ↗

11 Dec 2022

Pour some praise, not just cold water original ↗

4 Dec 2022

Who innovates, and why?original ↗

27 Nov 2022

How one business overcame a major setback original ↗

20 Nov 2022

What’s your net human worth?original ↗

13 Nov 2022

What your customer experience fails can teach you original ↗

6 Nov 2022

Want to join a board? You’ll need to be able to think in these three ways original ↗

30 Oct 2022

The most valuable currencies of our lives original ↗

23 Oct 2022

The comfort revolution has already happened original ↗

16 Oct 2022

It’s the feelings, stupid original ↗

9 Oct 2022