Entrepreneur, Executive, Dad.

HELLO WORLD. WE ARE NGL.

18 months ago, I gave myself 2 years to find my next business venture. If you know me, you’ll understand it took a lot to give myself that much time. Surely I could find it faster than that! But, of course, timing is a major driver in business as it is in life. I needed to allocate sufficient time to explore actively and widely - making myself alive to possibility - while also waiting for the next thing to present itself. The first thing is in my control. The second is not.

The overachiever in me is pleased to report that it took me a year to find it! The strategist in me is grateful that I started searching when agentic AI was being born. Continued here.

INTRODUCING DRAKENSKLOOF BY KERALA

This last year has been a journey of renewal at Kerala. A little over 12 months ago, we made the decision to start sharing Kerala with guests beyond our immediate family and friends. As our understanding of high-end hospitality has grown, so too has our excitement for and expectations of what Kerala can be.

Names are important. To overcome the challenge of borrowing a name like "Kerala", and in pursuit of capturing and communicating our distinct experience, what our family and friends have come to know as Kerala will now be known as Drakenskloof. Continued here.

FAREWELL Getsmarter

Nine months ago I gave my final speech as CEO of GetSmarter. It was almost exactly a year after we were acquired by 2U, and it marked my stepping down from the CEO role and taking up the role of Senior Advisor to 2U and GetSmarter management teams.

This is my speech I delivered to a team that I love. I am confident they are going to go on to do purposeful, important work in higher education worldwide. I'll be cheering from the sidelines while I spend the next few years being a very present father to my twins, Violet and Fletcher.