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‘Reward Hacking: Moving Beyond Goal-Driven Behaviour’ - FirstRand Perspectives
‘Why Influencer Marketing is So Effective’ - The Affiliate Hub
‘Will Machines Ever Become Conscious?’ - FirstRand Perspectives
‘The Snow Goose Review’ - TheatreZA
‘Lenny, Andrew, Steve and Me’ - TheatreZA
‘Can Machines Make Ethical Choices’ - FirstRand Perspectives
‘The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on our Work Identity’ - FirstRand Perspectives | BizNews
'Khwezi' - Why a Name Matters - The Daily Maverick
The Color Purple - Why the Show Matters for our Democracy - The Daily Maverick
We get to create the future of work - RMB FOUNDeRY
Life as a half-eaten bowl of food - Wits Vuvuzela Newspaper
Revamping International Africa Real Estate Marketing - Blueprint Effects Blog
The Mobile Generation - Blueprint Effects Blog
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- 14 Aug 2013 The Audacity of Zero
- 19 Feb 2014 Inferno, Black Swan, Influence and 1984.
- 29 Mar 2015 'A Storm of Swords' - George R.R. Martin
- 11 Apr 2015 Russel Brand's Revolution - Why You Should Pay Attention
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- 7 Apr 2019 Superintelligence: Philosophy with a Deadline
- 27 Dec 2019 The Organized Mind
- 20 Feb 2020 'The School of Life: An Emotional Education' (Book Review)
- 31 Mar 2020 3 Lessons From Einstein
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- 11 Jun 2020 Instagram Seduction
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Creative Writing
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Lifelong Learning
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- 28 Jan 2014 Learning to Play the Guitar in 4 Weeks.
- 3 Nov 2014 Working Hard v Working Smart. (Who wins?)
- 10 Jan 2017 An Ode to Mathematics
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- 8 Aug 2019 What can we learn from a Concentration Camp?
- 9 Sept 2019 Intellectual Dishonesty in Q&A Sessions
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- 13 Oct 2020 28 Lessons from 28 Years
- 23 Dec 2020 Using Imposter Syndrome as a Driving Force
- 31 Dec 2021 My 2021 Annual Review
- 2 Jan 2023 My 2022 Annual Review
- 13 Oct 2024 32 Lessons from my 32 Years
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Mental Performance
- 17 Sept 2012 Conditioning our Brains.
- 19 Mar 2013 The Bias Towards Fairness
- 2 Apr 2013 Context and Circumstance
- 29 Apr 2013 Living on the Edge of Chaos
- 10 Jan 2017 An Ode to Mathematics
- 16 Jan 2018 Dimming the Spotlight
- 23 Dec 2020 Using Imposter Syndrome as a Driving Force
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Motivation
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- 14 Feb 2013 Holding Onto Your Identity | The Chinese Teahouse
- 9 Mar 2013 The Subway Face
- 28 Mar 2013 A Letter to Myself
- 10 Jun 2013 A Balanced Life is Overrated
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- 9 Jul 2013 Shanghai Fireworks
- 18 Jul 2013 Legacy: What are you going to leave behind?
- 21 Aug 2013 Be Real.
- 22 Jan 2014 I Jumped out of a Plane.
- 28 Mar 2014 Taking Risks in a 'Risk-Adverse' World
- 21 Apr 2014 Excuses.
- 26 May 2015 The Art of Purposeful Discomfort
- 20 Jan 2019 Rock Bottom
- 5 Aug 2019 Won't You Be My Neighbour?
- 28 Dec 2019 Do the Next Right Thing
- 7 Mar 2021 Starling Moments: Why Showing Up Matters
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Music
- 3 Mar 2024 Sonic Landscapes and Visual Voyages
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Personal Development
- 2 Dec 2019 Be Useful to the World
- 29 Dec 2019 Remember My Name
- 30 Dec 2019 Across Scale, Space and Time
- 31 Dec 2019 A Requiem for 2019
- 1 Jan 2020 The Year of the Last Mile
- 26 Mar 2020 Nostalgia.
- 13 Oct 2020 28 Lessons from 28 Years
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Philosophy
- 9 Jan 2014 Why I Will Never Return to the Circus
- 22 May 2014 What Transgenders can Teach us about Time.
- 12 Aug 2014 The Voicemail Experiment
- 23 Jan 2019 Some Brief Thoughts on Suffering
- 12 Aug 2019 Ethics Dumping
- 25 Nov 2019 English's Stranglehold
- 9 Mar 2020 Longtermism
- 1 Jun 2020 Little Souls, Carrying Corpses Around
- 27 Jul 2020 Strengthening Your Mental Immune System
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Poetry
- 23 Oct 2012 He stands on the tar...
- 17 Oct 2013 Pull Back... Zoom In.
- 26 Nov 2019 An Ode To Heartbreak
- 2 Jan 2020 A Spark
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Productivity
- 1 Nov 2012 The 'Newsfeed' Mentality
- 17 Feb 2013 To Hoot or Not to Hoot | The Public Announcement Conundrum (Part 1)
- 21 Feb 2013 To Hoot or Not to Hoot | The Public Announcement Conundrum (Part 2)
- 17 Apr 2013 Flustered Chopsticks
- 3 Jun 2013 My First Attempt at Time-Tracking
- 4 Jun 2014 2 Ways to Improve Your Habits Today
- 3 Nov 2014 Working Hard v Working Smart. (Who wins?)
- 25 Apr 2015 I'm tired of being 'busy'.
- 30 May 2018 6 Days to Air: How Creativity goes Professional
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Psychology
- 11 Jun 2020 Instagram Seduction
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South Africa
- 7 Aug 2012 The Pathetic Fallacy Novelty
- 29 Jul 2013 Empowering SA Entrepreneurs
- 4 Aug 2014 The Magic of Theatre (Lessons from the National Arts Festival)
- 18 Aug 2014 The Running Community
- 26 Sept 2014 Pioneer Nation
- 3 Jul 2016 Influence - Riding the Tide
- 31 Jan 2019 Gritty Rural Entrepreneurship
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Technology
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- 6 Jan 2015 10 Days Without a Phone -- Why you should take a digital sabbatical.
- 18 Aug 2015 How To Think Like Elon Musk
- 12 Aug 2019 Ethics Dumping
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Writing
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- 27 Nov 2013 Twitter Fiction
- 30 May 2018 6 Days to Air: How Creativity goes Professional