Tag: Tracey McDonald Publishers

Data, like oil or minerals, is a vital resource. Who owns it is critical, especially as it fuels the Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution. Sovereign AI goes far beyond countries merely owning their data. It focuses on control. It ensures that AI aligns with national cultural, ethical and legal frameworks. This approach guarantees that AI works for people and not the other way around.

Meet the inspiring kasipreneurs of the informal economy, from bakers to backroom rental barons, coffee innovators to goat breeders, kasi delivery people to spaza innovators, mattress makers, backroom builders, vetkoek fryers and chicken dust queens, kota franchises and backyard auto mechanics. These kasipreneurs not only sustain their communities but also drive considerable economic growth and social improvement.

52 Big Questions for Business Leaders isn’t just a collection of prompts and provocations. It’s a guide to sharper and more intentional thinking. Whether you’re leading a start-up or a global enterprise, the questions in these pages will help you pause, reflect and lead with clarity.

The Adaptability Code: Recoding the DNA of Future-Ready Leadership is set to become a definitive guide for leaders. It equips them to navigate an era shaped by volatility, rapid change and systemic disruption. We live in a world that doesn’t just move. It sprints, pivots, and accelerates, all while throwing curveballs that leave the unprepared behind.

Expansive takes 250 episodes from the award-winning The Expansive podcast and distils them into 52 provocations that will rewire how you think about possibility, influence and personal transformation. John Sanei and Erik Kruger have spent years challenging conventional wisdom on global stages, in boardrooms and their bestselling books. Now, they’ve synthesised their most transformative insights into essays designed not just to inform, but to spark real change.

The agricultural sector now enjoys universal recognition. Its status as a growth propeller is embraced in ways that transcend sectoral interests. Specifically, the country’s political leadership deeply appreciates agriculture’s importance in driving the rural economy. They also recognise its role in addressing poverty and creating job opportunities.

Exhausted? Strung out? Do you feel trapped in an invisible straitjacket of stress? Seventy per cent of us spend most of the day feeling stressed. Our nervous systems stay stuck in fight, flight, or freeze mode. Modern stress has seeped into every part of our lives. Constant pressure, high expectations, and the need to always be available make stress unavoidable.

Oh, look… Another one of those books about ‘rules’. Joy. Except that this one may be the defining factor that separates your dream from the reality it could be. Many of us have succeeded at being an entrepreneur. Many, many more have failed. Which side of that would you rather be on?

Tailored for scale-ups in the tricky 10 to 200 headcount zone, and catering for the important differences faced by emerging market businesses, this comprehensive guide demystifies the obstacles to scale, the path to scale, the science of scale, and the art of scale, giving you the practical toolkit you need.

Brace yourself for a thrilling journey into the heart of black life and culture through the philosophy of Hibirism. Hibirism, (noun): Derived from the social greeting ‘hibiri’, made famous by the South African song Sister Bethina (a hit by musician Mgarimbe in 2006), Hibirism adds depth and meaning to the salutation and signifier ‘hibiri’.