Well, Cape Town played it’s part in the gorgeous weather and spectacular roads from The House of Machines in the city to Haut Espoir in Franschoek.
16 bikes, 16 business brains and a great coaching day out!
This month 10 business owners shared insights into their big ambitious business goals and how to start with a strategy to deliver this.
Some of the tools used included a Value Proposition canvas and a customer window matrix.
Unsure what these are? Contact us to find out more brent@spillly.com
All pics with love from Brandon.hinton.jpeg
Our new home at the Cradle Boutique Hotel worked out well!
We started as usual at Bloom Coffee in Parkhurst before heading out on a zero-rain day to the hotel where breakfast was served and a 3 hour coaching workshop was run that covered company values and culture!
Ok, no more reading, check out the images below!
A great day out indeed!
After months of planning and building the methodology, the first Business Bikes and Breakfast Radical Accountability Program was held on 1 February with 14 delegates each riding their motorcycle our from Parkhurst, Johannesburg to Parys in the Free State.
It rained. It rained a lot. Let’s be clear, it was wet but the riders were in good spirit even after half the crew took the wrong highway off ramp and got lost on a dirt road that was not ideal for Harleys and Ducati Panigales.
Breakfast and coffee was served at the Dog and Fig Brewery just outside of Parys whereafter the group coaching program was facilitated by Brent Spilkin, aka, Spillly.
The program started with a fun introductory and memory exercise and some deep reflection on 2018, the year gone by. After this some perspective was given on the highs and lows of their year, we ran planning and deliberation on what 2019.
Using the #BBBRAP redline worksheet, each biker looked at their personal lives and business life and devised 4 crucial plans to improve these over 4 periods. These were shared, under no obligation with the rest of the participants, leaving pride off the table and vulnerability in the open.
It was a new experience for all with friends and memories being made as well as driving away with some clarity and purpose for the coming months.
Here is what a few delegates said:
“Over all a really open and vulnerable experience. Spillly also has a way of communicating in a way that makes sense to me plus invites me to get to down to the ‘nitty gritty’ if where the challenges lie…in me!!! Great way to meet new people. Often those people are a mirror to your own experiences, both personally and professionally, so you kind of all help each other out.”
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“Spillly helped me finally put a strategic plan-to-action down to paper on things that had been dwelling in the back of my head for months – such a refreshing and inspiring way to start the year. That’s for not only being a good coach Spillly, but a friend in this process too.”
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“This platform allowed me to reevaluate aspects of my life from a personal and business perspective and in turn, opened my mind to making positive changes. Best of all, I was able to do it with like-minded business people.”
Each Biker walked away with some insight into themself and appreciated taking the time out the office to focus on growth and improvement across all elements of their life! They also had a working document to reflect back on, as well as a few stickers and a unique BBBRAP poster for the days ride.
Friends were made and bonds of trust established – all crucial for the next ride out on 1 March 2019!
“REFLECT | WRITE | PLAN | SHARE”
Here are a few images of the day thanks to Joe at Bonafide Studios.
For more info on this great movement and details of the next ride please email brent@spillly.com or drop him a text on 0832533999
Business, Bikes and Breakfast Radical Accountability Program #BBBRAP 1 Feb. 2019
After months of planning and building the methodology, the first Business Bikes and Breakfast Radical Accountability Program was held on 1 February with 14 delegates each riding their motorcycle our from Parkhurst, Johannesburg to Parys in the Free State.
It rained. It rained a lot. Let’s be clear, it was wet but the riders were in good spirit even after half the crew took the wrong highway off ramp and got lost on a dirt road that was not ideal for Harleys and Ducati Panigales.
Breakfast and coffee was served at the Dog and Fig Brewery just outside of Parys whereafter the group coaching program was facilitated by Brent Spilkin, aka, Spillly.
The program started with a fun introductory and memory exercise and some deep reflection on 2018, the year gone by. After this some perspective was given on the highs and lows of their year, we ran planning and deliberation on what 2019.
Using the #BBBRAP redline worksheet, each biker looked at their personal lives and business life and devised 4 crucial plans to improve these over 4 periods. These were shared, under no obligation with the rest of the participants, leaving pride off the table and vulnerability in the open.
It was a new experience for all with friends and memories being made as well as driving away with some clarity and purpose for the coming months.
Here is what a few delegates said:
“Over all a really open and vulnerable experience. Spillly also has a way of communicating in a way that makes sense to me plus invites me to get to down to the ‘nitty gritty’ if where the challenges lie…in me!!! Great way to meet new people. Often those people are a mirror to your own experiences, both personally and professionally, so you kind of all help each other out.”
_______________________
“Spillly helped me finally put a strategic plan-to-action down to paper on things that had been dwelling in the back of my head for months – such a refreshing and inspiring way to start the year. That’s for not only being a good coach Spillly, but a friend in this process too.”
_______________________
“This platform allowed me to reevaluate aspects of my life from a personal and business perspective and in turn, opened my mind to making positive changes. Best of all, I was able to do it with like-minded business people.”
Each Biker walked away with some insight into themself and appreciated taking the time out the office to focus on growth and improvement across all elements of their life! They also had a working document to reflect back on, as well as a few stickers and a unique BBBRAP poster for the days ride.
Friends were made and bonds of trust established – all crucial for the next ride out on 1 March 2019!
“REFLECT | WRITE | PLAN | SHARE
Here are a few images of the day thanks to Joe at Bonafide Studios.
On the 25th of July I spoke on the “7 threats to agencies, ” and Agency 3.0 – my new keynote. The 100+ strong audience were highly engaging and the panel Q&A confirmed the thoughts both Michael Cowen, the 2nd speaker, and I had.
This is the 3rd time ive spoken at Digital Swarm and look forward to attending many more as an audience member. Check it out here.
Low res screen grab off Instagram 🙂
This month, once again I had the pleasure of being hosted by Kojo Baffoe but this time not on his Kaya FM show but the new Conversations x kojo platform in collaboration with the Absa experience centre in Rosebank.
The interview style talk started around the future of work topics and freelancers and soon morphed into a chat and Q&A session on the basics of business and the challenges small business owners face locally.
I always impressed to see so many new faces making a change at the grass root level in Johannesburg.
Follow Kojo and attend his next conversations evening. Totally worth it. Totally free.
Those of you that know and follow me see that I’m a big proponent of Freelancers being a major piece of the global workforce in the near future.
Along with Flexyforce.com and Spin Street House in Cape Town, I delivered a 20-minute piece on why Freelancers are not being protected, how they can fix this, what is happening to creative agencies and how freelancers can take advantage of the shift in marketing spend and thinking. I also punted my book whatthefreelance.com a little bit too.
It was a great evening with amazing beer, wine, brains and conversation. It’s coming to Joburg soon, so watch this space!
Once again, I was invited to speak at Vega Cape Town to the Digital Swarm crowd on Freelancers and the future of agency – it’s not all doom n gloom!
So what are the 4 biggest threats to creative agencies? Catch me at the Joburg Leg of this event in July.
For more details brent@whatthefreelance.com
Speaking to young hungry creative minds always keeps me young [relevant] and in the know as to what the general Zeitgeist of the creative culture and mindset is in Johannesburg. Gotta love a tough Q&A crowd.
Here are some great images from the evening! see you at the next one.
