Blockchain has great potential to enrich the accounting industry by reducing the costs of upholding and reconciling ledgers and providing unqualified certainty over the ownership of assets. Furthermore, it will free up resources to concentrate on planning and valuation, rather than just plain bookkeeping. Blockchain is a software platform for digital assets. It is a…
‘Am I continuing to learn and grow?’ is a question that resonates with employees of all ages. The way your organisation helps them answer that question may be your competitive advantage in attracting, developing and keeping tomorrow’s talent. The global workforce is undergoing a seismic shift: in four years, millennials – the people born between…
A number of significant security-related events have taken place over the last couple of years − think back to the WannaCry ransomware event and Equifax data breach of 2017 or, more recently, the local Viewfines.co.za breach. The common theme: a large amount of sensitive user information being leaked or stolen. The world in which we…
You may not be sharing your office with a robot yet, but the next wave of automation has begun. Humanoid service robots, machine learning algorithms, and autonomous logistics will replace millions of service workers in the coming decade. Experts are rushing to forecast the likely impact on jobs. But most projections overlook two powerful forces…
Consider this real-life scene. Reflecting on the difficult moments of his week, the new CEO of a UK manufacturer felt angry. His attention kept going back to the tension in several executive team meetings. He had an urge to shake the team and push several of its members, who were riven by old conflicts, to…
According to the SAICA 2016 SMME Insight Report, over 80% of SMMEs do not do business with Government at any level. This is due to SMMEs viewing the government bidding process as being too complicated, taking too long, and lacking in transparency. Read the full article here.
One of the main reasons entrepreneurs fail is because they lack access to expert support − the type of knowledge and insight, not to mention technical skill, that keeps their businesses humming while they focus on product and market development. Help may come from an unexpected source, says Anton Colella. Read the full article here.
With many honeybee colonies collapsing, the EU’s top court has backed an almost complete EU-wide ban on the use of three insecticides: clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid. Scientific studies have shown that these insecticides have been linked to declining bee populations. Apparently these chemicals so disorient bees that they are unable to return to their hives…
This article provides an overview of the quantitative analysis of responses to the Monitoring Group Consultation Paper as presented in the Gibson Dunn Report as they pertain to some of the significant changes proposed by the MG, and SAICA’s views as presented in its comment letter. Read the full article here.
In modern marketing, there is a new reality in which marketers have to compete for shoppers’ attention online long before a purchase decision is mad. Read the full article here.