I stayed for 24 nights in a hotel in Swakopmund on the coast of western Namibia, 352 km west of Windhoek. I’d cut off myself from most social interactions and I only left the room for breakfast and dinner. Most of the time I was writing. I had a nice room with a big terrace and […]
Thula Thula is Zulu and means peace and tranquility. And in Zululand, in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, Thula Thula is the name of a private game reserve. Thula Thula takes pride in tracing back its origin to the private hunting grounds of King Shaka, founder of the Zulu Empire in the late […]
Maltahöhe in Southern Namibia has German roots. It was founded in 1899 by Henning von Burgsdorff, a former officer in the German Schutztruppe, the military force of the Imperial German occupation. Burgsdorff named the place after his wife Malta. After the Germans left Namibia in 1915, the settlement became a small hub for tourism, serving […]
The Spitzkoppe is a group of bald granite peaks located between Usakos and Swakopmund in the Namib desert. It is a 1.5 hours drive from Swakopmund, the last 30 km are dirt road. The granite is more than 150 million years old and the highest outcrop rises about 1,728 metres above sea level. The peaks […]
When one thinks of transformation, change management and EmPOWERment, a closer look at the skate park in the remote Indian village of Janwaar, whose inhabitants live just about poverty line, does not really seem to make sense. But only at first glance – a second look shows that companies can learn enormously from this example. […]
The Greater WE – How WE all can build a more human world and overcome old capitalistic constraints This is an expose for a book written in January 2023. It is now with a couple of publishing houses. Keep your fingers crossed. Summary We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking when we created […]
This is my humble attempt to describe how a reportage around Stephan Brückner and Wolwedans in Namibia took its very own way. I am writing this because I felt the process how this happened was almost flawless – and this might be a good example for young story hunters on how to get what you […]
The Nomad is a series of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, experiences, joy of the moments by me, Ulrike Reinhard – all around my travels. Stay tuned! Ulrike Reinhard is The Nomad 🙂 Thula Thula is Zulu and means peace and tranquility. And in Zululand, in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, Thula Thula is […]
Even after COVID, the increase in people with burnout symptoms and illnesses is not levelling off. On the contrary. Mark Lockwood knows how managers can protect themselves and their teams from burnout and at the same time increase their performance and satisfaction. I’ve spoken with the teacher of self-responsibility and spiritual transformation who founded an […]
In November 2022 I’ve held a Design Thinking Workshop in Imizamo Yethu, a townhip south of Capetown – and it was right there, during an evening walk that I decided to do this. Here is the first text which will soon become a podcast: Please understand this as work in progress. It’s early Sunday evening.I […]