Knowledge, Wisdom and the new decade

for today

• Views from the front• And 2015 ?• Meaning for us

4 types of people

Know they don’t know

Active

Think they know

LazyPas s engers

Des troyers

The Wis e

adapted from Geldenhuys 2007

-Go getters

behaving as

Know they do not know

Think they know

adapted from Scholtz; personal communication

Tyrants

Bullies

Wise-asses

Doormats

Kings

Warriors

Wizards

Lovers

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♥true

♥believed

knowledge is

data-info-knowledge-insight-wisdom

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social implosions

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end of commodities

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scenarios

Sunter 2007, Swartz 1999

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scenarios

Sunter 2007, Swartz 1999

Competitveness +

Competitveness -

Market

+Market

-

Too good to be true

Fools paradiseF MubarX

Grind away

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“..it is not the strongest that survive, not those who are clever, but those that are the quickest to change…”

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applied knowledge

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applied knowledge

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judgmental think

De Bono 2009

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parallel think

We all together:

create

judge

be empathic

organize

see the positive

get info

De Bono 2009

• Know where the soloist is

• The soloist builds on group

• Know the rules and when to break it

• Experiment by changing structure

• Overblow your sax sometimes

• Expect smashes, recover, move on

• Do not repeat the same solo, improvise on the known

M Holesberger 2005

jazz model

wealth

C Luus

= wealth legacy

Every rand be earned

Wait and work

Beware of scams and promises

Know how much you:

earn,

spend,

save,

own and owe.

Know how much needed to retire.

C Luus, pers comm

= wealth pers onal

H Snyman, pers comm

Watch my back

Win at all cost

Perfectionist

Go getter

Optimist

Master of it all

Hard worker

Entrepreneur

High roller

inves tors need nutrients

nutrients of

humility,

openness,

positivity,

happiness,

faith and trust.

and

WISDOM

C Luus, pers comm

manage knowledge

be pos itive ly different

Robert Greene, 33 strategies of war

Good

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winners for tomorrow

• Work together

• Put together

• Show them how

• Do it different

• Apply it different

• Do it locally

• Care for the Earth

• Put myself in your shoes

Thomas Friedman: “The Earth is Flat”

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support and trust

Adeline & Andrea, Hugo, Judi

collaboratorsIngrid, Christo, Marianne, Yongama, Sheraan, Jacques,

Erni, Louwrence, Naas, Izak, Tertia, Denzil, Tania, Pieter, Daleen, Tanye, Andrew, Francois S, JP, Jaco,

Retha, Lynda, Henro, Jeanette, Vickus, Neil, Magdaleen, Martiens, Henk, Evan, Evan’s dad, Marita, Bob, Tom, Morne, Kirsten, Hugo, Wicus, FrancoisdP,

Gerrie

sponsorsThird Circle Asset Management, Pipe Flow Pty Ltd

photosWilmien, Annelien, VDS, flickr (2)