The Business Doctor Keitumetse Lekaba

Not sure about you, but March has been hecticly busy for me. As a result, I spent my weekend sleeping and blissfully doing nothing. A bliss for me but an annoyance for those around me.....… When you’re tired from work…work doesn’t suffer. Your deadlines are still met. Your emails are still sent. Your meetings still happen. Your clients still get your best. But someone else doesn’t. In my case, my family often gets the leftovers. Friends get the “I’m too tired.” Basically, personal life gets...

A thought I had the other day while waiting for my flight at Lanseria........ Some people will work at airports their entire lives, watching planes take off and land every single day, yet may never board one themselves. They are surrounded by travel, destinations, and journeys, yet never take one of their own on the flight. The same pattern actually shows up in many places. Someone can work in a five-star hotel, serving world-class meals to guests every night, yet never experience that level...

Last week I wrote a short newsletter about something very ordinary: parked taxis. For many people, it was simply an observation about transport. But the responses I received revealed something far deeper.....look, people were interpreting the same situation through completely different economic lenses. Some readers spoke about reduced commuter demand. Others spoke about rising fuel costs, some saw technological disruption from e-hailing and delivery bikes, and others spoke about township...