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Empathy, trust and lockdown.
The vital need to restore and protect free functioning markets. Locked in sorrowful limbo one can be forgiven for clutching at straws of...
Jerry Schuitema
May 11, 20204 min read
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Our broken moral compass
And the impact on economic prospects and low levels of trust. I’m not easily given to making economic forecasts. I invariably get it...
Jerry Schuitema
Nov 5, 20184 min read
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In the eye of the Tiger
The power and complexity of sincerity in a corporate crisis. It may be early days yet, but Tiger Brands and the listeria crisis are...
Jerry Schuitema
Mar 17, 20184 min read
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Stopping the train.
Things that really matter in keeping it together for South Africa’s future. Love them or hate them, but current events have demonstrated...
Jerry Schuitema
Feb 19, 20185 min read
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Turning trust around.
Will increased hope improve the low level of trust? Few states are more important in society than happiness and trust. All of the other...
Jerry Schuitema
Feb 5, 20184 min read
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Seething at Steinhoff and others
Let's use our fury to restore business to its true purpose. It may take a while to unravel the wicked web that Steinhoff’s leaders and...
Jerry Schuitema
Jan 19, 20184 min read
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An 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 Schuitema
Sep 4, 20175 min read
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Contract and conscience.
What happens when the social contract and laws cannot guarantee protection? That memorable aphorism: “Man is born free, and everywhere he...
Jerry Schuitema
Jun 12, 20174 min read
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Survival and empathy.
Where does business fit in our natural human instincts? It must be one of the most intriguing questions that have faced humanity over the...
Jerry Schuitema
May 22, 20174 min read
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Inclusivity: for the people and by the people.
Wresting the initiative from government to prevent reckless radicalisation. During those widespread protest marches recently, I asked my...
Jerry Schuitema
May 15, 20174 min read
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The forgotten value
And its increasing relevance in our political and economic circumstance. “I don’t care!” That’s how Net1 CEO, Serge Belamant responded to...
Jerry Schuitema
Apr 5, 20174 min read
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A matter of TLC.
How the essence of our humanity also has the seed of national contentment. She was weeping on TV news when she recounted the traumatic...
Jerry Schuitema
Dec 3, 20164 min read
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Standing next to the bishop.
Is it an appropriate position for the financial services industry? The maxim cautioning advertisers against “standing next to the bishop”...
Jerry Schuitema
Sep 20, 20164 min read
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What would Leonardo do?
Distractions from contributing to the great age of innovation. Leonardo Da Vinci was a truly remarkable human being. This 15th century...
Jerry Schuitema
Sep 5, 20164 min read
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