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    How Fragile We Are
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Feb 21, 2017
    • 2 min

    How Fragile We Are

    Sting, one of the most successful recording artists of all time, recorded an emotional, unplugged version of his song “Fragile” in 2001,...
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    Values, Inclusion and Culture
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Sep 15, 2016
    • 3 min

    Values, Inclusion and Culture

    Values are not words confined to a wall in Head Office. They are the beliefs we live out on a day-to-day basis. As Marshall Goldsmith has...
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    What has happened to L&D?
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Aug 7, 2016
    • 3 min

    What has happened to L&D?

    Peter Senge popularised the term “learning organisations” in 1990, yet most businesses today are nothing like what he envisaged, in spite...
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    Eat all you Can Business
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jun 3, 2016
    • 2 min

    Eat all you Can Business

    Business is a buffet (smörgåsbord), but management is a set menu. When we choose to order off the set menu at a restaurant, we are...
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    Losing Customer Loyalty: Lessons from MTN
    Hylton Gudmanz
    • May 12, 2015
    • 3 min

    Losing Customer Loyalty: Lessons from MTN

    My second year of teaching in Johannesburg was 1998. I was soon to discover a passion for business, and have the fire of positive...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Apr 3, 2012
    • 2 min

    Interpersonally Yours

    I have had the privilege of working with many organisations on their relationship dynamics. There are multiple trends, best summed up by...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Oct 29, 2011
    • 1 min

    True Friends?

    Who are your Two a.m. friends? I am referring to the ones you can call at two a.m. when you’re in trouble, not those who update their...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Sep 11, 2011
    • 2 min

    Lowest Common Denominator (LCD)

    I am tired of academics. As someone about to begin his masters degree, working with a leading business school, this came as something of...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jun 25, 2011
    • 2 min

    Power and Fear

    Where does our Power lie? We are not always aware of the power of our words. Gossip assassinates multiple colleagues, as does favouritism...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Mar 16, 2011
    • 2 min

    Engagement Rant

    Engagement is a term we use for pre-marital commitment, as well as a good movie. I prefer to use the metaphor of driving a car. When one...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Feb 22, 2011
    • 1 min

    Being Prepared?

    The tragic earthquake reported today in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a great reminder of what is truly important. In such circumstances,...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Feb 14, 2011
    • 1 min

    U2 can be Successful

    I am taken with the feedback from last night’s U2 concert in Johannesburg. Queues for food and drinks were long – not the least because...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jan 6, 2011
    • 2 min

    True Ubuntu

    I hear a lot of talk about Ubuntu, without commensurate understanding. “Ubuntu” is characterised by a key phrase in African languages:...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Nov 12, 2010
    • 2 min

    Approach!

    A client mentioned, in passing, that they had been to China recently, and had been hosted by the CEO and executives of the company they...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Jul 13, 2010
    • 1 min

    Xenophobia?

    The World Cup is won, but the Legacy is yet to be tested. We can already see the infrastructure – which would not have been prioritised...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • May 16, 2010
    • 1 min

    One Day Only!

    I am amazed at the difference a day makes! Last week, I was disappointed by the fact that the urgency I felt was not shared by my client....
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • May 5, 2010
    • 1 min

    A simple engagement

    All it took was one moment, and I knew that I was transformed! No, nothing spiritual here (welcome though that is); rather, I am...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Oct 10, 2009
    • 2 min

    Hard to say I’m sorry

    I am not innocent. I get upset, just like you. I do, however, apologise quickly when shown my mistakes. Please indulge a brief rant....
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • Sep 16, 2009
    • 1 min

    Value of Life

    How do we value life? In our South African society, the cash price may be as little as R500,00, if a cellphone resale is to be seen as...
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    Hylton Gudmanz
    • May 18, 2009
    • 2 min

    Change Ingredients

    To quote Rosabeth Moss Kanter, esteemed Harvard Business School professor, author of 15 books and The Change Toolkit, “Personally, I hate...
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