An article in this morning’s Star newspaper entitled "Adopt New York Crime Solution" caught my attention. Justin Foxton, a Durban – based businessman and founder of the Stop Crime Say Hello campaign, is a proponent of the Broken Window Theory developed by US criminologists in the 1980’s.The theory uses the analogy that if a broken […]

A while ago I was so impressed when I got an e-mail from a colleague that had a message at the bottom – Think before your print this , you might be able to save a tree. Now I just came across another campaign – one that is so simple, yet profound. Change the margins […]

Loadshedding Compliants is like visiting the House of the Deaf! Breyten Breytenbach, one of South Africa’s famous poets once wrote a poetry book called the House of the Deaf. It only contained one poem which translated from Afrikaans into English roughly said: "What did you say!" That was it. One page in the book. I […]

I was quite impressed with a statement made by the new South African rugby coach, Pieter de Villiers. He kept on using the statement that we must focus on the needs of all stakeholders. Now, either he was well briefed, or he will be a fresh breeze. It certainly sounds as if he will bring […]

Powerlines Newsletter Number 75 Compliments of the season to you! I trust that you had a wonderful rest and festive season. The latest version of Powerlines, my strategic reputation newsletter is now ready for your downloading and reading pleasure. The 75th edition contains a number of articles that will be of real interest to you, if […]

The Dead has arisen! Not really! But after a hiatus, my blog is active again. I know it has been some time that I have posted anything, but as the words say:"It is better to keep quiet and let people think you are a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!". The […]

Remember the days when you read in the newspaper about the rave opening of a new restaurant. Desperate to go there, you try to get a table, only to be told that there is a six weeks waiting list. So you wait and finally the day arrives, only for you to be bitterly disappointed with […]

Stakeholder Reputation 7 – 8 Nov 2007 Brochure

Due to demand I will be hosting another Stakeholder Reputation workshop from the 7th to the 8th November in Johannesburg, South Africa. This will be the last one for this year. This workshop provides leaders and practitioners with powerful tools and competencies to optimise their stakeholder reputation building efforts and relationships with key stakeholders.  The […]