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The Art of Letting Go: Part 10 – The Unfinished Business
There is a song by the late Zimbabwean musician Leonard Dembo that I often think about when I reflect on leadership. In the song Yave, Dembo sings in Shona words that I loosely translate to mean: It is not possible in this life to do...
The Art of Letting Go – Part 9: Watching the Transition Window
It was November 2024 and I was in Victoria Falls for the Africa Philanthropy Network Assembly. ZimRights was one of the host organisations and I had been invited to join the opening panel on investing in infrastructure and movements for African philanthropy. On the panel...
Apple Announces New CEO: Five Lessons from the Apple Succession Story
On 24 August 2011, Steve Jobs arrived at Apple Inc. headquarters in Cupertino at 11:00 a.m. for the company’s annual board meeting. The campus was a hive of activity as different board committees concluded their business. After Tim Cook and Peter Oppenheimer finished reviewing the...
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The Art of Letting Go: Part 10 – The Unfinished Business
There is a song by the late Zimbabwean musician Leonard Dembo that I often think about when I reflect on leadership. In the song Yave, Dembo sings in Shona words that I loosely translate to mean: It is not possible in this life to do...
The Art of Letting Go – Part 9: Watching the Transition Window
It was November 2024 and I was in Victoria Falls for the Africa Philanthropy Network Assembly. ZimRights was one of the host organisations and I had been invited to join the opening panel on investing in infrastructure and movements for African philanthropy. On the panel...
The Art of Letting Go – Part 8: From Founder to Foundation
How leaders move from personal centrality to institutional continuity There are moments in the life of an institution when leaving becomes one of the most demanding acts of leadership. This was the central insight that emerged in a recent conversation with Nani Jansen Reventlow, as...