Francois Jonker

Last night of Business Acumen for Artists - honouring closure. Stepping into your Future Self through Lego. What a beautiful end to an incredible experience with some impossibly talented artists.

A poem in support of the #PrideNotCruelty campaign for the mandatory phase out of commercial captive lion farming in South Africa ❤️ 🦁

Applications closing soon for this year's Business Acumen for Artists course. Turn your Creative Dream into a Business Reality. creativeacademy.ac.za/business-acume…

In South Africa alone, there are up to 12 000 lions living in captivity. Taken from their mothers as young cubs, exploited as tourist attractions, and shot for “sport” -their bones sold into the illegal traditional medicine trade.#PrideNotCruelty pridenotcruelty.co.za

📢Calling creative people who love animals 📢 It is World Lion Day on August 10th, and we are asking for your support 🦁🧡 Free your creativity for captive lions and share your work using the hashtag #PrideNotCruelty. More info: pridenotcruelty.co.za/free-your-crea… @Blood_Lions @MoveTheWorld

@MoveTheWorldAF What a privilege to share our planet with such majestic creatures and how wonderful to spend some time drawing them!

Draw for change with World Animal Protection and Blood Lions pscp.tv/w/ck35pTFKUkVt…

They've been our symbol of bravery for centuries. NOW it is time to show our respect and care for these majestic creatures. We MUST keep the LIONS alive by putting an end to the Global Wildlife Trade. Sign the petition to bring about actual change trees.pub/E-G20_lions

First of its kind in Cape Town: Practical Short Course in Service Design - a must for Entrepreneurs and CX practitioners ctca.co.za/service-design/

“Pretend you are a microscope!” The unmeasurable wisdom of Sister Corita Kent - one of my most beloved virtual mentors.

“Design always presents itself as serving the human, but its real ambition is to redesign the human. The history of design is therefore a history of evolving conceptions of the human. To talk about design is to talk about the state of our species.” Beatrice Colomina & Mark Wigley

Thanks @elainerumboll and @OgilvyCT for playing with me. Crafting death-blows to the voices of Fear, Judgement and Cynicism #OgilvyInspire

Happy to see these wonderful faces for the second session of #OgilvyInspire. We're learning how to inspire self and others with master storyteller @DaveDuarte and glue-gun wiz @francoisjonk - it's off to a fun start 🤹🏻‍♀️ #creativeleadership

@elainerumboll YES!! Lets!

@francoisjonk let's organise a craft day and make these!!!

The #RunningDry movement wants to spread awareness of the global #water crisis with @minaguli taking on 100 marathons in 100 days. A project by Thirst, from #SouthAfrica, #SDGAwards CAMPAIGNER FINALIST 2019! 👍 & RT for the People's Choice Awards!

"Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.” What Parkinson’s Law tought us: there might not be an end to the work, but there is definitely and end to the person doing the work. Remember to stop before you reach that end.

"Fitting in is the opposite of belonging" - Brene Brown, Call to Courage @NetflixSA

Stay patiently and plafully engaged in process and the present rather than endlessly aiming for ‘Perfection' … "If a sailor sees the horizon as the point he must reach to achieve happiness, he is destined to experience eternal frustration”. Thomas M Sterner

Curiosity runs on Backbone … "If we strengthen our backs, metaphorically speaking, and develop a spine that’s flexible but sturdy, then we can risk having a front that’s soft and open” Joan Halifax

You want to do the business? You’ve got to have the heart … “In the past, jobs were about muscle, now they’re about brains, but in the future they’ll be about heart.” Minouche Shafic - Director London School of Economics

Ego is just not all that interesting … "The ego is nothing but a thin wafer of consciousness floating on an iridescent ocean called the soul.” James Hollis