by Dianne Bayley | Mar 16, 2020 | Workplace 2020
Analysis by the international executive search firm Odgers Berndtson revealed on 12 March 2020 that just 15% of business executives worldwide have confidence in their own top leadership successfully to manage disruption – including unexpected events like...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 16, 2020 | Workplace 2020
The 2020/1 Budget Speech from Finance Minister Tito Mboweni contained few earth-shattering announcements from a payroll perspective, and we are still waiting for clarity on key issues such as the National Health Insurance (NHI) and annuitisation of retirement funds....
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 16, 2020 | Featured Articles, Features
In light of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation last night, 15 March 2020, and global healthcare guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other experts on pandemics, containing the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 is vital....
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 15, 2020 | Innovation
In today’s increasingly connected world, businesses no longer have the luxury of dictating to consumers how they interact, says Shaun Van Rooyen, Strategic Accounts and Partnerships Manager, Africa at Infobip. Instead we have entered the ‘experience economy’ where it...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 15, 2020 | Sustainability
As Eskom carries out critical maintenance on its failing units, South African landlords and facilities managers have to implement measures of their own to ensure energy security for their properties, writes Yannick Mvudi, Energy & Sustainability Lead for CBRE...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 15, 2020 | Security and Legal
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) currently administers restrictive export controls in respect of SA-owned intellectual property (IP). Leanne Mostert, Bernadette Versfeld, Tim Ball, Carla Collett, Cameron MacKenzie of Webber Wentzel explain the impacts. These...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 11, 2020 | Innovation
The manufacturing industry has been using ERP systems for many decades, which generate their own data. However, they are lacking in agility which makes them ill-suited for the retail end of the supply chain. Andrew Dawson, Commercial Director at MACmobile looks at...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 11, 2020 | Security and Legal
IBM’s 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report, compiled by the Ponemon Institute, confirms that the key contributing factor to the cost of a data breach is time – time to detect and time to respond, writes Lukas van der Merwe, Specialist Sales Executive: Security, T-Systems...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 10, 2020 | Innovation
Nokia recently announced that it has joined forces with CENGN and NORCAT to install and operate a private LTE/4.9G wireless connectivity network in NORCAT’s Underground Centre. NORCAT and CENGN will serve as a hub for the future of mining technology, while Nokia...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 10, 2020 | Workplace 2020
A huge 84% of chief sales officers (CSOs) report they are satisfied with the gender diversity of their sales organisations; however, men still outnumber women in all levels of the organisation, according to Gartner. “While heads of sales are generally satisfied with...
