Articles

Here you will find various articles of interest

The Growth of Capability of Muhammad Yunus 2007

The Working Journey of Elon Musk

The Requisite and the Unintentional – Andrew Olivier 2013

Deeper into Deep Work – Andrew Olivier 2018

Background Reading – Requisite Principles of Organisation – Andrew Olivier

Our Working Journey & Stress – Andrew Olivier

Capability and AFL Coaching – Adam Thompson & Andrew Olivier 2014

Models To Understand Your Growing Business – 2018

Andrew Olivier's Blog The thoughts and writings of Andrew Olivier

Intuition, Mindfulness, Prescience – Felt Forces in Daily Life.
by Andrew Olivier on April 28, 2025 at 3:27 pm
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.
Feet of Cement in a New Corporate Age. PPC – a case of Green wash.
by Andrew Olivier on April 19, 2025 at 6:12 am
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.
Empowerment is the Only Way to Go.
by Andrew Olivier on March 19, 2025 at 5:40 am
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.