Susan David introduces this Zulu word for hello in her recent TED Connect conversation, “How to be your best self in times of crisis”. Literally translated sawubona means “I see you, and by seeing you, I bring you into being. “ It feels like a very personal and intimate greeting.

In the last weeks we have watched the impact of COVID-19 around the world – the heartbreak of enormous death and the singing from balconies, the exhausted medical professionals and the families holding birthday parties using technology, the toilet paper hoarders and the people delivering food to those most at risk. We cannot unsee any of it – the good, the bad and the ugly.

Sawubona world!