Ronel Jooste_SM

Education is dead long live the MOOCS

My favourite online platforms for learning are Masterclass (paid), Udemy (free and paid) and YouTube (free and unstructured). Long live the MOOCs … The pandemic was great for some things. We redefined what it meant to be remote, we learnt how to trust staff more, and we moved a lot faster to digitisation. Education was…

Ronel Jooste_SM

The power of education

‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,’ said Nelson Mandela. Education can certainly contribute to solving some challenges we face in South Africa. Education is not limited to providing knowledge and skills, but it also develops value systems and leadership attributes I promised myself, I am never going…

Paolo Giuricich

2020 A roller-coaster year

Nobody can dispute that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives. At work, at home, at schools, in communities, in social life, in business, in government, in economies … every facet has changed. And fear and uncertainty whiplashed the investment markets The first wave Last year this time, I was writing about collars and caps’,…

The art of DELEGATION

‘We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone; whatever happens is a result of the whole tapestry of one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something’ − Sandra Day O’Connor   Over the past few years, I have seen quite a few of my ideas come to…

Viewpoints: The key to women’s success

Speaker, Facilitator, CoachFollowing decades of research and spend on women empowerment, women still hold fewer leadership positions and earn less than their male counterparts. In keeping with the reflective theme of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2021, let us #Choosetochallenge the key to women’s success Usha Maharaj CA(SA)Passionate about women empowerment and human potential…

Viewpoints: Decentralised finance (DeFi)

Blockchain SpecialistDeFi represents the infrastructure such as lending platforms and exchanges required to innovate upon the traditional financial systems. It is a broad term for various financial applications that utilise cryptocurrency or blockchain technology to solve problems that exist within the traditional financial system Monica Singer CA(SA)Blockchain Evangelistfor Consensys Decentralised finance (DeFi)refers to the shift…