The mistaken rap on this kind of ‘social’ investment is that returns are weak and realising them takes too long With the fraying contract between society and business an urgent priority, many companies and banks are eager to find investments that generate business and social returns. One avenue is ‘impact investing’, directing capital to enterprises…
To compete at the speed of digital, you need to unleash your strategy, your structure, and your people Congratulations! Your organisation is performing at or near the top of its game, or it has been in the recent past. Perhaps even better, you have a strategy to improve in the near future. Now for the…
2017 was a year of major changes in South Africa with allegations of state capture and cabinet reshuffles, our downgrade to junk status by three credit rating agencies and ending the year with our president no longer being the head of the leading political party. It all made for lots of uncertainty and plenty of…
I was recently asked to share a few thoughts and my anecdotal observations on corporate governance at a cocktail function in Windhoek. Serving on boards has provided me with more than just active and passive observations, certainly also lifelong lessons and most definitely scars I am involved in a research project on the definitive links…
In truth, we know embarrassingly little about tomorrow’s jobs. Interdisciplinary and holistic education and research are indispensable as the workplace combines cognitive skills with teamwork and debate with focus on adaptability, replacing silo thinking with a flexible approach that applies knowledge from multiple sectors that at first appearances may not seem relevant. In many industries…