The wise men advised us not to bring a knife to a sword fight, but I am here to lend the maxim an overdue update: don’t bring a knife to a sword fight—unless it is concealed. That’s what I was thinking when interviewing Peter Scott, the CEO & Founder of BURN Manufacturing Co. and the Founder of BURN Design Lab, operational in 13 countries across sub-Saharan Africa.
At his quaint offices in Spring Valley, it feels like I have entered a cage fight. He wanted to play the game, I wanted to play the man. We were in a duel, a “rope-a-dope” against my questions, the interviewer’s equivalent of boxing’s Thrilla in Manila.
