People around the globe are more connected to each other than ever before. Information, communication, and money are being exchanged at lightning speed. Goods and services produced in one part of the world are increasingly available in all parts of the world. It’s incredible the way the global economy has recovered from the 2008 financial…
You have to give it to Silicon Valley: it sure knows how to disrupt industries. It has left its mark on every facet of our life − from how we socialise and interact to how we travel, how we earn, and how we pay. The scale of impact has led to traditional companies in the…
FNB’s innovation programme has resulted in more than 10 000 implemented innovations to date and remains central to the bank’s growth strategy and its ability to deliver on its brand promise of helping customers. We spoke to chief Imagineer Jolandé Duvenage to learn more about how innovation is changing the game in the financial services…
We all continually hear about communication as a vital factor for success. However, within the business environment, without effective communication (and all the competencies that surround it) there cannot be any success. Often the professional working arenas place a strong focus on the technical aspects of a job, with the assumption that the human elements…
In a 2007 meta-analysis, Samuel Hunter, from the University of Oklahoma, and his colleagues set out to understand which variables had the biggest impact on innovation culture. Their comprehensive research study analysed data from 42 different research papers on the drivers of innovation culture and revealed a list of 14 variables that mattered. Many of…
The ethical conduct of CAs(SA) has a direct or indirect impact on the organisations that they lead and is strengthened and governed by the SAICA Code of Professional Conduct (CPC), which strives to ingrain high moral fibre in all SAICA’s members. This article considers the ethicality of CAs(SA) serving on the board of directors of…
Maintaining business integrity in a post-truth world Ethical dilemmas Ethical failures and the danger of over-regulation The ethicality of CAs(SA) serving on boards The profit in business ethics Integrity and values should be at the core of every business and each employee. Why? Because the right values will steer your personal life, your business, employees…
Entrepreneurship; start-up; flexibility; corporate; innovation Any entrepreneur will tell you that this enviable title may allow you to get out an 8 – 5 job, but you’ll have to roll up your sleeves a few extra times, lose some sleep, take risks, and perhaps even experience a couple of failures along the way before it…