If you are looking for that stupendous top-level executive to join your company, the chances are they are not on the job market. But that doesn`t mean they`ve found their "final resting place".
There`s a good reason why Mike Wright and his staff are crammed back-to-back into open-plan offices that are ridiculously small for 30 people, although no one seems to mind.
In a flower-filled retirement complex called Haven Village, just off a street named Serene, Mike Lawrie is easily, if unintentionally, the most controversial resident.
Jill Hamlyn`s business cards are an awkward size. Quite a bit bigger than usual, they refuse to fit snugly into a conventional cardholder. Which is exactly the point. Hamlyn does not believe in putting people into boxes.
Ignatius Jacobs, MEC, Gauteng Education Department
"Sorry, man, when we`re in the middle of writing matric exams, it`s like I`m writing matric exams," says Nash Jacobs, apologising for being so scarce lately.
Chartered accountants are supposed to be cautious folk. Quite possibly, that`s why, when the stock market was dead as a dodo, Peter Forsyth decided to go for a listing in the venture capital sector.
David Redshaw, chairman and CE, Bytes Technology Holdings
After one night in Cairo, population 14 million, David Redshaw`s wife Marjorie announced that she just couldn`t live there. Redshaw was sympathetic. "You can`t go for a run in the morning in Cairo, the pavements are so full of people," he says.
For a chief executive`s office, Richard Firth`s working space is modest. Rather on the small side for a large man, its furnishings, while functional, are hardly opulent.
A die-hard Blue Bulls fan, Benjamin Mophatlane is still on a high over his team`s thrashing of the Lions in this year`s Currie Cup final. "The drought is over!" he says gleefully, "I`m ecstatic!"
While many sectors are starting to see the benefits of getting involved in corporate social investment (CSI) initiatives, the IT industry is still battling to bridge the CSI perception gap.