It’s sometimes hard to understand which stage your business is at, and what it will take to reach the "next level" of growth. More...

There is a large body of research online about why digital transformation projects fail. The failure rate seems to vary from 70% to 87%,...

While businesses are still trying to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and manage internal issues like...

With May 1 being Worker's Day locally, I was struck by Ryan Wong's recent article about productivity "theatre," where we do things to...

With the pandemic fast-tacking a shift to online shopping and the fuel price making delivery 'much-of-a-muchness' , something's "gotta...

Being proactive as a New Generation leader is vital. What surprised me is how reactive I had become...

Many of us have experienced what Charles Dickens would call "the best of times" (with family/applying new technologies) and "the worst of...

Richard Sherman learns 4 lessons from some innovative companies. Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Jack Ma, Steve Jobbs, Creel...

Within a few weeks of the spread of COVID-19, managers started noticing declining output from their staff.

I love how "sudden realisation" can come upon us randomly whilst we go about our days. Yesterday was no exception. I had taken the kids...

Photo credit: Marija Zaric Responsive, engaging leaders don't use the Force to manipulate people. Instead, they develop an army of...

Stress is mostly seen as negative, yet it builds muscles and the right mindset can build sustainable results in our lives, too.

Cultivated Roses, no matter how beautiful, have virtually no fragrance, in my experience. They look good, but lack core elements of the...

Sting, one of the most successful recording artists of all time, recorded an emotional, unplugged version of his song “Fragile” in 2001,...

Values are not words confined to a wall in Head Office. They are the beliefs we live out on a day-to-day basis. As Marshall Goldsmith has...

Peter Senge popularised the term “learning organisations” in 1990, yet most businesses today are nothing like what he envisaged, in spite...

Business is a buffet (smörgåsbord), but management is a set menu. When we choose to order off the set menu at a restaurant, we are...

I see values on the walls or glass doors of most organisations. Most are good intentions, rather than current reality. Values are what...

In the current global economy, we all need to economise, to maximise the use of our resources: to do more with less, so to speak. The...

My second year of teaching in Johannesburg was 1998. I was soon to discover a passion for business, and have the fire of positive...

The recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa have concerned me as much as any peace-loving citizen. Having travelled a fair bit...

When change is introduced it often brings about immediate Cognitive Dissonance(CD). Leon Festinger (an American Psychologist) proposed...

From time to time I am asked how I would transform an organisation,  be it Eskom at present, or the SABC. Often, in South Africa, this...

Internet policies are a window on the corporate soul. I see this manifesting in two noticeable differentiators: connectivity and social...

Smartphones are technologically advanced,  and therefore need excellent support,  both from a help-desk perspective and repairs or...

The German Team’s success at the World Cup is not only a triumph of football, but of teamwork. Executive teams can certainly apply some...

Malcolm Gladwell introduced us to the idea that 10 000 hours is approximately what it takes to be successful  – an expert – at a...

We are not so free. We are steered to cubicles, chained by policies and The Powerful’s desire to see us when they need us. We easily...

My recent business trip to Nairobi was my first time in Kenya, and my reflections on the time are contained below. 1. Gratitude: I live...

I am constantly confronted with old mindsets about the world of work. No experience of this is more apparent, nor more intrinsically...

Congratulations to Graeme Smith, who takes the field today, earning his 100th Test as Protea Captain. Some of us may recall how he took...

Organisational Development (OD) often, bizarrely, falls under Human Resources (HR). HR, itself, oversees talent management – attraction,...

The recent incident, whereby Orlando Pirates fans hurled fireworks at the Supersport goalkeeper, raised some interesting questions....

Are we meant to go where others have gone before? We’ve long spoken of basic human needs, and Maslow’s hierarchy is most quoted, but the...

Identity is a complex matter, made all the more so by well-meaning psychologists. At its heart, though, identity is about a label...

Note, for instance, Marti the zebra’s feeling that he was made for something different to the pampered lifestyle in a zoo. Out of...

Tom Peters wrote The Circle of Innovation (You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness) in 1995, and its message is as relevant today....