First Principle Thinking

Business success often hits a threshold where things become too heavy to hold. In episode 4, Lochner chats to systems architect, Wilfred Greyling and industrial psychologist, Lurinda Maree to lay bare the invisible architecture of the workplace and explore the hidden dynamics of the "shadow in the workflow", "the desert"—that dangerous middle ground where growing companies die...

Digital transformation has hit a threshold. In this episode, Lochner Eksteen is joined by complexity practitioner Sonja Blignaut and Salesforce’s Stephen Wardle to discuss why our obsession with "efficiency" is making us fragile. We move beyond the "Zoo Mind"—the need for absolute control—and explore the "Jungle Compass". Stephen introduces the Encyclopedia, Playgroun...

In this episode, Lochner Eksteen sits down with Ursula Fear (Senior Talent Program Manager, Salesforce) and Christiaan Brink (Software Business Leader, AdaptIT) to deconstruct the friction in South Africa’s talent pipeline. We explore the staggering reality of our 65% literacy-for-meaning gap and why businesses must evolve into "Educationalists" to survive. We deconstruct the 80/20 Rule...

We are at a turning point in South Africa. To move forward, we have to stop chasing international "copy-and-paste" formulas and start looking at our own reality. In our pilot episode, Lochner Eksteen sits down with Trish Vosse (The Courier Guy), Riedwaan Jabaar (Healthcare Executive), and Carien Human (Psychologist) to deconstruct the "First Principles" of business growth. We e...