I am not going to use this post to spout political rhetoric at you. I am not going to speak about the social ills that have befallen us as a nation. It would be simple to say that we, as South Africa, are at a crossroads… But I am afraid we have been stationary at …
Economies are stalling. The world as we know it has changed. The status quo has been irreversibly altered and none of this is a bad thing as this is the breeding ground for innovation. The thing with a pandemic like this (or any crisis for that matter) is that there are two ways to respond. …
The situation is critical. The outlook is dim (pun intended). As we are plunged once again into darkness; this time with the new excitement of Load Shedding Stage 6; perhaps we should use this night time solace as a Government imposed pause for some reflection and introspection on our power crisis. How The Power Utility …
Entrepreneurs are always looking for investors; staff are often the most important investors.
We are all looking for a silver bullet when it comes to unlocking the secrets of success. Some people attribute their success to early mornings. Others pin it to being tougher negotiators. And they are not wrong, those are all elements of their success. The fundamental golden thread that needs to be weaved through every …
It is important to state upfront that this is not a political nor racially motivated post. This is a post that is trying to objectively look at the facts around technology adoption and the way in which the 4th Industrial Revolution is going to affect each and every one of us. Whether we like it …
Customer service is the life blood of a retail brand that lives and dies by the favour it can win by treating its clients properly
Marketing has a bad reputation, generally speaking, in business as being a cost centre. In a lot of executives minds, marketing is a simile for the “Coulouring In Department”. All of the various marketing disciplines of: advertising; public relations; digital marketing (if we insist on pulling this out as separate); direct marketing; events and the …
I am sure that every man and his dog are currently airing their views and opinions about how diabolical Woolworths have been with their recent Valentine’s Day campaign and how it adds to a culture of chauvenism. So let me add to the fray. Personally, I think that we, as consumers and as a nation, …
The mobile payment revolution is upon us! Technologists and futurists have been making promises about mobile payment solutions for almost a decade now. Promising that it would revolutionise the way in which we pay for goods and services. In fact, I was quoted by ITWeb back in 2012 in an article entitled Wireless spells ‘end …
