Boardroom Talk – Springbok lessons for all SA leaders; teamwork and chasing lost causes

By Alec Hogg

Apple founder Steve Jobs, who spent just six months at university, attributed his edge to a focus on intersections between disciplines. His particular interest was where design and tech overlapped – an obsession still evident a dozen years after his death in the beautiful products created by the company he founded.

The weekend's Springbok victory over France was a reminder. As any student of the Rassie/Nienaber/Kolisi era well knows, two concepts dominate their thinking – every one of those 33 players in the squad works as part of a team, and the entire group believes in the merit of chasing "lost causes."

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