Jerry SchuitemaJan 20, 20204 minBracing for big bubble burstsFrom one cliffhanger decade to the next. 2019 must surely go down as a year that produced the most cliff-hangers on a number of fronts:...
Jerry SchuitemaSep 9, 20194 minLosing our marbles.How much can we still trust prices and statistics? As pre-teen kids one of our favourite schoolyard games was marbles. We would draw a...
Jerry SchuitemaOct 15, 20184 minCommon purpose; Common fate.Two critical pillars missing from the unemployment discourse. There can be no greater forces for cohesion in a group than having a common...
Jerry SchuitemaApr 9, 20185 minStakeholder capitalism.Can South Africa create a fresh economic approach to growth and inclusivity? Part of the enthusiasm of a “new dawn” in South Africa is...
Jerry SchuitemaNov 13, 20175 minWhat the ancients knew.An enduring principle that can help rescue the economy. From a distance it looked like an ordinary broken stone. But when farm manager,...
Jerry SchuitemaOct 30, 20174 minBeyond share empowerment schemes.Lessons from the failed SASOL Inzalo share empowerment scheme. In their heyday, employee share option schemes, or ESOPS, were nothing...
Jerry SchuitemaOct 16, 20174 minThe wealth distribution obsession.To the point of Incapacitating wealth creation itself. It’s a cliché, I know, but one can only imagine the positive change that is...
Jerry SchuitemaOct 2, 20174 minFollow the meaning.And get a better idea of company health than following the money. “Follow the money”, they say, “and you will get to the essence.” Do...
Jerry SchuitemaSep 4, 20175 minAn age of economic soul-searching.Was the great recession a bigger game changer than we realise? In women’s month, on a cold Sunday night in the farm-workers’ compound,...
Jerry SchuitemaAug 21, 20174 minDestroying company relationships.By having absurd theories, abstracts and aggregates define them. If economic theory holds true, you could have a good business selling...
Jerry SchuitemaAug 7, 20174 minSymphonies of endeavour.A different view of the context for a stable and sustainable company. There’s been quite a change in my little space in paradise. What...
Jerry SchuitemaJul 10, 20175 minThe hole in the jobs bucket.And the three dimensions of radical government transformation. If you promised the Government that you could create 48-thousand new jobs...
Jerry SchuitemaMay 2, 20175 minBullhorns of discontent.Threatening the unifying potential and benefits of a radical economic overhaul. Radical economic transformation (RET) has been around for...
Jerry SchuitemaApr 19, 20175 minThe crux of the turmoil.You cannot be free when you are in debt. April fool’s day on the 1st has certainly lived up to its name. For around it, we have had a few...
Jerry SchuitemaFeb 22, 20174 minBelieve it or notWhat happens when information becomes increasingly less credible? Fed; filtered; fake; false and alternative facts are words increasingly...
Jerry SchuitemaFeb 7, 20174 minA monstrous model exposed.The lie that tarnished the best social system humanity has ever created. Not all lies are based on deceit and malevolence. Sometimes they...