A Friday in Kyalami

Disc golf, rain delays, and the colleagues you only know from email

Friday afternoon. Indaba Disc Golf Course, Kyalami. Fifteen people from Service Delivery and Business Development - two teams that interact constantly through tickets and handovers but rarely face-to-face.

Most of us had never thrown a disc before. It showed.

Within fifteen minutes, the Highveld weather arrived. Ten minutes of proper rain. We huddled under trees, waited it out, then carried on - wetter, laughing, committed to finishing what we'd started.

What followed was two hours of chaos. Discs on roofs. Discs in trees. Discs somewhere near the horses that we never did find. At one point, half the group was waist-deep in grass searching for a single frisbee. Nobody wandered off. When someone's throw went sideways, it became everyone's problem.

Here's the thing about pairing these two teams: what Business Development promises, Service Delivery keeps. That handoff happens daily - in contracts, in client expectations, in the small moments that shape whether someone feels looked after. Those handoffs work better when the people involved actually know each other. Not just as names in an email thread, but as the person with the bad throwing arm and the good attitude who helped you find your disc in the long grass.

Thanks to Bruce, Dougal, Christine, Thinus, and the full crew for embracing the afternoon. And to Ursula, Nita, and the Operations and Support teams holding things together back at the office - we see you. Your turn is coming.

Fresh air. A bit of rain. Colleagues becoming actual people to each other.

That's a Friday worth having.