by Dianne Bayley | May 23, 2016 | Features
By Auguste Coetzer Director, Executive Search, TALENT AFRICA We must create more jobs. Everybody says so, while neglecting to tell us what kind in what industries. Clearly, not every industry is a net job creator. Manufacturing and mining have shed jobs for years. So...
by Dianne Bayley | May 13, 2016 | Workplace 2020
By Georgina Barrick, MD, Insource.ICT Edge Recruitment Specialists The story goes that every morning in Africa, a lion and an impala wake up. The impala knows it has to run to stay ahead of the lion, or become a meal. The lion knows it has to be faster than the...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 13, 2016 | Workplace 2020
The way of doing business is changing rapidly and, as a result, customer engagement will have to follow suit. Customer needs are also changing, demanding to be serviced quickly and efficiently through channels of their choice. As traditional organisations continue to...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 8, 2016 | Workplace 2020
By Georgina Barrick, ADvTECH Resourcing I recently came across a blog post called “Fear Cultures: Do Scared People Innovate?”, which spoke to business leaders about creating workplaces that enable all staff members to feel like they can participate in discussion and...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 9, 2016 | Innovation
By Anton van Heerden, Executive Vice-President and Managing Director of Sage in South and Southern Africa. Think back eight years to the launch of the original Apple iPhone – a device that seemed at the time like an expensive toy for the wealthy. Today, smartphones...