{"id":200802,"date":"2017-11-29T21:11:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T19:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/weekend-thinking-dont-say\/"},"modified":"2017-11-29T21:11:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T19:11:34","slug":"weekend-thinking-dont-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/weekend-thinking-dont-say\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND THINKING: Don\u2019t do as I say; do as I do &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we visited the Palace of Westminster, or Houses of Parliament, where British politicians work and meet. Certainly one of the most famous must-sees of the beautiful old building is Big Ben, which of course is not the watch, but the clock. And old Ben is now in the process of undergoing a &#8220;facelift&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>What was particularly interesting to me was one of the reasons why you can be elected as a member of the House of Lords: being an expert in a certain area.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I immediately think of someone like Lord Sebastian Coe who received the title of Lord in 2000. Who better to talk about sport matters than a former world record holder in the 800\u00a0m, with gold Olympic medals in 1\u00a0500\u00a0m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well, what about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are still too few practical inputs from entrepreneurs to promote good decision making at a political level, and even less when it comes to business education.<\/p>\n<p>There are still too many lecturers with an academic foundation who feed future business leaders theoretical information. This problem, however, starts at a political level in South Africa, where the content of these courses is determined; and therefore I won\u2019t be too hard on these business profs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I leave you with my version of an old saying: \u201cDon\u2019t do as I say; do as I do &#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My latest digiMagazine has the corporate business icon and Afrikaner gentlemen, Brand Pretorius, on the cover: <a href=\"https:\/\/klipkouers.com\/product\/emag2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for more information<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we visited the Palace of Westminster, or Houses of Parliament, where British politicians work and meet. 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