by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2021 | Features
Friend, mother, coach, colleague, leader…these are just a few titles of Robyn Newel Westcon-Comstor HR Director for the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa. She is a passionate believer in people and strives to make her life’s work all about uplifting them to...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 15, 2021 | Thought Leadership
Studies have shown that empathy has far-reaching effects in the workplace. It is therefore increasingly recognised as a crucial leadership quality in the current global market. This is pivotal as it builds a community of trust within a company’s team and has a...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 15, 2021 | Thought Leadership
Innovation is not a tangible metric to be met, it is rather a culture and mindset that stems from stakeholders and leaders filtering all the way down to the engineers and testers. “As a result of the pandemic, leaders are now more than ever looking to innovation to...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 15, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
While the global economic outlook seems to be turning upward, things are still constrained locally. Coupled with this is the imminent annual holiday season, which is high season for retailers, hospitality and related industries but often low season for professional...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 15, 2021 | Featured Story, Features
With small businesses continuing to prove to be the backbone of the South African economy, business owners need every opportunity to help set them on a growth trajectory at a pivotal time in their recovery. The Xero 2021 Remote Roadshow is one such opportunity where...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 15, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
Services are consumed on demand to drive business efficiencies and ensure scale at speed, but Kyle Stanton at Dimension Data believes that managing the as-a-service (XaaS) model requires intelligent forethought and strategic planning to mitigate the risks. It is the...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 15, 2021 | Thought Leadership
In today’s always-on, always-connected economy, businesses are under pressure to enhance their cybersecurity strategy and prove to their customers that data protection is critical to their engagement strategy. By Michel Nader, senior regional director: data protection...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 15, 2021 | Thought Leadership
The pandemic-fuelled growth of the digital economy and unabated demand for online retail products across Africa have led to extensive disruption in the Consumer Goods and Retail Sector (CG&R) sector. By Jana Botha, tax consultant, and Prenisha Govender,...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 15, 2021 | Thought Leadership
Many voices are calling for public service leaders to commit to a wholesale “big bang” transformation, ripping out legacy systems and replacing them with new technologies. By Kgomotso Lebele, MD: health and public service at Accenture in Africa Although the cries of...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 15, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
On 23 August, a new law, The National Norms and Standards for Disposal of Waste to Landfill, came into effect, stating that landfill sites can no longer accept old electronic devices (e-waste) for dumping. Businesses (and individuals) are now expected to recycle these...
