Dolphin Bay Brief
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2024
December 2024
There is a golden thread that runs through all our work at Dolphin Bay, making it mean far more than just business. We hope you’ll enjoy reading about it in this newsletter wrapping up 2024.
Newsletter stories:
- More than just business
- Globalisation giant continues to roar
- Painstaking financial management builds resilience
- In five words or less
- Game theory: lessons for business (flashback story of interest)
Enjoy the read!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
November 2024
We hope that reading this story on “slow productivity” gives you the sense of relief it gave us in writing it. Perhaps your team, too, will adopt slow productivity for maximum output and happiness.
Newsletter stories:
- Cutting the clutter
- Cutting-edge treatment book for customers (flashback story of interest)
Enjoy the read!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
October 2024
This newsletter brings you substantial industry news, an exploration of what Game Theory teaches us about business, and a deep dive into how MrBeast, YouTube’s top celebrity, is influencing world culture.
Newsletter stories:
- Game Theory: lessons for business
- New plant sets Grand Timber on growth path
- Flexible deal benefits entrepreneurial DN Products
- Timber treatment plants require PCO certification
- Regulations finalised
- Cutting edge treatment book for customers
- Wrestling with MrBeast
Enjoy the read!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
August 2024
This newsletter includes stories of South Africa’s first preassembled treatment plant, why people could become Africa’s biggest export,and more.
Newsletter stories:
- How GNU stands to benefit you
- Preassembled plant for new customer Brondal
- People: Africa’s biggest future export?
- Top student earns Dolphin Bay award
Enjoy the read!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
July 2024
Our work on this newsletter began with scientific research findings and led to a fascinating exploration into why the forestry industry is one to be proud of.
We trust you’ll feel the same!
Newsletter stories:
- Treated pole study to reach your inbox soon
- Meet your tree
- Why forestry is environmentally sustainable
- Compliant on medical surveillance? Dolphin Bay can help.
- Continuing services for Somerset Timbers
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
April 2024
This edition is both serious and fun. We explore the psychology behind the deflation jeopardising our industry, and how a series of children’s stories help us reflect on business.
Newsletter stories:
- Lessons from a lion
- Psychology of deflation in our industry
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
PS. In this magical story, even children need daggers!
March 2024
To forge a successful future, we need to understand current trends and the choices available to us.
In this edition, our favourite futurists tell us how.
Newsletter stories:
- The Twilight Zone
- Privatisation comes to African ports
- Battling pirates, dodging missiles
We hope you’ll be intrigued!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
January 2024
This newsletter brings you a story about what children can teach us about our business relationships – and a flashback from a related past story.
Newsletter stories:
- My nephew Ryan, a dishwasher – and reading motives
- This is personal and its business
We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed
exploring it!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD