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Navigating mentorship initiatives in a hybrid work environment.
07 July 2022
Technological advances and a virtual work hub allow teams to learn and develop new skills quicker than ever before. Creating diverse opportunities for...
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Merging process and technology by prioritising experiences: the cornerstone of a modern organisation
10 June 2022
As we find ourselves in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution Sesil Pir provides an apt summary of the factors at play in her article for Forb...
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Successful change is modelled by leaders and actioned by change champions
27 April 2022
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ~ Benjamin Franklin Organisations operate in a worl...
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A toast to resilience as we look back on our impact during 2021
08 December 2021
Often during extraordinary times, marked by interruption and pervasive change, organisations are awarded an opportunity to be part of the solution alo...
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Build strong risk management resilience traits to flourish during adversity
27 October 2021
Talk to any organisation today and you will learn about how they are navigating their way through an increasingly fast changing, and often unpredictab...
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Treat cybersecurity risk events to your organisation as a given and prepare proactively
22 September 2021
One only needs to consider the cost of a data breach, to come to grips with this very real and costly threat. According to ITWeb, a data breach costs...
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Successfully nurturing an organisational culture of diversity and inclusion creates a competitive advantage
25 August 2021
Rightly so, the topic of diversity and inclusion is nothing new. But to what extent does the inclusion of diversity drive organisational culture and c...
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Establish sustainable internal behavioural change during the privacy-first era
21 July 2021
Gartner estimated in 2020 that 65% of people across the world will have their personal data protected by privacy regulations in 2023, compared to...
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Eden FM Radio Interview | Francois Kriel
14 July 2021
The collection and management of information of customers, clients, employees and service providers alike in line with the well-publicised POPIA is a...
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Three elements that unlock the value of adopting a mentor-mentor approach
23 June 2021
“What is more, I think the best mentor relationships are actually mentor-mentor relationships, where both parties show up to learn. Even if ther...
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The CIO role blends two ions – vision and action
26 May 2021
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) role is not a new addition to the C-suite, but it has invariably grown out of its traditional technology-only focu...
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Activity-based workplaces help hybrid organisations thrive
28 April 2021
A development that places the emphasis on the way office spaces are utilised currently sees an accelerated adoption rate as more organisations conside...
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Four practical cyber policy considerations for safer remote collaboration
24 March 2021
The pace at which remote teams are working and collaborating digitally has accelerated as the pages of history turned over to the 2020s. The need for...
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Employee wellness – a unique opportunity to bring about holistic value
24 February 2021
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic experts warned against chronic stress as the ‘disease of our time’. Constantly operating in heightened s...
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Stack these five building blocks to create a resilient organisational culture
27 January 2021
Throughout an organisation’s lifetime there are many instances that usher in change for a season or two - whether change is external and uncontr...
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2020 – an extraordinary journey of change
15 December 2020
2020 is racing towards the end. With it comes the expressions of hope for the new year, albeit cautiously optimistic. We need no reminder of the ma...
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For marketers, the protection of personal information is more about the dos and less about the don’ts
11 November 2020
Convenient access to information makes for a great customer experience. But it does come at a price. Marketers acting as responsible parties for the p...
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Facilitating the CIO role in an organisation
21 October 2020
Driven by digital transformation and POPIA compliance requirements, technology enables business strategy. This means tha...
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Privacy by Design – A tailor-made approach to compliance
14 October 2020
Implementing organisation-wide change is rarely a cookie-cutter exercise, or a one size fits all garment. Even more so when change is modelled a...
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The Healthy Employee’s Guide to Grieving During Continuous Change
19 August 2020
While organisational management teams have become adept at tweaking growth strategies and capitalising on opportunities driven by the pandemic, let&rs...
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Resilient Leadership
11 June 2020
In the weeks that organisations have traversed the changing business landscape in a global pandemic, it has become unavoidable to take a long, hard lo...
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Thrive in the new normal – here’s how to become truly agile
19 May 2020
Over the past couple of months organisations have been busy. They’ve adapted to a new way of working, overcame productivity challenges and foste...
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COVID-19 cements the future for gig economy professionals
28 April 2020
The consulting industry was ripe for disruption well before the onset of a global health pandemic. Traditional strategy consulting and the associated...
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Download PIVOTAL - A guide for business leaders. April 2020 edition: How to react to COVID-19
20 April 2020
Francois Kriel has been invited as a contributing author on Remote Working Best Practice and Productivity for the launch issue of a new Sout...
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Three ways in which a pandemic changes the employee value proposition
14 April 2020
There is nothing like a force bigger than nature to force South African business owners and leaders to implement unexpected short-term changes to ensu...
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Leaders, perfect your virtual emotional intelligence
06 April 2020
Leading remote teams requires managers to step up and take the necessary accountability to lead by example. This includes managing their own emotions,...
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Teams, communicate productively from home
31 March 2020
Video Credit: Harvard Business Review. Currently, an estimated 20% of the world population is under COVID-19 lockdown, and this number is growing....
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Best virtual collaboration platforms for taking business unusual to business as usual
25 March 2020
The national lockdown to flatten the infection rate of the COVID-19 pandemic brings along with it unique operational challenges for organisations to m...
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Working remotely in the age of COVID-19: Why your team can’t just wing it.
16 March 2020
Organizations around the world are increasingly turning to a remote working approach to mitigate the effects of COVID-19. However, remote working is n...
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Unlocking opportunities from South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)
28 February 2020
This blog post was updated on 26 June 2020 The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 ("POPIA") creates plenty of opportunities for...
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How to have a more productive meeting
31 August 2019
Most people in organizations dread meetings and according to Harvard Business Review, there are almost 55 million meetings taking place each day in th...
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Is doing business over WhatsApp really such a good idea?
06 May 2019
This article was updated on 11 January 2021 It has become evident that many people in business today are suffering from a form of communication ove...
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The most in demand digital executives
29 March 2019
The C-suite appears to be expanding daily with new and interesting job titles. Digital transformation is fast creating meaningful new executive tech r...
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Why the cloud is a no-brainer for Small to Medium sized Businesses (SMBs)
31 October 2018
10-minute read. Cloud technology has been proclaimed by many digital strategists as a driving force that will significantly reshape Information...
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How blockchains can give back control of our identities
07 March 2018
Video Credit - World Economic Forum 2017 Marked some of the worst data breaches of personal information in living memory, with the likes of Equifax...
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