Transforming Human Potential, Empowering Purposeful Work

BI Issue #3 A Reflection On The Skills-First Revolution And What It Demands Of Us A question that keeps surfacing as I read through the latest research on workforce transformation is: What if our current struggles with skills mismatch, underemployment, and economic disruption aren't problems to be solved, but invitations to evolve? The recently published skills-first-working-paper-4.pdf by the Institute of Adult Learning and Singapore University of Social Sciences presents not only policy...

BI Issue #2 The $30 Billion Business Lesson: Strategy vs. Execution Starbucks Reserve Roastery, 2025 In the last newsletter, we talked about the importance of making 2026 "a year of doing", rather than just "a year of planning". The Context In April 2023, Laxman Narasimhan took over Starbucks. He brought along with him McKinsey pedigree, PepsiCo experience and proven transformation credentials. Seventeen months later, $30 billion in market value had evaporated under his leadership. His...

BI Issue #1 Before You Rush Into 2026: Why Your Career Needs Reflection, Not Resolutions Safari, South Africa, 2024 Hey besties, It is that time of year again. I'm not sure about yours, but my feed is flooded with "New Year, New Me" posts across various social media platforms. LinkedIn is buzzing with ambitious professional development plans, and everyone is updating their goals in their performance management systems. Here is what nobody talks about: Most New Year's resolutions—including...

Welcome! There is no lack of reports and experts sharing about the future of work and how many disruptions are coming our way. To many, however, those are big concepts; but exactly how it is going to impact individuals like you and me, besides the fact that many conventional jobs that we were trained for will be replaced by digital transformations, leaving more people jobless, no one has ever really talked about 𝐇𝐎𝐖 we can navigate in this new (and post-pandemic) world. We are transiting from...