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Dear friends I recently stumbled across a piece of cognitive science that offers an intriguing lens on how we think about the future of RSA Group. It’s called Survivorship Bias. During World War II, Royal Air Force decision makers wanted to improve the defensive...

Dear friends Last weekend’s rugby game between the Bokke and New Zealand was filled with atmosphere and ‘gees’, at home and abroad. The excitement extended as far as Joburg’s local authorities. In the run-up to the big match, our newspapers were filled with...

Dear friends I spent another fascinating few days at the University of Free State this July, giving lectures to business management students, from first year to honours level. Once again, I left the province convinced that our future is in good hands. There’s a...

Dear friends Many decades ago, the American baseball star Babe Ruth offered up a lovely piece of life wisdom. “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die,” he said. I can think of no better, or more important, insight as our community grapples with the sudden...

Dear friends The 19th century writer Anatole France once said, ‘it is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly,’ and this is very much the case with April Fools Day. We all know it’s coming, we all know we should ignore what we see in the news that morning,...

Dear friends What do we do when the world around us feels like it’s in a state of perpetual chaos? How should we think about business, and our personal roles and responsibilities with an organisation? Across the world, a lot of people are asking such questions...

Dear friends Are we a local company? Or a global business? Or somewhere between the two? I have heard a lot of people talking in these terms recently, but, in my view, the ‘either / or’ perspective risks misunderstanding important aspects of 21 st century commerce....