Last month we learnt about ‘clevenue’, that is, clever revenue models. But not all businesses have the luxury of earning annuity income or operating in an industry with a high profit margin. However, we can all try to be innovative in attracting and keeping our customers (happy). I must stop myself from going on and…
TED (technology, entertainment, design) is a presentation format that invites thought leaders to share their ideas during a formal TED conference. A TED-style talk is highly inspiring, and you can use the same structure to deliver your next speech. How to structure a TED talk Choose a topic that you are highly passionate about. Although…
I recently read Deloitte’s Human capital trends 2015 and learnt some valuable things about building future leaders that I’d like to share with you. According to Deloitte’s survey, building leadership is Africa’s paramount issue in the arena of human capital. The capability gap for building great leaders has widened all around the globe and organisations…
The base erosion and profit shifting initiative is being designed to influence ultimately how global multinational corporates arrange their affairs from a tax planning perspective. An inevitable result is and will be changes to the way tax practitioners advise their clients. Deborah Tickle explains Globalisation and the digital age have caused the world to ‘shrink’.…
Comments by auditors immediately following the global financial crisis that they had had a ‘good’ crisis – referring to the absence of pertinent audit failures – begged the question as to the relevance of the audit and, more particularly, the auditor’s report. By Linda de Beer Auditors play an important role in the financial reporting…
That is, clever revenue On my latest trip to the Nespresso store at the V&A, I was reminded once again of how amazing their business model is. You start off by buying the Nespresso machine, which is reasonably priced, and think that’s your big capital investment. It is the capital investment, but it’s not exactly…
Smaller families, longer life expectancy, and late parenthood in life mean that the number of people ‘sandwiched’ is growing, with an estimated 2,4 million Britons juggling their responsibilities for both parents and children. Being married and affluent roughly doubles your chances of being ‘sandwiched’. The Pew Research Centre (US) estimated that in 2013 nearly half…
Aspiring CAs(SA) achieved an 86% pass rate in the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) that was written in November 2014. The APC is the last formal assessment prospective CAs(SA) are required to pass before they can register as CAs(SA). By Janine Claassens The APC replaced the two previous Part II Qualifying Examinations, which were in…
As the first cycle of the new Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) is completed, it is appropriate to reflect on the decision to substantially change the nature of the ‘Board Part 2’. Alex Watson explains SAICA clearly states that its role is to develop chartered accountants to be leaders in business, and this change in…
Contrary to popular belief, the most creative teams do not solely consist of blue sky dreamers. Groups with a variety of cognitive personality types produce higher levels of innovation, say Ella Miron-Spektor, Miriam Erez and Eitan Navah of the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology. In a study of 41 radical innovation teams of a large defence…