I just completed one of our regular Flow Canvas Practitioner Circle Meet-ups and must share with you the great combined insights from the discussion on what we can do to be more effective in getting tasks done, even if they seem mundane. 1 – Make a list, and tick off when done. 2 – Start […]
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Play your best game and simplify your plan
Flow Canvas creator Christoff Oosthuysen offered two important tips at the lunch-time Upstart talk at the University of Cape Town — play your best game and simplify your plan! In the talk he explained that you can make your business model easy to understand if you answer “the five questions to all answers”. These are: What you […]
Get Into Your Flow By Building On Your Strengths
I’m asking myself how I can start doing more of what I’m good at and stop doing all the other stuff I feel I need to do… I get into my flow when I do what I love doing and what I know I do well; and when I try doing what “has to get […]
VC investors prefer personal connection with entrepreneurs
Gallup Management Journal recently interviewed Alex Pentland, professor of media, arts, and sciences at MIT and the author of Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World. One of the issues discussed was why VCs rather invest in business where they have a personal connection and which they can regularly visit. Here is an expert of […]
Who are you, Christoff Oosthuysen?
How do you reply when asked: “Who are you?” Christoff Oosthuysen’s coach, Martin Jimmink, uses the model of the “Identity Iceberg” to help his clients in answering this question for themselves. Listen to Martin’s 10 minute interview with Christoff on applying the Identify Iceberg to Christoff as Business Improver and Flow Coach… Christoff Oosthuysen interviewed […]
The Joyful Janitor – a lesson in happy work
Do you take pride in your work and thoroughly enjoy what you do at work each day? Well, many would say that they just do a mundane job, and that there is little to enjoy in their responsibilities. Not correct! And I can prove it… Just visit the men’s arrival wash rooms at the Johannesburg […]
Stuck In Holiday Traffic – Learning About Constraints
“In the Western Cape, thousands of vehicles were being recorded on the N1… Provincial Traffic Chief Kenny Africa said traffic was bumper to bumper on Sir Lowry’s Pass and added that they expected traffic volumes to increase later.” – Eye Witness News And there we were, along with thousands of other holiday makers, heading towards […]
Entrepreneurial Success – Practical Tips After 50 Years In The Industry
This week I met an entrepreneur who’s been active in his industry for longer than I’ve walked this planet. So I thought it good to ask him what he would say makes a business successful; and he obliged with such clear answers, that I have to report on it here… Emanuel Isserow is Managing Director […]
Your Resolution to Pay Attention is a Good Investment
I’m looking out over a misty sea, the waves rolling in on a new year. It’s time, they say, to obsess about New Year’s Resolutions and what I’ll pay attention to in the new year! Now, this is my question today: How do I make sure that when I “pay” my attention, I make a […]
Get Ready For The Silly Season
Here is another BizTip for entrepreneurs who want to take their future into their own hands by making most of the upcoming holiday period: “Get Ready For The Silly Season”. Christoff Oosthuysen is the resident business coach on Randall Abrahams’ weekly radio show, Point of View. Here is another of the weekly BizTips… BizTip – […]