Why you should be uncomfortable as a manager

Why you should be uncomfortable as a manager

By Mark Beets, GM: Business Development, Entelect I built an oscilloscope the other day. I don’t need one and I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it, but the point is that I built it and, in doing so, I learnt a few things, like how to solve the technical problem...
Kishugu: Fighting Fires with SAP S/4 HANA

Kishugu: Fighting Fires with SAP S/4 HANA

California, USA. Fort McMurray, Canada. Cape Town, South Africa. These geographic locations share an unfortunate common denominator: Fire. The brutal nature of fire has never been more evident as recent times, when South Africans watched the Mother City being ravaged...
Annual reviews vs performance management

Annual reviews vs performance management

By Dr. Roze Phillips, Managing Director for Accenture Consulting Organisations continue to spend millions of rands and thousands of hours on performance management that is neither supporting the workforce of the future nor the performance of the business itself. If...
CA Southern Africa unveils ITMaaS offerings

CA Southern Africa unveils ITMaaS offerings

CA Southern Africa has revealed its “chore versus core” campaign which delivers ITMaaS solutions to the market. According to Gary Lawrence, MD of CA Southern Africa, leveraging IT to deliver consistent, quality customer service is pivotal to competitive advantage in...
CFOs under threat as cyber-risks take off

CFOs under threat as cyber-risks take off

Given the connectedness of organisations today, cyber security has become a fundamental part of business, and chief financial officers (CFOs) need to take note.  Nathan Desfontaines, KPMG’s Cyber Security Manager in South Africa, believes that this environment is...