Many refute intuition, mindfulness and prescience as playing a meaningful role in business or life.  Conversations often dry up when I mention I also believe that manifestation, spirituality and strategic intent are part of the same process. Intuition is defined as when you instinctively know that something you are doing is right or wrong. The…Read more Intuition, Mindfulness, Prescience – Felt Forces in Daily Life. The post Intuition, Mindfulness, Prescience – Felt Forces in Daily Life. first appeared on Andrew Olivier's Blog.

The rural, peaceful villages of Riebeek Kasteel and Riebeek West may soon see heavy duty trucks rumbling through our streets every eight minutes.  We may also experience waves of job hunters descending on the community in the forlorn hope of finding work as this mega new project kicks off.  Do we need a similar experience…Read more Feet of Cement in a New Corporate Age. PPC – a case of Green wash. The post Feet of Cement in a New Corporate Age. PPC – a case of Green wash. first appeared on Andrew Olivier's Blog.

Choosing to work with a board and/or an organisation that can really make a difference to people's lives, is not only rewarding, its empowering. Recently, after a thirty five year journey, I came back full cycle. This is a T-Shirt I saw last week work by a worker in a banana farm in Ghana.  A Fair Trade certified Banana Plantation employing 700 workers on a permanent full time basis.  I was deeply moved by seeing this T-shirt but said nothign to my colleagues. Here is the story... The post Empowerment is the Only Way to Go. first appeared on Andrew Olivier's Blog.

Just to keep this simple,  the original concept of Levels (then called Strata) came from the work of Dr Elliott Jaques (EJ),  originally conceived  in the heyday of the factory and mass production.  This meta model has continued evolving over more then 70 years and now, it is more relevant than ever. Why? Volatility, uncertainty,…Read more Time Span and Time Horizon? Logical Extensions – Elliott Jaques revisited. The post Time Span and Time Horizon? Logical Extensions – Elliott Jaques revisited. first appeared on Andrew Olivier's Blog.

Spain.  June 2024. I had just walked the Camino and was sitting alone as a chill wind howled through the soaring, empty, sombre space of St James Cathedral in Santiago. Although I find religious spaces lack spiritual energy and are dark relics of a distant, unpleasant past, outside the buzz of the Camino De Santiago…Read more Spiritual Insights on the Camino The post Spiritual Insights on the Camino first appeared on Andrew Olivier's Blog.